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MercuryMercurySan Francisco, CA

Senior HRIS Analyst

The Senior HRIS Analyst will configure and optimize Workday HCM and Advanced Compensation, support security and worker lifecycle processes, and build reporting solutions. The role requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and at least five years of Workday functional experience.

154k – 193k/yr
Remote5+ YOEPeople Ops

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Design, configure, maintain, and optimize Workday Core HCM and Advanced Compensation modules.
  • Evaluate and recommend Workday compensation designs aligned with organizational growth, job architecture, career frameworks, and Total Rewards strategy.
  • Configure compensation grades, grade profiles, salary ranges, compensation plans, eligibility rules, annual merit cycles, and staffing and people processes.
  • Develop and maintain HR and compensation Workday reports and dashboards.
  • Configure and support Workday security for implementations, acquisitions, reorganizations, and system enhancements.
  • Troubleshoot complex security issues involving domain permissions, business process security, constrained and unconstrained roles, and segmented security.
  • Configure and maintain worker lifecycle events, including hiring, onboarding, job changes, transfers, promotions, leave, and termination.
  • Document system configurations, procedures, testing, recommendations, and migration plans.
  • Partner with the People team and business stakeholders to evaluate and implement AI-driven solutions within Workday and related HR technologies.
  • Provide support for additional Workday modules as requested.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Information Systems, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years of Workday functional experience, including configuration and support.
  • 3+ years supporting HCM and Advanced Compensation modules.
  • Experience supporting organizational changes, including new entities, acquisitions, reorganizations, and global expansion.
  • Experience working in complex organizations with multiple business units and local and international employee populations.
  • Experience configuring and maintaining Workday security, including role-based security groups, domain security policies, and business process security.
  • Expertise in Workday business processes, organizations, staffing models, and worker lifecycle events.
  • Experience building Workday reports, calculated fields, dashboards, and data validation reports.
  • Experience configuring Workday compensation structures and annual compensation review cycles.

Compensation and Benefits

  • Total rewards include base salary, equity through stock options, and benefits.
  • Target new-hire base salary ranges:
    • US employees in New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, or the San Francisco Bay Area: $154,200–$192,800 USD
    • US employees outside of New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, or the San Francisco Bay Area: $138,800–$173,500 USD
    • Canadian employees in any location: CAD 145,800–182,200

Skills

Workdayworkday core hcmworkday advanced compensationworkday securityworkday reportscalculated fieldsDashboardscompensation structuresbusiness process securitydomain security policiesrole-based security groupsAI

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