Workday HRIS/Security Analyst

Department: 14218 Enterprise Corporate - People & Culture Digital Capabilities & Insights

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hou rs Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

This is a Remote position.

Monday - Friday

Approved Remote Work: WI, IL Divisions: AL, AK, AR, AZ, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, LA, KS, KY, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WV, WY.

Pay Range:

$35.50 - $53.25

Join Us in Transforming the Teammate Experience

At Advocate Health , our teammates are at the heart of everything we do. We're committed to creating innovative, efficient, and people-centered solutions that support the entire employee lifecycle. We are seeking a Workday HRIS/Security Analyst to join our People Systems team and help drive the optimization, security, reporting, and continuous improvement of our Workday environment.

As a key partner to HR, IT, and business stakeholders, you will play an integral role in configuring, maintaining, and enhancing Workday solutions that enable a seamless teammate experience while ensuring data integrity, security, compliance, and operational excellence.

About This Opportunity

The Workday HRIS/Security Analyst independently supports and leads the configuration, maintenance, security administration, reporting, and optimization of Workday solutions across the organization. This role serves as a trusted technical partner to HR, IT, and business leaders, delivering scalable system solutions that improve workforce operations and the teammate experience.

The ideal candidate brings strong Workday Security expertise, advanced reporting capabilities, and a passion for leveraging technology to streamline processes, strengthen governance, and support data-driven decision-making.

What You'll Do

• Configure, maintain, and optimize Workday modules to support evolving business needs and workforce operations.

• Partner with HR, IT, and business leaders to translate requirements into scalable system solutions aligned with governance standards and best practices.

• Lead moderately complex projects and system initiatives with minimal supervision.

• Configure and maintain Workday business processes, security frameworks, eligibility rules, notifications, and reporting solutions.

• Develop, test, and deploy Workday security roles, permissions, and reports to support business and compliance requirements.

• Manage user access and security provisioning, ensuring appropriate access to sensitive workforce data.

• Conduct regular security audits and access reviews to identify and resolve potential vulnerabilities.

• Support Workday releases, testing efforts, upgrades, and implementation of new functionality.

• Build and maintain advanced Workday reports, dashboards, and calculated fields to support business insights and decision-making.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to streamline and automate processes, improving efficiency and teammate experience.

• Maintain data integrity through ongoing audits, validation activities, and troubleshooting efforts.

• Evaluate and support integrations, EIBs, and system enhancements while considering downstream impacts.

• Provide training and guidance to stakeholders on Workday functionality, security standards, and best practices.

• Stay current on Workday innovations, emerging technologies, and AI-enabled capabilities that improve HR service delivery.

What You'll Bring

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Information Technology, Business, or related field.

• 2-4 years of Workday or HRIS experience.

• Experience configuring Workday modules, including:

  • Business Process Framework

  • Security

  • Eligibility Rules

  • Notifications

• Workday Security experience required.

• Advanced Workday reporting experience, including calculated fields, dashboards, and data analysis.

• Knowledge of integrations, Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB), and data auditing processes.

• Understanding of release management, change control, testing methodologies, and governance practices.

• Strong understanding of employee lifecycle processes, including hires, job changes, compensation, leaves, and separations.

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, collaboration, and communication skills.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a cross-functional environment.

Preferred

• Workday Pro Certification or progress toward certification.

• Advanced Workday Reporting expertise, including calculated fields, dashboards, and analytics.

• Experience supporting Workday Compensation or Advanced Compensation functionality , including compensation eligibility rules, compensation business processes, merit reviews, bonus planning, compensation reporting, or related total rewards initiatives.

• Experience with Agile project methodologies.

• Experience supporting large, complex HRIS or Workday environments.

• Knowledge of emerging HR technologies, AI-enabled solutions, and workforce analytics.

DISCLAIMER

All responsibilities and requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only responsibilities to be performed by an employee occupying this job or position. Employees must follow any other job-related instructions and perform any other job-related duties requested by their leaders.

Our Commitment to You:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation

• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training

• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job

• Incentive pay for select positions

• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits and more

• Paid Time Off programs

• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability

• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses

• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave

• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs

• Educational Assistance Program

Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.