Workday HRIS - Payroll Technology Analyst

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Exciting Opportunity at MSK: Workday HRIS - Payroll Technology Analyst

Join MSK’s Payroll team as a Workday HRIS - Payroll Technology Analyst! In this role, you’ll blend technical and payroll functional expertise to optimize payroll processes, solve complex system challenges, and drive automation. Partner across teams to enhance payroll accuracy, ensure compliance, and deliver impactful solutions.

Role Overview:

• Establish Ownership and Agency of the payroll function, proactively identifying and resolving technical issues, and implementing process improvements.
• Prioritize and resolve statutory and regulatory compliance issues and assist with the changes across affected departments.
• Provide strategic, tactical and operational payroll systems design, emergency production corrections and system disaster recovery in Workday and Symplr Time and Attendance systems (MSK Time).
• Collaborate with partners to identify and implement technical solutions for optimizations using business process changes, system solutions and automations.
• Write documentation, instructions, job aids and training materials.
• Deliver training on new features and compliance changes in the payroll system.
• Continuously evaluate payroll processes and find opportunities for automation and efficiency improvements
• Stay up to date with new features in the ERP and upcoming changes that impact payroll delivery and compliance.
• Prepare and analyze payroll reports. This includes earnings, deductions, taxes, and other payroll-related metrics. Provide insights and recommendations based on data analysis

Key Qualifications

• Experience working in the back end of Workday, Symplr and /or Kronos
• Experience taking complex business problems and translating into actionable results
• Ability to identify payroll issues and opportunities for system improvement
• Experience with Workday reporting is good to have 

Core Skills:

• Strong critical thinking skills and the ability to resolve technical payroll problems
• Proficient in payroll, Time and Attendance domain knowledge.
• Proficient with data analysis, reporting, and process documentation, specifically in Payroll 
• Ability to work collaborate with team members and other stakeholers on technical payroll issues and upgrades 

Additional Information:

• Pay Range: $105,000 - $120,000
• Reporting to Associate Director, Finance Technical Operations
• Schedule: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST, Monday - Friday
• Location: Hybrid; 2x a week on site at 633 Third Ave, New York, NY

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