Senior HRIS Analyst (Workday)

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.

We are seeking a Senior HRIS Analyst to own and evolve our Workday platform, primarily focused on Core HCM, Security, and payroll administration.
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.

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
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
Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and automate People processes through Workday and integrated systems
Build and maintain advanced Workday reports, dashboards, and calculated fields
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, required
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 analytical and technical skills for translating and analyzing business needs into requirements, driving implementations, and delivering effective, value-adding solutions
Exceptional technical aptitude and strong desire for learning new technologies and solution architectures

Advanced Compensation
Time and Absence
Talent/Performance modules
Workday Extend
Experience in global and matrixed organizations is a plus
Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Information Systems, or equivalent is a plus
Experience designing workflows across different areas in the employment lifecycle (recruiting, onboarding, career development, off-boarding) is a plus

If based in or near Mountain View, CA, the role requires in-office work 2 days a week
Open to remote candidates in PT or CT time zones