Workday Analyst
Baseten
- California
- New York
About the role
Join during the Workday implementation, then take ownership of the tenant at go-live as the first dedicated analyst. You’ll configure business processes, security, reports, calculated fields, and tenant settings, run EIB data loads, manage twice-yearly releases, and triage integrations. The role requires 4+ years administering a live Workday tenant in-house, with deep HCM Core, Report Writer, security, EIB, and release-testing experience.
We are bringing our people systems in-house on Workday, and we are hiring our first dedicated Workday Analyst to make it excellent. You will join while the implementation is underway, ramp alongside our deployment partner, and own the tenant from go-live onward. This is a hands-on configuration role: you will build business processes, manage security, load data, and test releases yourself, and you will teach others on the People team to do the same as we grow. If you want to shape a Workday environment from its first day in production instead of inheriting years of someone else's decisions, this is that rare opening.
Responsibilities
Own day-to-day Workday configuration: business processes, security groups and roles, custom reports, calculated fields, and tenant settings
Build and run EIB loads for data changes, mass updates, and audits
Own the twice-yearly Workday release cycle: evaluate new features, regression-test, and roll out changes safely
Shadow the implementation build, then take over tenant ownership at go-live
Monitor integrations and triage issues with our IT team and vendors
Support payroll configuration in partnership with our Accounting team and payroll services provider
Field and resolve system requests from employees, managers, and the People team
Mentor teammates so Workday administration becomes a team capability, not a single point of failure
Requirements
4+ years administering a live Workday tenant in-house (customer side, not consulting)
Deep Workday HCM core: business process configuration, security administration, and Report Writer
Fluent with EIBs and comfortable owning data loads end to end
Have shipped multiple Workday releases and know how to test them
A builder's temperament: you do the configuration yourself and like it that way
Clear written communication for documentation and change notes
Excitement about a pace that's faster than anywhere you've worked before
You'd rather improve on your old playbooks than reuse them as-is, and you're interested in AI tools that help you do it
Nice to Have
Workday Payroll configuration experience
Workday Benefits module configuration (plan and enrollment event setup)
Workday Absence Management configuration (time off and leave plans)
Workday Pro or similar certifications
Commutable to our San Francisco or New York office
Benefits
Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity
(U.S. only) 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents
Flexible PTO policy including company wide Winter Break (our offices are closed from Christmas Eve to New Year's Day!)
Paid parental leave
Fertility and family-building stipend through Carrot
(U.S. only) Company-facilitated 401(k)
Exposure to a variety of ML startups, offering unparalleled learning and networking opportunities.