Workday HRIS Specialist — Data, Reporting & Governance

Keel Infrastructure; New York (NY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity opportunities

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Employee referral program

Job summary

Keel Infrastructure in New York City is seeking an HRIS Specialist (Workday) to own day-to-day Workday administration, reporting, and data integrity. You will ensure audit-ready people data across People & Culture, Finance, and leadership, configuring business processes and advising stakeholders.

You’ll design and maintain reports, dashboards, and data quality checks, partner with internal/external auditors, and support process improvements and system roadmaps while training users to drive

Qualifications

• 4+ years of hands-on Workday experience spanning administration/configuration and reporting.
• Proven record of delivering high-stakes reporting and supporting internal or external audits.
• Experience with a People function and handling highly confidential employee data.

Responsibilities

• Maintain Workday configuration across Core HCM and related modules (onboarding, offboarding, security roles).
• Handle HRIS requests, troubleshoot issues, perform mass data loads, and coordinate with connected systems.
• Review Workday releases, test changes, and roll out relevant features.
• Design, build, and maintain custom reports and dashboards (Advanced, Matrix, Composite, Trending).
• Deliver recurring reports for headcount, turnover, compensation, diversity metrics.
• Translate business questions into scalable self-service reporting and maintain report inventory.
• Run data quality audits, contribute to governance standards, and enforce data confidentiality.
• Build audit reports and work with auditors for timely responses.
• Document configurations and controls for audit readiness.
• Assess processes and gather requirements for Workday enhancements and integrations.

Skills

Workday Administration

HRIS Reporting

Data Governance

Audit & Compliance

Data Quality

Stakeholder Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR, IS, Statistics, Data Science, or related field

Workday Pro certification (HCM/Reporting) preferred

Tools

Workday

EIB

Workday Studio

XPATH

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Keel Infrastructure in New York City is seeking an HRIS Specialist (Workday) to own day-to-day Workday administration, reporting, and data integrity. You will ensure audit-ready people data across People & Culture, Finance, and leadership, configuring business processes and advising stakeholders.

You’ll design and maintain reports, dashboards, and data quality checks, partner with internal/external auditors, and support process improvements and system roadmaps while training users to drive