Workday HRIS Lead: Reporting, Security & Payroll

Edwards Lifesciences Gruppe; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Edwards Lifesciences is seeking an HRIS Manager (Reporting, Security, Integrations & Payroll) to lead Workday architecture and optimize global HR processes. You’ll design scalable solutions, ensure data integrity, and partner with HR, IT, Finance, and vendors to deliver actionable insights.

The ideal candidate has advanced Workday configuration experience, strong reporting and analytics skills, and a track record of delivering payroll interfaces and secure data governance in a global environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Business, HR, or related discipline.
• 8+ years of HRIS or HR Technology experience.
• 5+ years of advanced Workday configuration experience.
• Strong expertise in: Reporting, Security, Payroll configuration, Integrations and Architecture.
• Advanced experience with calculated fields, composite reporting, and dashboards.
• Experience supporting global HR systems and HR technology projects.
• Experience mentoring team members, leading projects, or driving process improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary subject matter expert for Workday Reporting, Security, Payroll-related configuration, Integrations, and technical architecture.
• Design, configure, and support scalable solutions that meet global business requirements.
• Evaluate technical impacts of proposed changes across systems, integrations, reporting, and downstream processes.
• Recommend best practices to improve system performance, governance, and maintainability.
• Design and develop advanced Workday reports, composite reports, dashboards, scorecards, and calculated fields.
• Partner with HR and business leaders to deliver actionable workforce insights.
• Improve reporting efficiency through automation and self-service capabilities.
• Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and governance.
• Support and oversee Workday integrations, EIBs, PECI, Studio, APIs, and middleware solutions.
• Partner with Payroll and vendors to support payroll interfaces, testing, and process improvements.
• Drive root-cause analysis and resolution of integration or payroll-related issues.
• Evaluate integration impacts during Workday releases and enhancements.
• Manage Workday security framework, domain security policies, roles, segment-based security, and business process security.
• Lead periodic security audits and compliance activities.
• Ensure appropriate access controls and segregation of duties.
• Partner with Compliance, Internal Audit, and IT Security teams.
• Establish standards for reporting, security, and technical configuration.
• Maintain documentation, testing protocols, and change management controls.
• Support audit readiness and compliance requirements.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual activities and improve overall system efficiency.

Skills

Workday reporting

Workday security

Payroll configuration

HR analytics

Workday integrations

Architectural design

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/HR

Tools

Workday Studio

EIB

PECI

APIs

Job description

Edwards Lifesciences is seeking an HRIS Manager (Reporting, Security, Integrations & Payroll) to lead Workday architecture and optimize global HR processes. You’ll design scalable solutions, ensure data integrity, and partner with HR, IT, Finance, and vendors to deliver actionable insights.

The ideal candidate has advanced Workday configuration experience, strong reporting and analytics skills, and a track record of delivering payroll interfaces and secure data governance in a global environment.