Lead - Workday Security System Analyst

This a Full Remote job, the offer is available from: Indiana (USA) What You'll Do: Avalara is looking for an experienced Workday subject matter expert to oversee, improve, design, and scale Workday Security. We ask that you have a passion to enhance product quality and to deliver a seamless experience in Workday through mastery on functional configuration and team player skills. You will be part of our People Technology team and work with other internal business partners, and company management in the development and 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. You will report to the Sr. Manager, People Technology Architecture. Must have 10+ years of experience with Workday. 1. Design, configure, and maintain Workday security roles, domains, and business process security policies. 2. Implement security controls according to organizational policies and regulatory requirements. 3. Manage role assignments, segregation of responsibilities, and user provisioning processes. 4. Provide daily security administration and troubleshooting within Workday through JSM and maintain documentation. 5. Monitor system security for unauthorized access, errors, and compliance violations. 6. Support security-related audits and compliance initiatives (e.g., SOX, GDPR). 7. Partner with HR, Finance, Payroll, and IT teams to gather requirements and recommend security solutions. 8. Translate business needs into Workday security configuration and ensure least-privilege access. 9. Conduct impact analysis for new features, releases, or configuration changes. 10. Develop and execute security test plans, including role validation and regression testing. 11. Validate new security features delivered in Workday releases and provide recommendations. 12. Create and maintain security design documents, process guides, and standard operating procedures. 13. Address compliance audit requirements and maintain system audit records What Your Responsibilities Will Be: • Minimum of 10+ years of relevant professional experience in supporting/implementing Workday Security in a corporate HRIS/IT role. • Supported Workday Security in a production environment • Understanding of the impacts to modifying Security policies and understand end-to-end Security constructs • Hands-on configuration experience of Workday Core HR, Security • Create, deploy, and maintain Workday custom reports and dashboards • Provide end user support and functional trainings What You'll Need to be Successful: • Experience with Workday technologies - Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB) Report Writer, Business Process Framework, Configurable Security, Calculated Fields • Experience with Workday's Human Capital Management (HCM) suite and Security • Other experience with Compensation, Payroll, Security, Recruiting and Time Tracking • Workday Security PRO Certified • Experience with SOX principles and concepts #LI-Onsite Avalara is an AI-first Company: AI is embedded in our workflows, decision-making, and products. Success here requires embracing AI as an essential capability. • You’ll bring experience using AI and AI-related technologies, ready to thrive here. • You’ll apply AI every day to business challenges - improving efficiency, contributing solutions, and driving results for your team, our company, and our customers. • You’ll grow with AI by staying curious about new trends and best practices, and by sharing what you learn so others can benefit too. How We'll 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. What You Need To Know About Avalara: We’re defining the relationship between tax and tech. We’ve already built an industry-leading cloud compliance platform, processing over 54 billion customer API calls and over 6.6 million tax returns a year. Our growth is real - we're a billion dollar business - and we’re not slowing down until we’ve achieved our mission - to be part of every transaction in the world. We’re bright, innovative, and disruptive, like the orange we love to wear. It captures our quirky spirit and optimistic mindset. It shows off the culture we’ve designed, that empowers our people to win. We’ve been different from day one. Join us, and your career will be too. We’re An Equal Opportunity Employer Supporting diversity and inclusion is a cornerstone of our company — we don’t want people to fit into our culture, but to enrich it. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, gender, national orientation, disability, sexual orientation, US Veteran status, or any other factor protected by law. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know. This offer from "Avalara" has been enriched by Jobgether.com and got a 72% flex score. Apply tot his job