Workday Benefits System Analyst
Posted Apr 24, 2026 - Avalara Brasil
1 Permanent
Project Duration
Location: Brazil-Remote
What Your Responsibilities Will Be
- Must have 5+ years of experience with Workday
- Lead the design, configuration, and deployment of Workday Benefits modules.
- Configure benefit plans, eligibility rules, enrollment events, and dependent coverages in Workday.
- Support open enrollment cycles, life event changes, and annual benefits updates.
- Collaborate with HR, Payroll, and Benefits teams to gather requirements and translate them into Workday solutions.
- Conduct gap analysis and propose system enhancements to improve efficiency.
- Provide ongoing production support and troubleshooting for benefits-related issues and track all the requests on JSM with proper documentation.
- Ensure benefits configurations comply with legal, tax, and regulatory requirements.
- Monitor and maintain accurate employee benefits data within Workday.
- Support audits, reporting, and integrations with third-party benefits providers.
- Develop test plans, execute test scenarios, and document results for system updates and enhancements.
- Train HR staff, managers, and employees on benefits processes within Workday.
- Create user documentation and process guides.
- Validate new Benefits features delivered in Workday releases and provide recommendations and implementation.
What You’ll Need To Be Successful
- 5+ years of relevant professional experience supporting/implementing Workday Benefits and Absence areas.
- Understanding of the dependencies and downstream impacts across Workday modules and data feeds to other internal and external applications.
- Hands-on configuration experience of Workday Core HR, Benefits, Absence, Security and Business Processes.
- Create, deploy, and maintain Workday custom reports and dashboards for technology team.
- Ability to bring simplicity and speed to our programs.
- Exposure to AI/automation in HR systems, including intelligent workflows, analytics, or integrations with AI-driven tools, is preferred
Certifications
- Workday Pro Certifications.
- Expertise with Benefits and Time tracking
Skills
Core HR: Absence Management
Core HR: Payroll
Compensation and Benefits: Benefits
Integrations & Platform Tools: Security