Workday Payroll Configuration Lead (Remote-Friendly)

KBR, Inc; Houston, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR, Inc. is seeking a Workday Payroll Configuration Analyst to join the HRIS leadership team.

The role focuses on configuring, supporting, and optimizing Workday Payroll across multiple functional areas, while collaborating with HCM, Recruiting, and Absence modules. The position emphasizes payroll operations, data integrity, and regulatory compliance, with opportunities to contribute to system enhancements, testing, and documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information systems, computer science, data analytics, business administration, or related field required.
• 8+ years of experience in Compensation, HRIS, IT, or HR technology environments supporting enterprise systems.
• Hands-on experience required in Workday Compensation module.
• Proficient in compensation cycles (e.g., ASR, bonus planning) within Workday or similar systems.
• Hands-on expertise configuring Workday Compensation, Advanced Compensation and HCM Modules with deep knowledge of business process frameworks, security model, and reporting.
• Proven track record of delivering scalable Workday solutions and optimizing system functionality across modules.
• Strong understanding of compensation processes (merit increases, promotions, bonuses, salary structures).

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain payroll configurations in Workday with focus on payroll calculations, earnings, deductions and pay groups.
• Support payroll processing activities to ensure system readiness, accuracy, and timely issue resolution.
• Design and optimize payroll/business processes and system functionality across Workday to meet operations and compliance needs.
• Assist with Workday releases, testing (UAT) and deployment of new functionality.
• Develop and maintain payroll reports, audit controls, and data extracts for compliance and reporting.
• Support payroll-related integrations and data integrity audits across modules.
• Collaborate with Payroll and business teams to gather requirements and deliver effective Workday solutions.
• Manage Help/Support queue as Tier 2 and maintain knowledge base documentation and training materials.
• Ensure compliance with payroll regulations, tax requirements and security protocols.
• Plan and coordinate high-volume data loads using EIBs across multiple functional areas.

Skills

Workday Payroll

Workday HCM

Payroll configuration

Data integrity

Regulatory compliance

Reporting

System testing

Cross-functional teaming

UAT

Education

Bachelor's degree in information systems, computer science, data analytics, business administration, or related field

Tools

Workday

EIBs

Job description

KBR, Inc. is seeking a Workday Payroll Configuration Analyst to join the HRIS leadership team.

The role focuses on configuring, supporting, and optimizing Workday Payroll across multiple functional areas, while collaborating with HCM, Recruiting, and Absence modules. The position emphasizes payroll operations, data integrity, and regulatory compliance, with opportunities to contribute to system enhancements, testing, and documentation.