[Remote] Senior Workday HRIS Analyst

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Unity is the world’s leading game engine, and they are seeking a Senior Workday HRIS Analyst to join their People Technology team. In this role, you will be responsible for configuring and optimizing Workday Compensation and Payroll modules, partnering with HR and Payroll to deliver scalable solutions across the employee lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior functional and technical owner for Workday Compensation (including Advanced Compensation) and Payroll, ensuring solutions are scalable, compliant, and aligned with business needs
• Lead the design, configuration, enhancement, and ongoing support of compensation and payroll processes, balancing user experience, operational efficiency, auditability, and control
• Drive and support annual and off-cycle compensation planning activities, including merit, bonus, stock, and promotion processes, along with associated business process design and governance
• Independently manage and deliver medium- to large-scale projects and enhancements, including stakeholder alignment, requirement gathering, prioritization, testing, and post-production support
• Troubleshoot complex system and process issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement sustainable, scalable solutions, along with providing guidance on Workday best practices, process standardization, and governance, helping to improve system maturity and operational excellence across the People Technology landscape

Skills

• 6+ years of hands-on Workday experience, with deep expertise in Compensation (including Advanced Compensation), Payroll (required) and Time Tracking modules (preferred)
• Deep understanding of end-to-end compensation, payroll, HR, and Total Rewards processes, including global considerations, compliance requirements, controls, and downstream impacts
• Proven experience leading or heavily influencing Workday implementations, enhancements, and module rollouts, particularly in compensation and payroll domains
• Demonstrated ability to independently drive complex workstreams, make sound configuration and design decisions, and manage competing priorities with minimal oversight
• Ability to assess current-state processes, identify improvement opportunities, and recommend scalable system solutions that align with broader business goals
• Workday Pro Certification in Compensation, Advanced Compensation, Payroll, or Core HCM
• Prior involvement in at least one end-to-end Workday implementation or major global module rollout
• Experience operating in a global environment with complex compensation and payroll requirements

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance
• Commute subsidy
• Employee stock ownership
• Competitive retirement/pension plans
• Generous vacation and personal days
• Support for new parents through leave and family-care programs
• Office food snacks
• Mental Health and Wellbeing programs and support
• Employee Resource Groups
• Global Employee Assistance Program
• Training and development programs
• Volunteering and donation matching program

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