Workday System Administrator

Workday System Administrator (HCM & Financials)

Good Faith Pay Range: In accordance with Virginia law, the good-faith pay range for this position is $90,000 - $125,000 annually. Actual compensation will be determined based on the candidate's qualifications, education, experience, skills, and other legitimate business factors.

Location: Virginia Beach, VA.

Position Summary: The administrator will own day-to-day administration, configuration, and support of the platform across both modules, serving as the technical backbone for HR, Payroll, and Finance operations university-wide. This role works most closely with HR and Finance working teams daily, with regular input into a joint HR and Finance leadership governance structure.

• Work closely with ECPI's system integrator, implementation consultants, and internal project team throughout the 11-month implementation to support a successful go-live.
• Partner day-to-day with HR, Payroll, and Finance staff on configuration needs, issue resolution, and process design.
• Participate in a cross-functional governance council with HR and Finance leadership, providing structured input into prioritization.
• Engage with campus-level and shared services leadership across ECPI's multi-campus structure.

• Partner with ECPI's system integrator, implementation consultants, and internal project team to configure, test, and validate Workday HCM and Financials throughout the implementation, prior to go-live.
• Administer Workday HCM and Financials, including security groups, business process configuration, organization structures, and approval routing across ECPI's multi-campus, matrixed reporting model.
• Serve as the primary day-to-day point of contact for HR, Payroll, and Finance teams on system configuration, issue resolution, and process questions.
• Own and maintain integrations (EIB, Core Connectors, Workday Studio) between Workday and adjacent systems, including the university's SIS and enterprise data platform.
• Document configuration decisions and business process logic to support consistent, sustainable system administration.
• Support and train HR, Payroll, and Finance staff, including remote employees and consultants, on system use.
• Partner with the data and analytics team to ensure Workday data flows cleanly into ECPI's unified data platform.
• Work directly with Workday to test new features and functionality in ECPI's tenant ahead of each bi-annual release, and communicate relevant changes and impacts to HR, Payroll, and Finance functional teams once live.
• Participate in testing, validation, and change management for Workday releases, tenant updates, and configuration changes.
• Provide regular updates to HR and Finance leadership through ECPI's Workday governance council.

• Minimum 3 years of hands-on Workday system administration experience, spanning both HCM and Financials.
• Demonstrated experience configuring Workday security groups, business processes, and organizational and reporting structures, including approval routing in matrixed environments.
• Experience with Workday integration tools (EIB, Core Connectors, and/or Workday Studio).
• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to translate business needs into system configuration.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with staff across HR, Finance, and IT.
• Ability to work on site in Virginia Beach, VA.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business, or a related field; or 6+ years of progressively responsible IT systems administration experience (including enterprise HRIS platform administration) in lieu of a degree.

• Experience participating in a Workday implementation project alongside a system integrator or implementation partner.
• Experience administering Workday in a higher education, multi-campus, or shared services organizational environment.
• Workday certification(s) in HCM and/or Financials administration or configuration.
• Interest in Workday's emerging zero copy data integration capabilities. This is a new and growing area of the platform, and this role offers the opportunity to develop expertise at the forefront of that functionality as it matures.
• Experience supporting distributed teams, including remote employees and third-party consultants.

This role is based full time in ECPI's Virginia Beach office. The majority of day-to-day work involves direct collaboration with HR,…