Associate Workday HRIS – Workday Absence & Payroll

Our Company   As a part of Brookfield’s $416B credit platform, Oaktree is a premier credit manager emphasizing an opportunistic, value-oriented, and risk-controlled approach to investing across credit, equity, and real estate.   Oaktree is committed to cultivating an environment that is collaborative, curious, inclusive and honors diversity of thought. Providing training and career development opportunities and emphasizing strong support for our local communities through philanthropic initiatives are essential to our culture.   Oaktree is wholly owned by Brookfield, a leading global investment firm with more than $1 trillion in assets under management. Brookfield owns and operates high-quality businesses and real assets that provide essential services and form the backbone of the global economy. It invests on behalf of institutions and individuals around the world across infrastructure, renewable power and transition, private equity, real estate, and credit. For additional information, please visit Oaktree’s website at  http://www.oaktreecapital.com/ Position Summary The Associate, HRIS – Workday Absence & Payroll is responsible for supporting, enhancing, and continuously improving HR systems and operational processes across the organization. This role serves as a strategic thought partner to HR customer groups, translating business requirements into effective Workday solutions, advising on process and data needs, and supporting informed business decision-making. The position will collaborate closely with the Human Resources Systems (HRS) team, senior global HR leadership, HR Service Operations, and senior business stakeholders across the Brookfield-supported footprint. This position requires the employee to work onsite. Key Responsibilities Provide functional and technical expertise in Workday Absence, Payroll, and HCM Core, with a focus on delivering scalable and efficient HR solutions. Design, configure, and maintain complex Workday Absence and Payroll functionality, including accruals, time-off plans, eligibility rules, payroll-related configuration, and related business processes. Translate business requirements into detailed and effective Workday system configurations, ensuring alignment with HR policies and business objectives. Develop and maintain Business Process Definitions, condition rules, approval workflows, notifications, and other Workday business process configurations. Configure and support Workday Payroll functionality, including payroll processes, earnings and deductions, payroll inputs, pay components and related business processes in accordance with business requirements. Partner with Payroll, HR, Finance, and other stakeholders to troubleshoot payroll issues, assess impacts, and support timely resolution of production issues and payroll-related requests. Configure leave types, absence eligibility, entitlement units, accruals, accrual defaulting, and time-off plans in accordance with business policies…