Workday Advanced Compensation Specialist

Moss; Fort Lauderdale (FL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Moss is seeking an HRIS Specialist - Advanced Compensation in Fort Lauderdale, FL to own Workday Advanced Compensation configuration, planning, and optimization within a fast-paced construction and renewables environment.

You will partner with Compensation, Finance, HR, and IT to ensure scalable, compliant processes, design compensation matrices, lead annual cycles, develop dashboards, and support Workday releases.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of Workday experience with Advanced Compensation.
• Strong understanding of HR business processes, Core HCM data structures, compensation, and lifecycle transactions.
• Experience supporting annual compensation planning cycles at scale.
• Ability to translate business needs into technical requirements.
• Experience with Workday reporting (advanced, matrix, dashboards) and data analysis.
• Preferred: Workday certification in HCM, Compensation, Advanced Compensation, or Reporting.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the functional lead and subject matter expert for Workday Advanced Compensation.
• Design, configure, maintain, and optimize Workday Advanced Compensation module, including merit cycles, bonus plans, stock/equity awards, and compensation guidelines.
• Partner with Compensation, Finance, HR, and IT to ensure compensation processes are scalable, compliant, and aligned with organizational strategy.
• Lead system configuration, enhancements, and annual compensation cycles, ensuring data integrity and audit readiness.
• Lead end‑to‑end annual compensation cycle activities (planning, configuration, testing, launch, and post‑cycle analysis).
• Design and maintain eligibility rules, budgets, guidelines, prevailing wages and other compensation matrices.
• Design, govern, and improve Workday Job Catalog architecture aligned with compensation and org structure.
• Support market pricing integrations and benchmarking processes.
• Develop and maintain compensation reports, dashboards, and analytics for leadership insights.
• Support audit and compliance requirements in compensation processes.
• Identify opportunities for automation and process optimization.
• Lead and support User Acceptance Testing for compensation enhancements.
• Troubleshoot complex compensation issues and provide Tier 2/3 support.
• Develop, validate, and maintain advanced/matrix reports, calculated fields, dashboards, and analytics.
• Support Workday semiannual release cycles including impact assessment and testing.

Skills

Workday

Advanced Compensation

HR Processes

Data analysis

UAT leadership

Problem solving

Education

Workday Certification (preferred)

Tools

Workday

Job description

Moss is seeking an HRIS Specialist - Advanced Compensation in Fort Lauderdale, FL to own Workday Advanced Compensation configuration, planning, and optimization within a fast-paced construction and renewables environment.

You will partner with Compensation, Finance, HR, and IT to ensure scalable, compliant processes, design compensation matrices, lead annual cycles, develop dashboards, and support Workday releases.