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 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. 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. This is a remote position, though it could also be a hybrid role from our Mexico City office as part of our expanding site. EarnIn offers excellent benefits, including healthcare, internet and cell phone reimbursement, a learning and development stipend, and potential opportunities to travel to our Mountain View headquarters. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship or immigration support for this position. 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 designs, configures, and optimizes 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 plannin