Workday Security & Reporting Lead -- C2C/W2 Profiles -- Remote

Job Title: Workday Security & Reporting Lead

Location: Remote

Key Responsibilities

1. Product Ownership & Strategic Delivery

• Define, prioritize, and manage the product roadmap for Workday access management, security governance, and reporting solutions.

• Translate business, compliance, and reporting requirements into epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria using Jira or Azure DevOps.

• Lead sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.

• Establish metrics for sprint velocity, audit compliance, issue resolution, report performance, and stakeholder adoption.

2. Workday Security Architecture & Governance

• Design, configure, and maintain domain security policies, business process security policies, intersection security groups, and custom security groups.

• Support Workday modules including Core HCM, Compensation, Payroll, Talent, Benefits, and Time & Absence.

• Establish least-privilege access principles, Segregation of Duties (SoD) matrices, and sensitive data access controls.

• Lead internal and external audits related to SOX, GDPR, and CCPA/CPRA compliance.

• Conduct security access reviews, resolve audit findings, and maintain audit documentation.

• Assess semiannual Workday releases (R1/R2) for security impacts and implement necessary changes.

3. Advanced Reporting, Dashboards & Analytics

• Design, develop, and optimize Advanced, Matrix, Composite, and Search reports.

• Build complex calculated fields, prompts, and shared data sources.

• Develop executive dashboards, scorecards, and Discovery Boards to support workforce planning and business decisions.

• Maintain standardized reporting catalogs and eliminate redundant reports.

• Provide knowledge-transfer sessions to HR teams on self-service reporting.

4. Stakeholder Management & Operational Enablement

• Collaborate with HR Centers of Excellence (COEs), functional analysts, integration specialists, Compliance, Legal, Internal Audit, and IT.

• Maintain operational runbooks, architectural decision logs, and standard operating procedures.

• Mentor functional analysts, report writers, and system administrators on security configuration and reporting best practices.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, HRIS, Business Administration, or equivalent practical experience.

• Hands-on experience in Workday Security Administration and Advanced/Composite Reporting.

• 2–3 years of experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, or Lead Agile Business Analyst delivering enterprise Workday initiatives.

• Expertise in role-based, user-based, job-based, and segment-based security groups.

• Strong knowledge of domain security and business process security policies.

• Advanced proficiency in calculated fields, Matrix Reports, prompts, and report performance optimization.

• Working knowledge of SOX IT General Controls (ITGC), Segregation of Duties (SoD), GDPR, and CCPA.

• Experience managing enterprise backlogs using Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, or similar tools.

• Strong communication, leadership, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Workday Pro Security Certification.

• Workday Pro Reporting Certification.

• Experience with global Workday implementations and enterprise security governance.

Key Competencies

• Strong product ownership and accountability.

• Executive-level communication and stakeholder facilitation.

• Analytical problem-solving and root-cause analysis.

• Commitment to employee data privacy, access control, and regulatory compliance.

Mandatory Skills: Workday Security Administration, Advanced Reporting, Composite Reporting, Calculated Fields, Security Governance, Agile Product Ownership, Jira/Azure DevOps.

Preferred Skills: Workday Pro Security, Workday Pro Reporting, SOX Compliance, GDPR, CCPA/CPRA.