HRIS Specialist (Workday - PATT)
3 days ago
Fort Lauderdale
Job Description Job Description: HRIS Specialist (Workday – PATT) Company: Client Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL Our client is a national, privately held construction firm delivering award-winning projects across construction management, solar EPC, and design-build. This HRIS role is a hands-on Workday specialist position focused on Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking (PATT)—owning configuration, payroll run support, reporting, compliance, and continuous improvement to ensure payroll accuracy and a strong employee experience in a project-driven environment. About Us (Octagon Talent Solutions): Octagon Talent Solutions is a full-service technology recruitment and staffing company based in South Florida. We humanize technical recruitment by identifying candidates' long-term career goals and assessing cultural fit when presenting opportunities. Our focus on long-term relationships helps ensure placements that last. Job Overview: The HRIS Specialist (Workday – PATT) supports and optimizes Workday Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking modules in a fast-paced organization. This role serves as the subject matter expert for PATT-related processes and configuration, partnering with HR, Payroll, Finance, Operations, and Technology to improve system performance, data integrity, and compliance. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, comfortable owning payroll-adjacent workflows end-to-end, and able to translate Workday concepts into clear guidance for business users. RESPONSIBILITIES: • Serve as the Workday SME for Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking modules., • Design, configure, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance Workday business processes, including:, • Cutoffs and audit controls, • Condition rules and notifications, • Labor costing and downstream impacts, • Manage Workday payroll operations including semimonthly/biweekly payroll runs, off-cycle runs, audit reports, and year-end activities., • Own the Certified Payroll Reporting (CPR) solution (Workday and/or third-party), ensuring accurate configuration, data integrity, and timely submission of compliant reports for applicable projects., • Develop and maintain a Workday PATT roadmap that supports organizational growth and expansion., • Partner across HR, Payroll, Finance, IT, and Operations to improve process efficiency and system performance., • Develop and maintain Workday reporting (custom reports, calculated fields), dashboards, and analytics for stakeholders., • Troubleshoot configuration and integration issues involving Workday and third-party vendors; support vendor relationships where applicable., • Support Workday releases (impact assessment, testing, upgrades) and continuous improvement efforts., • Ensure data integrity, security, compliance, and strong HRIS governance., • Provide end-user support, training, and documentation for new and existing processes., • Perform other related duties as assigned. REQUIREMENTS: • Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Information Systems, Business, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience)., • 3–5 years of hands-on Workday experience with a strong focus in Payroll and exposure to Absence and Time Tracking (Projects exposure is a plus)., • Proven Workday Payroll configuration experience (earnings, deductions, pay components, costing, tax setup, period schedules)., • Experience supporting Time Tracking/Absence configuration (time entry codes/templates, calculation tags, eligibility rules, accruals, time off/leave plans)., • Strong understanding of payroll concepts (gross-to-net, overtime rules, garnishments, taxability, retro pay, FLSA)., • Understanding of time & attendance policies (overtime, shift differentials, premiums, meal/rest breaks, rounding rules)., • Familiarity with leave/absence policies (PTO, sick, parental leave, disability, unpaid leaves)., • Experience creating functional requirements, test scripts, and user documentation., • Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with high attention to detail and data quality., • Ability to translate Workday configuration concepts into clear, business-friendly language., • Proven ability to prioritize and deliver in a fast-paced environment with multiple concurrent requests. Preferred qualifications • Workday certification in Payroll, Time Tracking, Absence, and/or HCM., • Experience supporting a mid-to-large scale Workday environment (multi-state/multi-entity preferred)., • Experience in construction, energy, or other project-based industries with complex pay rules and job costing., • Knowledge of Prevailing Wage requirements and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) incentives/regulations as they relate to payroll configuration, job classifications, and compliance reporting., • Experience supporting Workday integrations and third-party vendor relationships., • Familiarity with Jira, Agile, or similar project tools., • HR certification (SHRM-CP, PHR).