Presbyterian Healthcare Services is looking for a Payroll Workday Analyst. This role uses analytical and technical expertise to support, maintain, and optimize Workday Payroll and related HR and Finance system functionality. As a locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system committed to community health, we need an analyst who partners closely with Payroll, Finance, HR, IT, and Clinical stakeholders to ensure payroll processing, accounting, reporting, and compliance are accurate and efficient.
What You'll Do
- Serve as a subject matter expert and provide consulting support to Payroll stakeholders on Workday Payroll functionality, configuration, and optimization.
- Act as a primary point of contact for system troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and resolution of Workday Payroll issues impacting daily operations and payroll processing cycles.
- Provide best practice guidance and consulting support to Payroll, HR, Finance, and IT stakeholders to drive process efficiency and operational improvement.
- Configure and maintain Workday Payroll components including earnings, deductions, pay groups, pay period schedules, payroll calendars, run categories, and related business process workflows.
- Configure and support payroll tax setup including company federal and state tax configuration, employee tax elections, and year-end/W-2 setup.
- Configure and maintain payroll accounting setup including account posting rules, payroll accounting processes, and costing allocations.
- Execute and support payroll processing activities (on-cycle and off-cycle), including payroll calculation, audit review, payroll completion, settlement, and reconciliation.
- Create, load, validate, and troubleshoot Payroll EIBs including payroll input, off-cycle payroll, period schedule updates, no-retro-prior-to-date, and other payroll-related data loads.
- Partner with Finance and Accounting teams to support payroll-to-GL reconciliation and resolution of costing, posting, or allocation issues.
- Develop and maintain Workday reports and dashboards to support payroll operations, compliance, and leadership decision-making.
- Partner with HR, Compensation, Benefits, Absence, and Time Tracking teams to evaluate cross-functional impacts to payroll processing and ensure payroll stability.
- Partner with IT and Clinical stakeholders to ensure accurate data integrations and reporting across enterprise systems, including healthcare-specific integrations (e.g., Workday and Epic).
- Support Workday’s monthly and bi-annual release cycles by coordinating release planning, documenting impacts, executing regression testing, and validating payroll results.
- Develop and maintain test scripts, test scenarios, and test cases to ensure payroll changes are validated and production ready.
- Contribute to the development of Functional Design Documents (FDDs), Business Requirement Documents (BRDs), interface designs, test plans, and standard operating procedures.
- Deliver training, process documentation, job aids, and knowledge resources to promote adoption and long-term operational efficiency.
- Prioritize and manage multiple sustainment requests, enhancements, and operational issues while maintaining high levels of customer service.
- Investigate recurring issues, perform root cause analysis on repeat system errors, and recommend corrective actions.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor’s degree required (six (6) years of additional relevant experience may be substituted in lieu of degree).
- Proven experience supporting payroll operations, HRIS/payroll systems, or enterprise financial systems in a large-scale organization.
- Hands-on experience with Workday Payroll configuration and payroll processing in a production environment.
- Demonstrated experience configuring and supporting Workday Payroll elements such as: Earnings and deductions, Pay groups and pay period schedules, Payroll calendars and run categories, Employee tax elections and payroll tax setup, Payroll accounting and posting rules, Costing allocations and payroll reconciliation.
- Experience supporting payroll processing including payroll calculations, payroll complete, settlement activities, and audit validation for both on-cycle and off-cycle payroll.
- Experience creating, loading, and validating payroll-related EIBs (payroll input, off-cycle processing, period schedules, no-retro-prior-to-date, etc.).
- Experience supporting Workday release management activities including impact assessment, test planning, writing test scripts, executing test cases, validating results, and coordinating adoption of payroll-related updates.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with the ability to conduct root cause analysis and drive issue resolution.
- Strong ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders and provide consultative guidance.
- Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
Nice to Have
- Workday Payroll certification(s) strongly preferred.
- Prior experience in a healthcare organization strongly preferred.
- Experience with healthcare ERP/EHR integrations (e.g., Workday integrated with Epic).
- Familiarity with CMS reporting requirements and nonprofit finance standards.
- Payroll certification (CPP, FPC) preferred.
- Prior experience supporting Workday Payroll regression testing and release readiness activities in a healthcare or large enterprise environment.
- Experience supporting large enterprise payroll environments with complex costing structures, multiple pay groups, and multi-state taxation.
Technical Stack
- Workday Payroll
Team & Environment
Partners closely with Payroll, Finance, HR, IT, Clinical stakeholders, and other cross-functional teams.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation: Minimum Offer $83,366.40, Maximum Offer $127,275.20
- Medical, dental, vision insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Group term life insurance
- Other optional voluntary benefits
- Employee Wellness rewards program with gift cards and incentives
Work Mode
This position is open to Remote Workers in New Mexico.
AA/EOE/VET/DISABLED. PHS is a drug-free and tobacco-free employer with smoke free campuses.
