Davidson Hospitality Group is a dynamic and innovative hospitality management company that is constantly seeking top talent to join its team. With its headquarters located in the heart of the hospitality industry in Atlanta, Georgia, Davidson Hospitality Group is a leader in hotel and resort management, providing comprehensive and results-driven services to a diverse portfolio of properties across the United States. As a job applicant, you can expect to work in a collaborative and supportive environment that encourages creativity, growth, and professional development. With a strong commitment to excellence in guest service, employee engagement, and financial performance, Davidson Hospitality Group offers a rewarding and fulfilling career path for individuals who are passionate about the hospitality industry. Whether you are seeking a corporate role in operations, sales and marketing, revenue management, finance, human resources, or other areas, Davidson Hospitality Group offers a wide range of career opportunities for motivated and talented individuals. Join the team at Davidson Hospitality Group and be a part of a dynamic and growing organization that is dedicated to delivering exceptional hospitality experiences.
Overview
The Workday Benefits, Absence & Integrations Analyst is a key member of our Workday HRIS team, responsible for delivering scalable, high-quality Workday HCM solutions across the organization. This role provides hands-on configuration support in the areas of Benefits, Absence, and Integrations. The ideal candidate brings deep Workday expertise, strong analytical capability, and a passion for partnering with business leaders to improve processes, enhance system performance, and support enterprise-wide HR transformation initiatives.
What You Will Do
As part of our Workday team, you will join an energized team of HRIS analysts delivering more than just technology—you will design, optimize, and transform the way our HR organization works.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as the hands-on Workday Benefits, Absence, and Integrations Administrator for assigned projects and production support activities for extensive configuration in a complex environment.
- Deliver Workday HCM solutions that enable better decision-making and drive operational efficiency across the company.
- Facilitate design sessions, gather business and location-level requirements, and develop creative, scalable configuration solutions.
- Lead and/or participate in documentation, configuration, testing, and deployment activities.
- Support Workday tenant maintenance, enhancements, and troubleshooting.
- Work under HRIS leadership, and collaborate with Benefits, Project Managers, and cross-functional stakeholders to communicate challenges, drive process improvements, and ensure project success.
- Maintain strong relationships with integration partners and benefits vendors, ensuring seamless and compliant data flow.
- Promote an innovative, collaborative, and continuous-improvement culture within the HCM team.
- Champion high levels of customer satisfaction and serve as a trusted expert for Workday Benefits and Absence.
- Provide support—where applicable—in related Workday functional areas including Time Tracking, Payroll, Reporting, Performance Management, Financials, and more.
Qualifications
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex datasets, identify trends, and provide leadership with actionable insights that inform Benefits, Absence, and integration decisions.
- Proven experience leading configuration and design of Workday Benefits and Absence in multi-state, high-volume environments.
- Demonstrated success owning and optimizing complex Workday integrations, including coordination with multiple third-party vendors and internal stakeholders.
- Extensive hands-on experience maintaining, enhancing, and governing large-scale Workday Benefits, Absence, and related integration frameworks.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other data analysis or reporting tools used to validate configuration, troubleshoot issues, and monitor integration performance.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly present technical concepts, create comprehensive documentation, and articulate system impacts to both HR and business leaders.
- Direct, hands-on leadership experience administering Workday Benefits—including open enrollment, life event processing, Accruals, and vendor integrations—as well as supporting complex Absence configurations.
- Bachelor’s degree + minimum 5 years of Workday Benefits & Absence experience; OR
- No degree + minimum 9 years of hands-on Workday Benefits & Absence experience.
- Active participation as a functional lead in at least two full-cycle Workday Benefits and Absence implementations, including integrations.
- Current Workday certification in HCM, Benefits, Absence, Compensation, or related modules.
- Preferably based in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
- Ability to develop white papers, lead design sessions, facilitate stakeholder discussions, and deliver Workday demonstrations.
- Prior experience partnering with HR departments and a strong understanding of HR operational challenges, especially related to Benefits, Absence, and systems integration.
- Experience supporting HR technology in the hospitality industry (hotels & resorts) preferred.
Benefits
Davidson Hospitality Group is an award-winning, full-service hospitality management company overseeing hotels, restaurants, dining and entertainment venues across the US. A trusted partner and preferred operator for Hilton, Hyatt, Kimpton, Marriott, and Margaritaville, Davidson offers a unique entrepreneurial management style and owners’ mentality that provides the individualized personal service of a small company, enhanced by the breadth and depth of skill and experience of a larger company. In keeping with the company’s heritage of delivering value, Davidson is comprised of four highly specialized operating verticals: Davidson Hotels, Pivot, Davidson Resorts and Davidson Restaurant Group.
In keeping with the company’s heritage of delivering value to its owners and team members, Davidson offers a rich benefit program with a variety of benefits designed to enrich the lives and well-being of our team members and their families.
- Multiple Tiers of Medical Coverage
- Dental & Vision Coverage
- 24/7 Teledoc service
- Free Maintenance Medications
- Pet Insurance
- Hotel Discounts
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Paid Time Off (vacation, sick, bereavement, and Holidays).
- 401K Match
Working at Davidson is like nowhere else. It’s less of a job, more of a calling. It’s part career, part revolution. Because whatever you do here, you play a part in helping redefine the way quality hospitality is delivered to our guests, our clients, our partners, and each other.
EOE AA- Minorities/Females/Vet/Disability/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation
Davidson Hospitality is a drug free workplace. Pre-employment drug test and background check required. We participate in E-Verify.
