Senior HRIS Analyst (Workday)

ABOUT EARNIN

As one of the first pioneers of earned wage access, our passion at EarnIn is building products that deliver real-time financial flexibility for people living paycheck to paycheck. Our community members access their earnings as they earn them, with options to spend, save, and grow their money without mandatory fees, interest rates, or credit checks. We’re fortunate to have an incredibly experienced leadership team, combined with world-class funding partners like A16Z, Matrix Partners, DST, Ribbit Capital, and a very healthy core business with a tremendous runway. We’re growing fast and excited to bring on world-class talent to help shape the next chapter of our growth journey.

EarnIn is becoming an AI-native company, embedding AI agents into how we build, analyze, and operate across every function. Teams use AI Agents to move from ideas to execution faster. By letting agents handle repetitive tasks, our people can focus on judgment, creativity, and hard problems. We pair this experimentation with the strict review and security guardrails our regulated financial environment requires, always keeping a focus on privacy and the people who rely on our products.

As a company, we are becoming AI-native, and we encourage you to use AI tools throughout much of your interview process. If you use AI during the live interview, just say so; a quick, natural mention of how it helped and why you are using it is all we need. What we're evaluating is your judgment, reasoning, and ability to own and defend your work, not whether AI was involved. Some rounds, particularly those focused on your career history and past experiences, will not allow the use of AI, and we'll let you know of those in advance. When in doubt, ask your recruiter or interviewer directly.

POSITION SUMMARY

We are seeking a Senior HRIS Analyst to own and evolve our Workday platform, primarily focused on Core HCM and Security. This role designs, configures, and optimizes scalable people systems that enable business growth and operational efficiency. You will act as a strategic partner to People, Finance, and IT teams—translating business needs into system solutions while ensuring data integrity, security, and streamlined processes across the employee lifecycle. We are in the midst of an exciting Intelligent Work Systems transformation, evolving from manual operations to designing AI-enabled, cross-system workflows that scale across the enterprise. We’re looking for someone with a strong Workday foundation and an inventor mindset to help build what’s next.

The San Diego base salary range for this full-time position is $153,130-$187,158, plus equity and benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. If based in or near Mountain View, CA, the role requires in-office work 2 days a week, though we are open to remote candidates in PT or CT time zones.

POSITION SUMMARY

We are seeking a Senior HRIS Analyst to own and evolve our Workday platform. This role primarily focuses on payroll administration, and payroll administration experience is required. You'll also bring strong Core HCM expertise and support other Workday functional areas, including Time and Absence and Advanced Compensation. This role is responsible for designing, configuring, and optimizing scalable payroll and people systems that enable business growth and operational efficiency. You will act as a strategic partner to People, Finance, Total Rewards, and Payroll teams—translating business needs into system solutions while ensuring payroll accuracy, data integrity, and streamlined processes across the employee lifecycle.

We are in the midst of an exciting Intelligent Work Systems transformation, evolving from manual operations to designing AI-enabled, cross-system workflows that scale across the enterprise. We’re looking for someone with a strong Workday payroll foundation and an inventor mindset to help build what’s next.

The Mountain View base salary range for this full-time position is $184,000-$226,000, plus equity and benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. If based in or near Mountain View, CA, the role requires in-office work 2 days a week, though we are open to remote candidates in PT or CT time zones.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Payroll & Workday Configuration Ownership

Administer Workday Payroll configuration end-to-end, including pay groups, earnings, deductions, and payroll-impacting business processes

Serve as the primary systems point of contact for Payroll Operations, ensuring accurate, on-time pay processing

Own configuration and ongoing optimization of Workday Payroll and also other areas in Core HCM, including security frameworks as assigned

Support configuration and troubleshooting across other Workday functional areas, including Time and Absence

Design and maintain business processes, workflows, and system controls across the employee lifecycle

Lead system enhancements, releases, and feature adoption in areas assigned

System Strategy & Optimization

Ensure Workday is not operated in isolation but as part of a broader enterprise ecosystem; design solutions that support end-to-end business processes across systems, including access governance, compliance, and cross-functional workflow orchestration

Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and automate People processes through Workday and integrated systems

Drive scalable solutions that reduce manual effort and improve data accuracy

Contribute to the Workday roadmap by defining and prioritizing enhancements based on business impact, scalability, and system health

Establish and maintain system governance and best practices

Partner with People Operations and external Workday support to manage escalations, prioritize issues, and drive systemic resolution of recurring problems

Ensure data consistency and integrity across Workday and downstream financial systems, including reconciliation of headcount, compensation, and organizational structures used in financial reporting and planning.

Develop and maintain system documentation (business processes, decision logic, architecture diagrams); leverage AI tools to accelerate documentation, identify logic gaps, and propose enhancements

Troubleshoot system issues, root-cause errors, and implement scalable fixes

Reporting & Insights

Build and maintain advanced Workday reports, dashboards, and calculated fields

Partner with stakeholders to deliver actionable insights across People and Finance

Ensure consistency and integrity of workforce data

Cross-Functional Partnership

Partner with People Ops, Accounting, Payroll, Total Rewards, Finance, and IT to translate business requirements into system solutions

Act as a subject matter expert on Workday capabilities and limitations

Act as a key partner to Finance in supporting workforce planning, budgeting, and actuals reporting by ensuring accurate and timely workforce data

Support testing strategy (UAT) and ensure high-quality system deployments

Leverage AI and structured methodologies to define test strategies, generate test cases, support design reviews, and proactively identify logic gaps or architectural improvements prior to deployment

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

3+ years of hands-on Workday Payroll configuration and administration experience, required

5+ years of HRIS experience with deep Workday expertise

Strong configuration experience in Workday Payroll and Core HCM

Experience with Workday co