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Patterson Companies, Inc. · 7 hours ago

Sr HR Technology Analyst

St Paul, MN

Contract

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$86K/yr - $107K/yr

5+ years exp

Patterson Companies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Workday Analyst specializing in Payroll and Time Tracking to own configuration, support, and optimization across these critical Workday domains. The role involves partnering with various departments to deliver accurate payroll outcomes and enhance the employee experience through effective Workday configuration and support.

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Responsibilities

Design, build, test, and deploy configurations in Workday Payroll (US/Canada) and Workday Time Tracking, including: Time Entry Templates, Time Entry Codes, Time Calculation Groups/Rules, related eligibility and validation rules, Meal/Rest penalties, and schedule policies

Payroll input processing, retro and on-cycle/off-cycle runs, gross-to-net calculations, pay components, earning/deduction setup, garnishments, and year-end processes (W-2/T4)

Payroll accounting setup (journals, ledgers), settlement configuration, bank files, and payroll close processes

Maintain business processes, security roles, domains, and task routing related to payroll and time

Manage semi-annual Workday Releases—impact assessments, regression testing, feature adoption, and documentation

Lead parallel payroll testing, UAT, and regression cycles for new rules, integrations, and release updates; develop test scripts and acceptance criteria

Triage and resolve tickets with defined SLAs; identify root causes and drive permanent fixes

Create and maintain SOPs, job aids, knowledge articles, and change management communication for stakeholders

Ensure adherence to federal/state/provincial wage-and-hour laws, FLSA, tax rules, and internal control frameworks

Ensure high data quality—audits, reconciliations, and controls to support compliance and accurate financial postings

Partner closely with Payroll Operations, HR, Finance/Accounting, Timekeepers, and People Leaders to align system behavior with policy and contract requirements

Provide SME guidance in projects—M&A transitions, new locations, time clock deployments, and payroll vendor changes

Qualification

Workday ConfigurationPayroll ProcessingTime TrackingAdvanced ReportingPayroll AccountingWorkday Pro CertificationMS ExcelStakeholder CommunicationProblem SolvingDocumentation Skills

Required

At least 5 years of Workday configuration experience with a strong focus on Payroll and Time Tracking, including:

Demonstrated expertise configuring Time Calculation Groups/Rules, overtime/premium logic, complex pay components, retro pay, and garnishment handling

Experience with national and global payroll setup (US, Canada, UK)

Advanced reporting and calculated fields skills; comfort with audit and reconciliation methods

Experience facilitating working sessions with stakeholders to gather requirements and design solutions to meet those needs

Experience translating technical configuration into business language, creating clear documentation that stakeholders can easily understand

Experience solving complex issues and communicating clearly with stakeholders

Solid understanding of payroll accounting (journals, costing, balancing), wage-and-hour compliance, and tax concepts

MS Excel experience utilizing Pivot Tables, Power Pivots, Charts, Conditional Formatting, creating formulas and utilizing Excel prebuilt formulas, V-Lookups, and File Joins

Knowledge of basic HR and Payroll concepts and business cycles, including payroll results audits and payroll tax adjustments

Preferred

Workday Pro certification in Payroll and/or Time Tracking

Experience with BIRT/document transformations, Workday Security design, and managing cross-functional dependencies (ex: Absence and Benefits downstream impacts on Time Tracking and Payroll)

Background supporting production environments and complex schedule policies, preferably via Scrum/Agile methodologies

Exposure to SOX controls, audit readiness, and year-end payroll activities (W-2/T4, amendments)

Experience with time clocks (TCP, Kronos/UKG, or similar)

Experience collaborating within an HR Technology team to drive best practices and process improvements