Workday Hourly Compensation Lead

General Motors; United States; Remote; USD 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

GM vehicle discounts

Tuition assistance

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Sr HR Technology Analyst to architect and maintain complex hourly compensation in Workday across countries and CBAs. You will translate policies into scalable configurations, partner with Payroll and Analytics, and drive end-to-end HR tech implementations.

Ideal candidates have hands-on Workday compensation configuration experience, strong analytical skills, and the ability to influence stakeholders across global teams. Occasional outside-hours support may be required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on Workday compensation configuration across multiple countries.
• Experience modeling hourly wage structures, steps, bonuses and allowances in Workday.
• Proficient with Workday compensation building blocks and security.
• Experience building Workday custom reports and calculated fields for compensation.
• Familiar with Workday EIBs and mass-update patterns for data migration at scale.
• Ability to translate complex policy/contract language into testable Workday configurations.
• Experience across multiple countries/regions with regulatory considerations.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and data quality focus.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Workday configuration for global hourly compensation, including packages, grades and plan assignments.
• Configure hourly components: wage structures, steps, allowances, and country-specific elements.
• Translate CBAs and country laws into sustainable Workday configurations.
• Design and maintain compensation eligibility rules by profile, location, union, and employee type.
• Lead or support projects to standardize hourly compensation configuration, including testing and deployment.
• Collaborate with Payroll and Integration teams to align pay calculations with configurations.
• Partner with Reporting and Analytics to ensure hourly data supports compliance and benchmarking.
• Troubleshoot hourly compensation issues (eligibility, rates, step progression, allowances).
• Execute unit/integration/regression testing and develop repeatable test scenarios.

Skills

Workday configuration

Analytical skills

Stakeholder communication

Independent worker

Multi-country experience

Tools

Workday EIBs

Mass update patterns

Workday reports

Compensation blocks

Job description

General Motors is seeking a Sr HR Technology Analyst to architect and maintain complex hourly compensation in Workday across countries and CBAs. You will translate policies into scalable configurations, partner with Payroll and Analytics, and drive end-to-end HR tech implementations.

Ideal candidates have hands-on Workday compensation configuration experience, strong analytical skills, and the ability to influence stakeholders across global teams. Occasional outside-hours support may be required.