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Salary: USD 136,500 - 165,000 / annual
Justworks is seeking a Senior Analyst for People Systems to own and manage the company's Workday Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking (PATT) modules. This is a hands-on technical role supporting a high-growth HR tech company.
You will serve as the functional owner for Workday PATT, responsible for configuration, maintenance, and day-to-day support. Key responsibilities include:
• Lead cross-functional PATT projects from requirements gathering through design, testing, deployment, and post-launch support, translating business needs into technical solutions
• Configure and maintain core PATT setup including pay components, earnings and deductions, period schedules, time entry templates, accrual rules, and business process framework configurations
• Partner with Payroll and Finance on payroll cycle support, including parallel testing, retro processing, and period close activities
• Own the twice-yearly Workday release cycle for PATT: feature review, regression testing, and adoption recommendations
• Build and maintain advanced, matrix, and calculated-field reports, dashboards, and audits ensuring data integrity within Workday and across integrated systems
• Administer role-based and domain security for PATT areas, support periodic access reviews, and build/monitor EIBs and vendor integrations
• Serve as the escalation point for PATT system questions and cases, owning intake and resolution against team SLAs
• Document configuration decisions and SOPs; train People Team stakeholders and end users on new or enhanced functionality
• Evaluate new technologies and maintain awareness of current Workday trends
You will work in a supportive, entrepreneurial environment focused on delivering outstanding employee experiences. The role emphasizes clear communication, solution-oriented thinking, good judgment, consultative problem-solving, and alignment with company values (Camaraderie, Openness, Grit, Integrity, Simplicity).
REQUIREMENTS:
• 4+ years of progressive, hands-on experience in People Systems, preferably within high-growth or rapidly scaling organizations
• Hands-on Workday configuration experience with deep knowledge of at least two of Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking, and working knowledge of the third
• Experience through at least one full Workday implementation or major module deployment
• Proficiency with Workday calculated fields, advanced reporting, and EIBs
• Experience with business process framework configuration and role-based security administration
• Working knowledge of HR processes and employment law relevant to pay and time, including multi-state wage and hour, FLSA and overtime calculation, and leave laws
• Strong Excel skills for reconciliation and data validation
• Excellent attention to detail, critical thinking, and creative problem-solving skills
• Customer-centric, employee experience mentality eager to improve everything you touch
• Strong sense of urgency and ability to quickly prioritize in a fast-moving environment
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Experience supporting a PEO or a multi-entity, multi-country, multi-state payroll/absence environment (preferred)
