Senior Workday Analyst, Payroll

Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career. About the team Stripe’s People Systems Team sits at the intersection of technology and human experience. We are internal consultants who turn ambiguity into scale. Part of the People Solutions org, we partner with Corporate Technology, Finance, Payroll, the wider People team including Total Rewards & Benefits teams to build a world-class employee experience. We are a "strategy-first, quality- execution-always" team that values technical rigor, nimble problem-solving, and a deep empathy for the Stripes we serve. What you’ll do As a Senior Workday Analyst, Payroll, you'll be a technical anchor for our Workday ecosystem and a driver of what's next for it. This role goes beyond keeping the lights on: you'll bring new Workday feature knowledge into the team, help automate manual payroll processes, and shape how we use emerging Workday capabilities (including AI-driven and agent-based tools) to modernize our payroll operations. You'll own the technical health of our Workday Payroll environments for Workday in-house payrolls, balancing critical keep-the-lights-on (KLTO) operations with high-impact strategic projects. You'll also act as a bridge to our broader tech stack, supporting HRIS tools built on top of Workday and partnering with Payroll and other internal…