# Senior HRIS Analyst

**Company:** [Mercury](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/mercury)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** People Ops
**Salary:** $154k – $193k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Workday, workday core hcm, workday advanced compensation, workday security, workday reports, calculated fields, Dashboards, compensation structures, business process security, domain security policies, role-based security groups, AI
**Posted:** 2026-08-04

> 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.

## Job Description

## 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**

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