Senior Workday Benefits/Absence Analyst

Location- Remote - India

What You'll Do

Avalara is looking for an experienced Workday subject matter expert to oversee, improve, design, and scale Workday­ Benefits and Absence areas. This role requires a passion to enhance product quality and to deliver a seamless experience in Workday through mastery on functional configuration, business analysis and team player skills.

In this role, you will be part of our People Technology team and work with other internal business partners, and company management in the development/maintenance of Workday.

People Technology is a diverse team made up of subject matter experts that own multiple enterprise platforms and brings automation and scale to our People & Culture, Finance and IT programs. We are in the IT business unit within Engineering organization; work with many teams to bring value to our workforce and internal business customers.

You will report to the Manager, People Technology Architecture.

What Your Responsibilities Will Be

• Must have 4+ years of experience with Workday**

You will

• Be responsible for global Benefits and Absence projects from business analysis to hands-on functional configuration ownership.
• Analyze complex business problems through effective documentation skills.
• Plan, execute and coordinate manual and automated testing with team members and business stakeholders.
• Mentor, influence and guide the workday experts and business team members through empathetic change management.
• Design and deploy plans and tweaks while ensuring reliability and scale through simplicity and speed.

What You'll Need To Be Successful

• 7+ years of relevant professional experience supporting/implementing Workday Benefits and Absence areas.
• Understanding of the dependencies and downstream impacts across Workday modules and data feeds to other internal and external applications.
• Hands-on configuration experience of Workday Core HR, Benefits, Absence, Security and Business Processes.
• Ability to create, deploy, and maintain Workday custom reports and dashboards for technology team.
• Ability to bring simplicity and speed to our programs.
• A natural inclination to work in an open and transparent manner with team members.

Certifications:

• Workday Pro Certifications.
• Expertise with Time Tracking.

How Well Take Care Of You

Total Rewards

In addition to a great compensation package, paid time off, and paid parental leave, many Avalara employees are eligible for bonuses.

Health & Wellness
Benefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance.

Inclusive culture and diversity
Avalara strongly supports diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is committed to integrating them into our business practices and our organizational culture. We also have a total of 8 employee-run resource groups, each with senior leadership and exec sponsorship.