Workday Compensation Business Systems Analyst / Product Manager
Anywhere
Category: Business Analysis
Industry: Technology
Workplace Type: Remote
Reference ID: JN -022026-105565
Date Posted: 02/17/2026
Shortcut: http://careers.eliassen.com/ksZcQX
Description:
Remote
Our client seeks a Workday Compensation Business Systems Analyst / Product Manager to own, configure, and improve Workday Core and Advanced Compensation. The role operates at the intersection of HR, Finance, and People Technology as a functional subject matter expert and product owner, supporting annual cycles, ongoing pay programs, and long-term roadmap evolution.
Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.
Rate: $70.00 to $80.00/hr. w2
Responsibilities:
- Serve as BSA/Product Manager for Workday Core Compensation and Advanced Compensation across merit, bonus, stock, and one-time payment programs.
- Own configuration for compensation plans and packages, grades and grade profiles, ranges, eligibility rules, proration logic, and compensation review processes.
- Partner with HR and Total Rewards to translate compensation strategy into scalable Workday solutions.
- Lead requirements gathering with HR, Finance, Payroll, and Legal stakeholders.
- Translate business needs into configuration-ready functional designs.
- Analyze downstream impacts to Payroll, Time and Absence, Reporting, and integrations.
- Drive end-to-end testing including unit, integration, and UAT for compensation events and annual cycles.
- Act as Product Owner for Workday Compensation within the People Technology portfolio.
- Maintain and prioritize a product backlog of enhancements, defects, and optimization items.
- Partner with engineering, HRIS, and vendors to deliver roadmap initiatives using Agile practices.
- Evaluate new Workday releases and features and recommend adoption based on business value.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for compensation system decisions and communicate tradeoffs, risks, and recommendations to senior leaders.
- Support executive-level reporting, pay equity analysis, and audit readiness.
Experience Requirements:
- 6+ years of experience in Workday HCM with deep specialization in Compensation.
- Hands-on configuration experience with Core Compensation, Advanced Compensation, and compensation review cycles.
- Background as a Business Systems Analyst, Product Manager, or HRIS Lead.
- Proven experience leading annual merit and bonus cycles in Workday.
- Excellent analytical, documentation, and stakeholder communication skills.
- Experience supporting global compensation programs (preferred).
- Exposure to Time Tracking, Absence, Payroll, or Reporting dependencies (preferred).
- Agile and product management experience including backlog ownership and sprint planning (preferred).
- Workday certification in Compensation or HCM (preferred).
W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.
Please be advised- If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please confirm that they have an Eliassen.com email address and never provide personal or financial information to anyone who is not clearly associated with Eliassen Group. If you have any indication of fraudulent activity, please contact InfoSec@eliassen.com.
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