People Enablement Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in India.

📋 Description

• Act as a Workday subject matter expert and primary contact for HR stakeholders.

• Oversee Workday processes throughout the employee lifecycle, encompassing hires, transfers, promotions, compensation adjustments, organizational changes, and terminations.

• Ensure the accuracy of employee and organizational data within Workday.

• Assist with Workday business processes, including approvals, security, reporting, data audits, software releases, testing, enhancements, and system optimization.

• Diagnose and resolve Workday-related issues by identifying their root causes and implementing effective solutions.

• Recognize opportunities to streamline and automate HR processes through Workday and other technological solutions.

• Support payroll operations across applicable regions in collaboration with payroll vendors, Finance, and HR teams.

• Validate, reconcile, and analyze payroll data while addressing discrepancies, payment issues, and data inaccuracies.

• Aid in payroll audits, year-end processes, reporting, compliance requirements, integrations, and downstream systems.

• Maintain documentation and standard operating procedures (SOPs) related to payroll processes.

• Create Workday reports, dashboards, calculated fields, HR analytics, and workforce/payroll/compensation/headcount reports.

• Utilize advanced Excel functions to analyze, reconcile, and validate extensive HR and payroll datasets.

• Develop tools and dashboards for data validation and reconciliation that provide actionable insights.

• Enhance, standardize, simplify, and automate HR, Workday, payroll, and HRIS processes across various regions.

• Support automation initiatives utilizing Workday, ServiceNow, Jira, Excel, and other technology platforms.

• Engage in HR technology projects, system enhancements, integrations, process transformations, organizational changes, acquisitions, and global HR initiatives.

• Collaborate with HR, People Partners, Payroll, Finance, Talent Acquisition, Compensation, IT, and external vendors.

• Clearly communicate issues, root causes, recommendations, and resolutions to stakeholders.

• Manage multiple priorities while ensuring accuracy and delivering high-quality service.

⛳️ Requirements

• 7–10+ years of experience in HRIS, Workday, Payroll, HR Operations, or a related discipline.

• Significant hands-on experience with Workday HCM and employee lifecycle processes.

• Practical experience in supporting global payroll operations, payroll inputs, audits, reconciliations, and payroll data management.

• Experience in supporting HR technology across the Americas, Europe, and India.

• Solid understanding of Workday business processes, reporting, data management, and system functionalities.

• Advanced Excel proficiency for data analysis, reconciliation, reporting, and handling large datasets.

• Familiarity with Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, INDEX-MATCH, SUMIFS/COUNTIFS, conditional formulas, data validation, and reporting.

• Preferred experience with payroll vendors and/or payroll systems.

• Background in HR systems and integrations; exposure to ATS platforms like Greenhouse is advantageous.

• Experience with workflow/case-management tools such as ServiceNow, Jira, or similar platforms.

• Strong skills in process improvement, analytical thinking, and problem-solving.

• Experience in crafting SOPs and maintaining HR process documentation.

• Familiarity with AI-enabled HR technology and automation is a significant plus.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

• Strong attention to detail and capacity to manage confidential employee and payroll information.

• Ability to work efficiently across global teams and multiple time zones.

• Workday certification in HCM, Reporting, Integrations, or related fields is preferred.

• Experience in supporting Workday implementations, optimization, or major HR transformation projects is desirable.

• Preference for experience with Workday Payroll or payroll-related integrations.

• Experience in supporting global payroll operations is advantageous.

• Background in a global technology/SaaS organization is preferred.

• Experience working within HR Shared Services or a global HR Operations environment is preferred.

• Strong understanding of HR data governance, controls, and audit requirements is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Access to CuraLinc for health and wellness insights and practices.

• Wellness Fridays available until December 2026.

• Region-specific perks and benefits (details can be found through the career site/Talent Acquisition team).

• Commitment to an equal opportunity and inclusive workplace.