# Staff Workday HRIS Technical Analyst

**Company:** [Checkr](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/checkr)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** IT Support
**Salary:** $161k – $189k/yr
**Experience:** 6+ years
**Skills:** Workday, workday studio, core connectors, eib, workday apis, hcm core, compensation, benefits, absence, time tracking, talent, Recruiting, workday adaptive planning, calculated fields, advanced reporting
**Posted:** 2026-07-27

> Own and advance Checkr's Workday platform end-to-end, including configuration, integrations, releases, AI adoption, and optimization across HR modules. Requires 6+ years of hands-on Workday experience, deep module expertise, and a proactive self-starter approach.

## Job Description

## Platform Ownership & Roadmap
- Serve as the Workday subject matter expert across HR, IT, and Finance.
- Own the platform roadmap, module adoption strategy, and alignment with Workday's twice-yearly release cycle.

## Configuration & Optimization
- Lead configuration, testing, and deployment across HCM Core, Compensation, Benefits, Absence, Time Tracking, Talent, Performance, Recruiting, Workday Adaptive Planning.
- Includes business processes, security models, calculated fields, and custom reporting.

## Release Management & Health
- Conduct regression testing for each Workday release.
- Perform regular audits and drive performance tuning and configuration health checks to ensure platform stability.

## Integrations & Automation
- Build and maintain integrations using Workday Studio, Core Connectors, EIB, and APIs to connect Workday with adjacent systems (Greenhouse, CultureAmp, Pave, payroll, finance, provisioning).
- Identify and eliminate manual workflows through system-driven automation.

## Self-Service & Employee Experience
- Optimize business processes, notifications, navigation, and the user interface to reduce administrative burden, increase adoption, and improve the employee and manager self-service experience.

## AI & Analytics
- Evaluate and implement Workday AI, machine learning, skills intelligence, and Analytics capabilities.
- Partner with data and IT teams to ensure scalability, data privacy, and ethical deployment.

## Cross-Functional Partnership
- Translate stakeholder requirements into technical specifications.
- Manage the Workday vendor and implementation partner relationships.
- Lead project delivery and adoption across the organization.

## Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field.
- 6+ years of progressive HR technology experience, with deep, hands-on expertise configuring and optimizing Workday.
- Demonstrated expertise across multiple Workday modules, such as HCM Core, Compensation, Benefits, Absence, Time Tracking, Talent, or Recruiting.
- Workday certification (Pro or equivalent) is a strong plus.
- Hands-on experience building Workday integrations using Studio, Core Connectors, EIB, and Workday APIs.
- Strong command of the Workday security model, business process framework, calculated fields, and advanced reporting.
- Experience with Workday Adaptive Planning is a strong plus.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and project management skills.
- Self-starter with a proactive approach, capable of driving work independently and identifying opportunities for improvement without explicit direction.
- Proven experience with process automation and workflow design inside Workday.
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate complex Workday concepts for non-technical audiences.
- An A-player mindset with a strong bias for action: you raise the bar, move with urgency, stay resilient through ambiguity, and take ownership to deliver meaningful outcomes.

## Compensation
- Base Salary range (San Francisco, CA): $161,000—$189,000 USD

## Benefits
- A fast-paced and collaborative environment
- Learning and development allowance
- Competitive cash and equity compensation, and opportunity for advancement
- 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Up to $25K reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services
- Flexible PTO policy
- Monthly wellness stipend
- In-office perks (lunch five times a week, commuter stipend, snacks and beverages)
- Relocation stipend may be available

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