Senior Workday Payroll Analyst Arlington, VA

Senior Workday Payroll Analyst, CoStar Group – Arlington, VA

** CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP)
** is a leading global provider of commercial and residential real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces. Included in the S&P 500 Index, CoStar Group is on a mission to digitize the world’s real estate, empowering all people to discover properties, insights and connections that improve their businesses and lives.

We have been living and breathing the world of real estate information and online marketplaces for over 35 years, giving us the perspective to create truly unique and valuable offerings to our customers. We’ve continually refined, transformed and perfected our approach to our business, creating a language that has become standard in our industry, for our customers, and even our competitors.

We continue that effort today and are always working to improve and drive innovation. This is how we deliver for our customers, our employees, and investors. By equipping the brightest minds with the best resources available, we provide an invaluable edge in real estate.

Senior Workday Payroll Analyst
** , CoStar Group**

Arlington, VA | On-site Monday-Thursday, Remote Friday

We are currently in search of a Senior Workday Payroll Analyst to join our growing team at our state-of-the-art headquarters in Arlington, VA. The Senior Workday Payroll Analyst serves as the technical and functional subject matter expert for Workday Payroll and related HCM processes. They are responsible for assisting in the support of all aspects of HR Information Technology to include business process configuration, internal and external reporting, and providing day-to-day technology support to the Human Resources and Payroll teams, as well as internal support teams.

The Senior Technical Analyst is also responsible for participating in any future development activities, including system upgrades and the implementation of additional applications and functionality. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter who is able to work across different teams and thrive in fast-paced environment. The Senior HR Technical Analyst reports directly into the Director of HR Technology within the Human Resources organization at CoStar Group.

• Serve as the technical SME for Workday Payroll and related modules including HCM, Time Tracking, Absence, Benefits, Compensation, and Security.
• Configure and maintain payroll-related business processes, earning and deduction codes, pay groups, payroll calculations, validations, and controls.
• Support payroll processing activities, including payroll audits, reconciliations, and issue resolution.
• Partner with Payroll and Finance teams to ensure accurate payroll calculations and downstream financial impacts.
• Lead advanced configuration including business process frameworks (BPF), calculated fields, condition rules, validation rules, and security policies.
• Own tenant health, configuration consistency, and adherence to Workday best practices.
• Analyze work processes with an eye on efficiency, quality and data-driven decision making.
• Coordinate regression testing, feature enablement, and production deployments.
• Recommend adoption of new Workday features based on business value.
• Maintain documentation for configuration, integrations, and processes.
• Support audits and respond to data access reviews.
• Work with the HR and Payroll teams to evaluate future Workday enhancements and modules, recommend usage, and support the implementation of new Workday capabilities.
• Lead the planning and execution of Workday projects, business requirements, business processes and workflows, system configuration and changes, controls and security optimization.
• Identify opportunities within existing processes and implement scalable solutions.
• Establish processes/controls to maintain data integrity for critical fields feeding into other systems.
• Serve as a liaison between HR and other functions that use Workday as the system of record.
• Provide Tier 2 / Tier 3 support for complex Workday issues.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement sustainable fixes.
• Manage incidents, service…