People Technology Analyst

The People team helps Affirmers cultivate a high-performing, inclusive organization. We focus on three core areas: attracting talent aligned to our mission, enabling growth through people and team development, and retaining employees through thoughtful experiences and rewards. We develop Affirm’s people programs and systems to create a workplace where all employees can thrive and contribute meaningfully. By investing in our people, we create a long-term advantage for the business. The People Tech team at Affirm builds and optimizes the systems that power every stage of the employee journey by automating processes, enabling insights, and connecting people data to strategy. We create seamless, scalable solutions that empower Affirmers and drive a culture of transparency, innovation, and growth through technology.

What You’ll Do

• Support day-to-day Workday operations, including onboarding and offboarding processes, data loads, and troubleshooting across modules like HCM, Recruiting, Absence, and Time Tracking.

• Ensure accurate, complete, and consistent people data across systems.

• Work closely with our corporate legal team to ensure our system processes and procedures are following local, legal requirements.

• Support compliance and audit efforts through careful data management and documentation.

• Partner with People, IT, and cross-functional teams to identify opportunities to automate or simplify manual processes.

• Contribute to continuous improvement projects that enhance employee and manager self-service.

• Help document workflows, configuration decisions, and system changes for transparency and knowledge sharing.

• Act as a trusted resource for employee Workday questions.

• Support the creation of learning resources and guides that empower users to navigate Workday confidently.

• Contribute to a positive employee experience by ensuring systems are intuitive, accessible, and reliable.

What We Look For

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, HR, Information Systems, or related field.

• 1+ year of experience working with Workday or other major HRIS platforms.

• Strong analytical mindset with excellent attention to detail and data accuracy.

• Clear communicator who enjoys solving problems and supporting others.

• Proficiency with spreadsheets (Excel or Google Sheets) and comfort working with data.

• Experience supporting Workday operations or configuration.

• Familiarity with HR processes (onboarding, offboarding, employee transactions, compliance).

• Experience in a fast-paced, scaling, or fintech environment.

• Demonstrated aptitude, initiative, and ownership in developing people technology skills — with a strong desire and drive to continuously learn, grow, and expand expertise in this space.