Senior Workday HRIS Analyst

Location: Manchester, UK; onsite 4+ days per week

Company

hirify.global provides automated biosample management solutions, genomic services, laboratory analysis, sample management and storage services, informatics software, and consumables for pharmaceutical, biotech, academic, and healthcare institutions.

What you will do

• Serve as the primary technical subject matter expert for Workday Payroll.
• Configure and maintain payroll business processes, earnings, deductions, taxes, pay groups, pay components, security, and payroll inputs.
• Configure and support Workday Time Tracking and Absence, including eligibility rules, time calculations, accruals, leave plans, statutory leave, and severance programs.
• Design process improvements and automate payroll, leave, benefits, equity, sales compensation, and other payroll-impacting integrations.
• Develop complex Workday reports, dashboards, calculated fields, data extracts, EIBs, and regulatory reports.
• Coordinate testing, integrations, data conversions, audits, employee and manager self-service, training, and ongoing system support.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Information Systems, Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• At least 5 years of HRIS experience, including at least 3 years supporting Workday Payroll.
• Deep functional expertise in Workday Payroll, including business processes, domain security, payroll configuration, and troubleshooting.
• Experience supporting payroll operations in both the United States and United Kingdom.
• Experience configuring and supporting Workday Time Tracking and Absence.
• Strong knowledge of payroll compliance, taxation, statutory requirements, accruals, leave management, payroll controls, analytics, troubleshooting, and stakeholder management.

Nice to have

• Workday Payroll certification.
• Experience with Workday Integrations, EIBs, and Core Connectors.
• Experience supporting global payroll operations, pension, tax, regulatory, and workforce audits.
• Knowledge of SOX controls and payroll governance.
• Experience leading Workday implementations, payroll migrations, or major transformation initiatives.

Culture & Benefits

• Customer-focused environment centered on innovation and collaborative work relationships.
• Core values include Customer Focus, Achievement, Accountability, Teamwork, Employee Value, and Integrity.
• Work includes collaboration with Payroll, HR, Finance, IT, HR Business Partners, managers, and employees.
• Responsibilities include maintaining PII protection, GDPR compliance, audit readiness, and appropriate security controls.