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Location

Bedford, MA | United States

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Job description

Why choose between doing meaningful work and having a fulfilling life? At MITRE, you can have both. That's because MITRE people are committed to tackling our nation's toughest challenges—and we're committed to the long-term well-being of our employees. MITRE is different from most technology companies. We are a not-for-profit corporation chartered to work for the public interest, with no commercial conflicts to influence what we do. The R&D centers we operate for the government create lasting impact in fields as diverse as cybersecurity, healthcare, aviation, defense, and enterprise transformation. We're making a difference every day—working for a safer, healthier, and more secure nation and world. Our workplace reflects our values. We offer competitive benefits, exceptional professional development opportunities, and a culture of innovation that embraces diversity, inclusion, flexibility, collaboration, and career growth. If this sounds like the choice you want to make, then choose MITRE—and make a difference with us.

Department Summary:

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Workday Payroll Specialist to join our dedicated HRIS team at the MITRE Corporation. In this position, you’ll play a pivotal role in maintaining, enhancing, and optimizing our payroll processes. Responsibilities include managing requests, assessing solutions, system configuration, reporting, and liaison with external vendors. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced professional looking to take the next step in their career and make a meaningful impact within our organization.

Job Description:

• Collaborate cross-functionally with HR, Payroll, Finance, and Integrations team to gather requirements and translate them into systems configurations.
• Configure and maintain business processes configurations to support internal payroll processing in compliance with MITRE policies as well as federal and state regulations.
• Develop and support EIBs for inbound and outbound data exchanges with external systems.
• Design test plans and act as a testing partner with Compensation, Benefits, Relocation and other groups.
• Responsible for new creation of new organizations, tasks related to reorganization, and all tasks related to the ongoing maintenance of the organizational structure within Workday.
• Provide training and support to payroll administrators on utilizing Workday effectively.
• Conduct regular audits and validations to ensure accuracy and completeness of payroll data and compliance with legal requirements.
• Regularly review Workday roadmap and bi-annual releases to evaluate their potential impact and plan for relevant updates.
• Create new audit reports, maintain and evolve existing library of custom reports, and build additional dashboards as needed.
• Document processes and system configurations.
• Other responsibilities as needed.

Basic Qualifications:

• Requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a master’s degree; or a PhD with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job step; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• At least four years of Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) application support and development experience, including system configuration.
• Detailed knowledge of one or more HR business functions including, but not limited to Payroll.
• Demonstrated success working with subject matter experts (SMEs) to translate their business requirements into technology solutions.
• Proven ability to gather and critically evaluate requirements from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, and propose solutions to complex issues.
• This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site

Preferred Qualifications:

• Workday Pro Payroll certification.
• JIRA or equivalent issue management experience.
• Experience with other HR technology platforms.
• Ability to be flexible; prioritize workload, proactively react to issues, and consistently react to shifting deadlines.
• Proficiency in full MS Office suite (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.)

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

None

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

None

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

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