Sr Workday HRIS Analyst

Lamb Weston, Inc.; Idaho; On-site; USD 95,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401(k) plan

Paid Time Off

Well-being programs

Job summary

Lamb Weston, Inc. is seeking a Senior HRIS Analyst to manage Workday across HCM, Core & Advanced Compensation for a global organization. You will collaborate with HR, Payroll, and Benefits teams to architect solutions, implement configurations, and champion Workday best practices.

The role requires deep Workday expertise, strong data mapping capabilities, and the ability to lead release management and UAT across multiple regions. Excellent communication and documentation skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in MIS/HR or related field.
• Workday Certification preferred.
• Five years of Workday experience, including three years on the Compensation module.
• Strong HR systems knowledge and data mapping.
• Ability to translate business requirements into Workday configurations.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own Workday configurations for HCM, Core & Advanced Compensation.
• Lead bi-annual Workday release management with testing scenarios.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and perform UAT for system upgrades.
• Develop reports, dashboards and analytics in Workday.
• Ensure security, data integrity and compliance across HR data.

Skills

Workday experience

HCM module

UAT testing

Data mapping

Security & compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in MIS/HR or related field

Workday Certification

Tools

ServiceNow

Workday

Job description

About Lamb Weston

You’ve probably enjoyed our fries without even knowing it! As a leading manufacturer in our industry, we inspire and bring people together with foods they love and trust. Our customer base includes international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries around the world.

A highly innovative global corporation with a start‑up mindset, we empower every individual to make a genuine difference. You’ll gain access to hands‑on training to fuel your growth and success, explore opportunities for new solutions, and you’ll join a winning team of 10,000+ people all dedicated to raising the bar – together.

If you have a strong drive for results, a desire to help us bring the world together through our fries, and are ready for a fresh challenge, we want to hear from you.

Job Description Summary

The HRIS team is responsible for owning and managing Workday, supporting multiple business functions within the global business units at Lamb Weston. This team works closely with our stakeholders across HR, Process Innovation, Payroll, Performance, Compensation, Learning, Recruiting and Benefits, etc. to provide technology solutions and services to enable them for success in carrying out business operations & launching strategic business projects. As a Senior HRIS Analyst you will be responsible for working in collaboration with global business stakeholders to drive and implement projects to meet the business goals and objectives of Lamb Weston. You will be the acting subject matter expert (SME) on assigned Workday modules (HCM, Core & Advanced Compensation) while having a working knowledge of other modules, and processes to engage and partner with leaders to architect solutions and implement them. You will be responsible for defining standards and best practices for Workday, both in implementation of configuration and support. You will act as a Workday champion and stay on top of Workday’s releases and features to implement the latest and greatest for your business stakeholders.

Job Description

• This role will require thorough knowledge and understanding of core HR business processes, practices, and experience implementing and administering Workday for large enterprise companies. This role reports to the Manager of HR Systems.
• Manage annual Global Advanced Compensation Process.
• Participate in discovery sessions with business stakeholders and cross functional teams to analyze business requirements and translate into documented solutions.
• Develop scalable solutions on the Workday platform for the Global HR teams for best-in‑class user experience, performance and security.
• Work closely with business to explore opportunities to leverage Workday functionalities and features to improve HR business processes and operations.
• Provide technical leadership in analyzing system requirements, overseeing user acceptance testing (UAT), and ensuring successful execution of system upgrades and enhancements.
• Develop and maintain documentation, user guides, and training materials to support system changes and ensure effective knowledge transfer.
• Challenge existing business & IT processes, methods and systems for improving operations, security and scalability.
• Uphold the highest standards of application security and data integrity on the Workday platform and protect sensitive HR data and ensure compliance with relevant regulations.
• Participate in weekly resourcing updates and manage communications with business stakeholders, ensuring reliable project tracking, execution, and on time deliverables.
• Support the reporting needs of business to design and develop insightful analytics solutions on the Workday platform. Skills to include extensive calculated fields, advanced report types, dashboards and Hubs.
• Ability to understand the impacts of any changes to Workday processes and configuration on other technologies and on downstream systems ensuring the appropriate parties are advised.
• Build reports and dashboards to drive self-service and to support reporting.
• Stay abreast of the latest Workday releases to promote awareness, and adoption of Workday tools to drive more productivity and efficiency within HR operations.
• Proactively share knowledge with HR Service Center support teams including assisting in the development of documentation, guidelines, end‑user training resources and other materials as required.
• Partner with team members through project collaboration and KT’s:
• Gather, build and test requirements for multiple modules within Workday HCM, Payroll, Time Tracking, Absence, Benefits, Talent, Learning, Performance, Talent, Compensation and Recruiting as assigned.
• Provides system mass update support via EIBs for all functional areas of Workday.
• Collaborate with HRIS team members to support all escalated HRIS related Workday support tickets via Service Now within established service level agreement.
• Provides support and collaborates on all integrations including the management of current integrations.
• Effectively define, configure and document technical requirements for system configurations and enhancements.
• Configure Annual Compensation Statements in Workday Documents and other documents as needed.
• Lead the bi-annual Workday release management process for assigned modules to include analysis of updates, creation of testing scenarios and configuration validation.
• Perform thorough review of business requirements to determine feasibility of the request, provide additional functional solutions and work with stakeholders to deliver the requirements.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education/training/experience in Management Information Systems, Human Resources, or related field required.
• Workday Certification is preferred
• A minimum of five (5) years of Workday experience with three (3) years specific to the assigned Workday module (Compensation).
• Experience with the building and maintenance of calculated fields is strongly preferred.
• Strong technical and working knowledge of HR systems, applications, theory and practice.
• Proficiency with data conversion and mapping.
• Ability to provide, in user-friendly terms, sound ideas and solutions to end users on HR systems-related questions, tasks, projects and reports.
• Demonstrates an understanding of business objectives both internally and externally which impact the company’s ability to achieve its objectives.

Industry-Competitive Benefits

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive. Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision

• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts

• Well‑being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program

• Paid Time Off

• Financial Wellness – Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance

• Family-Friendly Employee events

• Employee Assistance Program services – mental health and other concierge type services

Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Anticipated Close Date

The anticipated close date is a good faith estimate for when this job will be closed. Some jobs may be unposted or filled earlier or later than the Anticipated Close Date depending on interview processes and business needs. Anticipated Close Date: 12/15/2026

Pay Transparency

In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range posted based on various factors, including, but not limited to, job duties, experience and expertise. A candidate's work location could also impact the actual compensation being outside of the range to reflect local cost of labor. A reasonable annual estimate of the range for this role is listed below.Pay Rate or Range: $95,020.00 - $142,520.00

Equal Opportunity Employer

Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education/training/experience in Management Information Systems, Human Resources, or related field required.
• Workday Certification is preferred
• A minimum of five (5) years of Workday experience with three (3) years specific to the assigned Workday module (Compensation).
• Experience with the building and maintenance of calculated fields is strongly preferred.
• Strong technical and working knowledge of HR systems, applications, theory and practice.
• Proficiency with data conversion and mapping.
• Ability to provide, in user-friendly terms, sound ideas and solutions to end users on HR systems-related questions, tasks, projects and reports.
• Demonstrates an understanding of business objectives both internally and externally which impact the company’s ability to achieve its objectives.