Sr. People Systems Analyst

Harvey Harvey · AI Frontier · Dallas, TX · IT

This role is for a Sr. People Systems Analyst specializing in Workday Compensation configuration. The analyst will be responsible for maintaining and optimizing Workday Compensation modules, supporting compensation review cycles, building reports, managing integrations, and configuring security roles. The role requires strong Workday administration experience, particularly in compensation, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

What you'd actually do

  1. Configure and maintain Workday Compensation plans, including base pay, bonus targets, one-time payments, equity grants, and compensation grade profiles across multiple countries.
  2. Support annual and mid-year compensation review cycles end-to-end — including integration with performance management tools, compensation change loads, compensation statements, and manager reporting.
  3. Build and maintain custom reports and dashboards in Workday to support People Ops, Total Rewards, Finance, Payroll, and cross-functional stakeholders with compensation data, headcount reporting, incentive compensation tracking, and compliance audits.
  4. Support the implementation and configuration of the Advanced Compensation module within Workday, including compensation planning cycles, merit increases, bonus calculations, and equity refresh processes.
  5. Manage Workday integrations related to compensation data — including connections to payroll systems, market data providers (e.g., Pave, Radford), ATS platforms (e.g., Ashby), and financial planning tools.

Skills

Required

  • Minimum 5 years of experience in Workday configuration and administration
  • deep hands-on expertise in Compensation modules
  • Proven experience supporting compensation review cycles within Workday
  • Strong proficiency in Workday custom report writing
  • Experience with Workday security configuration
  • Experience building and managing Workday integrations
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Nice to have

  • additional expertise spanning reporting, security roles, integrations, or benefits