The Senior Systems Specialist, Workday is responsible for the administration, configuration, optimization, and ongoing support of Workday HCM, Absence Management, Security, Recruiting, and Compensation modules. This role serves as a subject matter expert and strategic partner to HR, Talent Acquisition, Compensation, Payroll, IT, and business stakeholders, ensuring Workday solutions effectively support organizational objectives while maintaining data integrity, security, compliance, and operational excellence. The position leads system enhancements, business process optimization, configuration changes, testing, releases, and continuous improvement initiatives across the Workday platform. The role also drives issue resolution, release management, user acceptance testing, process documentation, stakeholder training, and system integration activities, while providing expert guidance on Workday best practices and future-state HR technology strategies.