Senior HRIS Analyst (Workday)

Mexico City · Mountain View · USD 184,000-226,000 · 3+ years experience · Hybrid · Posted Oct 7, 2026

At a glance

As one of the first pioneers of earned wage access, our passion at EarnIn is building products that deliver real-time financial flexibility for those with the unique needs of 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 are excited to continue bringing world-class talent onboard to help shape the next chapter of our growth journey.

The Senior HRIS Analyst will own and evolve the Workday platform with a primary focus on payroll administration, Core HCM, and security.
This role designs, configures, and optimizes scalable payroll and people systems that enable business growth and operational efficiency.
The position acts as a strategic partner to People, Finance, Total Rewards, and Payroll teams to translate business needs into system solutions.

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 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 assigned areas.
Ensure Workday is integrated within the broader enterprise ecosystem, designing solutions that support end-to-end business processes across systems.
Build and maintain advanced Workday reports, dashboards, and calculated fields.
Develop and maintain system documentation and leverage AI tools to accelerate documentation, identify logic gaps, and propose enhancements.
Partner with People Ops, Accounting, Payroll, Total Rewards, Finance, and IT to translate business requirements into system solutions.

3+ years of hands-on Workday Payroll configuration and administration experience
5+ years of HRIS experience with deep Workday expertise
Strong configuration experience in Workday Payroll and Core HCM
Experience with Workday configuration including Business Process Framework, Security, and Advanced Reporting (Calculated Fields)
Experience partnering cross-functionally with stakeholders in People, Accounting, Payroll, Finance, and IT
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Experience creating structured documentation and leveraging AI tools to enhance system design, testing, and analysis

Advanced Compensation
Time and Absence
Talent/Performance modules
Workday Extend
Experience in global and matrixed organizations
Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Information Systems, or equivalent
Experience designing workflows across different areas in the employment lifecycle

Could be a hybrid role from the Mexico City office.
Open to remote candidates in PT or CT time zones.
If based in or near Mountain View, CA, the role requires in-office work 2 days a week.
Potential opportunities to travel to the Mountain View headquarters.