Workday HR System Administrator (TEMPORARY) Job

Primary Responsibilities

• Provides routine support for the following Workday functional areas: Benefits, Payroll, Time, and Absence, Recruiting and Talent Management.


• Supports these functional areas in a production environment and works independently with minimal oversight.


• Performs Workday administrative functions including security maintenance, business process configuration, tenant configuration, data loads, integrations, and upgrades.


• Monitors tickets and responds to daily support requests and resolves issues. Proactively communicates with internal customers.


• Provides technical and functional expertise including solution review, alternative options for resolution, and recommendations.


• Creates technical configuration including business process workflow, custom fields, custom validations, custom reports, dashboards, integrations, and access rights.


• Write standard, advanced, matrix and composite reports as well as creating complex calculated fields, custom objects, and worksheets.


• Proactively validates and identifies technical/functional issues, recommends solutions, and drives timely decisions.


• Acts as the organization's lead change agent in preparation and implementation of new system rollouts and upgrades.


• Independently implements enhancements and solutions for identified issues including reporting and integrations, while also identifying skills needed from external resources to fill internal knowledge gaps and managing these resources.


• Monitors system performance, efficiency, and use.


• Develops triage criteria for assigning tickets among subject matter experts.


• Facilitates cross-functional team meetings.


• Liaise with Workday user community to access best practices.


• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in related field.


• 9+ years relevant experience.


• 3+ years Workday ERP experience, with expertise in HRIS and exposure to FDM.


• Experience managing contractors, and vendors.


• Expertise in the design, implementation, and deployment of user-centric systems, with a focus on usability.


• Proven record of clear communication (oral and written) with diverse audiences and a record of producing clear documentation.

Preferred Skills

• Workday ERP certifications in HCM and/or Report Writing.


• Rich skills and experience with Microsoft solutions especially Excel, PowerPoint.


• Experience with global systems deployment.


• Experience with Six Sigma, Agile, and/or other methodologies.


• Expertise in collaborative technologies including Microsoft solutions (SharePoint, OneDrive, Planner, etc.) and/or other project management tools.


• Strong understanding of systems development life cycle (SDLC) and ITIL framework and principals.


• International non-profit/NGO experience.

The individual in this role can be located in the following US states: AZ, CO, DC, FL, GA, MD, MA, MI, NY, NC, PA, SC, TX, VA, WA or any country globally where Ipas is registered. The role is largely remote however there may be required travel and in-person meetings and team retreats.

Compensation for this position will be determined on the prevailing market rate for similar positions in the employee's location, and the applicable statutory laws- in addition to Ipas's own pay philosophy and other factors, such as the employee's experience level and expertise.