Senior HRIS Analyst (Product Manager, Workday)

Senior HRIS Analyst (Product Manager, Workday)

Make banking a Fifth Third better® We connect great people to great opportunities. Are you ready to take the next step? Discover a career in banking at Fifth Third Bank.

*Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

About The Role:

The Senior HRIS Product Analyst serves as a senior functional configuration expert and strategic partner to HR Centers of Excellence (COEs), HR Business Partners, and cross-functional stakeholders. This role leads moderate to complex configuration initiatives, evaluates upcoming Workday features, and drives continuous improvement across assigned HCM domains.

Building on deep Workday functional expertise, the Senior Analyst anticipates business needs, delivers scalable solutions, and plays a key role in shaping how Workday supports the organization's people and processes.

Please see below for specific responsibilities and requirements for this role.

Your Responsibilities:

The responsibilities for this role are below; you may support projects of varying complexity based on skill and organizational priorities.

Workday Configuration Leadership:

• Lead configuration, testing, validation, and deployment of system changes across multiple Workday modules such as Core HR, Benefits, Talent, and Advanced Compensation.
• Own complex business process designs, configuration logic, calculated fields, and mass data updates.
• Ensure configuration aligns with system governance, best practices, and enterprise design principles.

Consultative Partnership with COEs and HRBPs:

• Act as a senior HRIS partner to assigned COEs, gathering requirements, providing solution options, and performing impact analysis.
• Translate business needs into user-centered Workday solutions and provide guidance on process optimization.
• Influence decision-making by presenting risks, benefits, and alternatives.

Workday Releases, Enhancements & Innovation:

• Serve as a subject matter expert for Workday releases, evaluating new functionality and identifying opportunities for system or process improvement.
• Recommend and help prioritize enhancements that improve HR service delivery. Sharing knowledge with HR colleagues and the Workday team to build broader Workday capability.

Testing and Quality Assurance:

• Lead testing for integrations, security, benefits, payroll, compensation, and other annual cycle events.
• Oversee UAT cycles, troubleshoot issues, and validate functional changes before deployment.
• Ensure all changes are thoroughly tested across upstream and downstream processes.

Data Stewardship & System Maintenance:

• Maintain master data values in Workday, including job profiles, job families, roles, organizations, and locations.
• Conduct data audits, resolve discrepancies, and ensure strong data governance practices.
• Partner with IT stakeholders and technical teams on integrations, security updates, and system fixes.

Project & Workstream Leadership:

• Lead small project teams or functional workstreams during enhancements, major updates, or cross-functional initiatives.
• Coordinate across HR COEs, HR Operations Shared Services, IT partners, and external partners to ensure smooth execution of Workday changes.
• Provide guidance and coaching to junior HRIS analysts.

Other Duties:

• Performing other duties as assigned, adapting to new tasks or shifts in priorities as necessary to support your team's and the company's mission.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Five (5) + years of hands-on experience with Workday HCM across multiple modules preferred.
• HR functional and systems experience, with strong understanding of HR processes and data.
• Experience leading configuration work, testing cycles, or project workstreams.

Required Skills:

• Qualified candidates will possess a moderate degree of proficiency (typically from three to five years of work or practical experience), in: Workday Configuration Expertise: Ability to configure and manage business processes, master data structures, and module-specific functionality.
• Advanced HR Systems Analysis: Strong requirements gathering, impact analysis, and documentation capabilities.
• Testing & Validation Leadership: Experience designing test plans and overseeing UAT cycles.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Proven ability to partner with HRBPs, COEs, HRIT, and technical teams.
• Communication Skills: Ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to all audiences.
• Please refer to the "Skills for Success" section to learn how to stand out as an applicant.

Skills for Success:

• Qualified candidates will possess a moderate degree of proficiency (typically from three to five years of work or practical experience), across a suite of skills including, but not limited to:
• Strategic mindset with ability to proactively identify opportunities for system optimization.
• Strong judgment in evaluating configuration options and recommending scalable solutions.
• Ability to influence stakeholders through data, logic, and HRIS best practices.
• High level of ownership, accountability, and follow-through.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Commitment to continuous learning and Workday expertise development.

Doing the Right Thing: Our employees take pride in doing the right thing for customers and colleagues as well as being accountable for risk by openly exchanging ideas and opinions, elevating concerns, and following policies and procedures that protect all our valuable assets —including you.

At Fifth Third, we understand the importance of recognizing our employees for the role they play in improving the lives of our customers, communities and each other. Our Total Rewards include comprehensive benefits and differentiated compensation offerings to give each employee the opportunity to be their best every day.

The base salary for this position is reflective of the range of salary levels for all roles within this pay grade across the U.S. Individual salaries within this range will vary based on factors such as role, relevant skillset, relevant experience, education and geographic location. In addition to the base salary, this role is eligible to participate in an incentive compensation plan, with any such payment based upon company, line of business and/or individual performance.

Our extensive benefits programs are designed to support the individual needs of our employees and their families, encompassing physical, financial, emotional and social well-being. You can learn more about those programs on our 53.com Careers page at: or by consulting with your talent acquisition partner.

Location -- Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

Attention search firms and staffing agencies: do not submit unsolicited resumes for this posting. Fifth Third does not accept resumes from any agency that does not have an active agreement with Fifth Third. Any unsolicited resumes – no matter how they are submitted – will be considered the property of Fifth Third and Fifth Third will not be responsible for any associated fee.

Fifth Third Bank, National Association is proud to have an engaged and inclusive culture and to promote and ensure equal employment opportunity in all employment decisions regardless of race, color, gender, national origin, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, veteran status or any other legally protected status.