The opportunity
Anthropic is seeking a talented and driven Workday Business Systems Analyst to join our People Systems team. You'll own the technical configuration, testing, and operational excellence of our Workday HRIS across two domains: PATT and HCM.
What you'll do
Configure and maintain Payroll: pay components, earnings and deductions, pay groups, period schedules, and payroll-related business processes
Configure and maintain Absence: time-off plans, accrual rules, eligibility criteria, and leave types
Configure and maintain Time Tracking: time entry templates, validations, work schedules and calendars, and overtime calculations
Configure and maintain Core HCM foundations: supervisory organizations, staffing models, job profiles and job/compensation structures, custom organizations, and worker data integrity
Support annual and recurring People cycles in Workday, including compensation: review setup, open enrollment configuration, and org restructures (mass supervisory org changes and job catalog updates)
Design, build, and maintain business process definitions in both domains,: including condition rules, calculated fields, custom validations, routing and approval logic, and notifications
What they're looking for
- Have 7+ years of experience as a Workday Business Systems Analyst, with: demonstrated expertise in system configuration, testing, and implementation
- Workday Pro accreditations or Workday partner certifications in HCM, Payroll, Absence, Time Tracking
- Understanding of Workday integrations: familiarity with Workday integration tools (EIB, Core Connectors including PECI/PICOF/DCoD, Workday Studio, SOAP/REST Web Services / RaaS), inbound vs. outbound patterns, authentication (SSO, SFTP, API keys / certs), typical HR integration partners (benefits providers, payroll, ATS, IdP, background check), and disciplined error handling, reconciliation, and monitoring
- Exposure to Workday Prism Analytics, Extend, or advanced reporting beyond standard report writer
- Experience applying AI tools to HRIS or People operations work, or strong interest in building that muscle
- Knowledge of complementary HR/Finance systems and integration patterns
- Understanding of data privacy regulations and security best practices
