Workday Administrator
<p>Robert Half is seeking a <strong>Workday HRIS Administrator</strong> to support a leading organization in the Seattle, WA area. This role is a <strong>backfill during Open Enrollment season</strong>, covering Core HR and Benefits (OE) administration as a team member transitions to reduced hours. The position is <strong>Hybrid (Tues/Thurs onsite preferred, remote otherwise, fully remote possible)</strong> and will run <strong>through the end of the year</strong> with potential to extend. Apply today!</p><p><br></p><p>Job Details:</p><ul><li><strong>Schedule:</strong> Core hours 8:00am–4:00pm PST, Tuesday & Thursday onsite preferred (not mandatory)</li><li><strong>Duration:</strong> Contract through year-end, focus on Open Enrollment</li><li><strong>Location:</strong> Seattle, WA (PST time zone preferred, local bonus)</li><li><strong>Remote/Onsite:</strong> Hybrid (onsite Tues/Thurs ideal, remote otherwise; fully remote possible)</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Job Responsibilities:</p><ul><li>Provide <strong>Workday Core HR administration</strong> including granting permissions, security role updates, document uploads, and data management.</li><li>Support <strong>Open Enrollment (Benefits)</strong> by configuring enrollment activities, troubleshooting benefit elections, and ensuring accurate data flow.</li><li>Run and deliver <strong>standard Workday reports</strong> for HR and Benefits, including OE-specific reporting (enrollment completion, missing elections, etc.).</li><li>Manage EIBs and data loads for HR changes.</li><li>Attend and contribute to team meetings, supporting ongoing HRIS initiatives.</li><li>Collaborate with HR and IT to troubleshoot missing fields, errors, and employee support requests.</li></ul><p><br></p>
<p>Proven Senior level Workday HCM Administration experience.</p><ul><li><strong>Must have experience with Open Enrollment</strong></li></ul><p>Business Process Configuration (across HCM)</p><ul><li>Including a deep knowledge of security policy controls - this very important</li></ul><p>Reporting - some knowledge</p><p>Security – need someone who understands the complexity of the Workday architecture.</p><ul><li>Understand security policies, domain inheritance, permissions, and groups</li><li>Understand Workday delivered, derived, constrained and unconstrained security.</li><li>Understand security group types – user-based, role-based, pubic, segment-based, job-based, aggregational, intersectional, and rule based (to name a few).</li></ul><p>Some experience with </p><ul><li>EIBs</li><li>Cloud Connect</li><li>Workday studio</li></ul><p>Knowledge of integration methods within Workday</p><ul><li>Solid communication skills – Will be working very closely with their HR team who has historically had less than ideal experience with IT</li></ul>
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- Seattle, WA
- remote
- Temporary
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75.00 - 85.00 USD / Hourly
- <p>Robert Half is seeking a <strong>Workday HRIS Administrator</strong> to support a leading organization in the Seattle, WA area. This role is a <strong>backfill during Open Enrollment season</strong>, covering Core HR and Benefits (OE) administration as a team member transitions to reduced hours. The position is <strong>Hybrid (Tues/Thurs onsite preferred, remote otherwise, fully remote possible)</strong> and will run <strong>through the end of the year</strong> with potential to extend. Apply today!</p><p><br></p><p>Job Details:</p><ul><li><strong>Schedule:</strong> Core hours 8:00am–4:00pm PST, Tuesday & Thursday onsite preferred (not mandatory)</li><li><strong>Duration:</strong> Contract through year-end, focus on Open Enrollment</li><li><strong>Location:</strong> Seattle, WA (PST time zone preferred, local bonus)</li><li><strong>Remote/Onsite:</strong> Hybrid (onsite Tues/Thurs ideal, remote otherwise; fully remote possible)</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Job Responsibilities:</p><ul><li>Provide <strong>Workday Core HR administration</strong> including granting permissions, security role updates, document uploads, and data management.</li><li>Support <strong>Open Enrollment (Benefits)</strong> by configuring enrollment activities, troubleshooting benefit elections, and ensuring accurate data flow.</li><li>Run and deliver <strong>standard Workday reports</strong> for HR and Benefits, including OE-specific reporting (enrollment completion, missing elections, etc.).</li><li>Manage EIBs and data loads for HR changes.</li><li>Attend and contribute to team meetings, supporting ongoing HRIS initiatives.</li><li>Collaborate with HR and IT to troubleshoot missing fields, errors, and employee support requests.</li></ul><p><br></p>
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