Functional Workday Business Analyst

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Functional Workday Business Analyst
St. Louis, MO (Hybrid schedule; 3 days per week onsite)
W2 Contract role
12+ Months with extension

Position Summary

The Functional Workday Business Analyst is responsible for analyzing business requirements, supporting Workday functional configuration, optimizing business processes, and ensuring Workday solutions meet the operational needs of an energy or utility organization. This role serves as the liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams, translating business needs into functional requirements and supporting implementation, testing, and production activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with business stakeholders to gather, analyze, and document functional requirements.
• Conduct stakeholder interviews, discovery sessions, and requirements workshops.
• Analyze existing business processes and identify opportunities for improvement using Workday functionality.
• Support configuration and maintenance of Workday business processes, workflows, approval chains, notifications, and condition rules.
• Analyze and troubleshoot business process issues, security-related access concerns, and configuration discrepancies.
• Support functional areas such as Workday HCM, Compensation, Benefits, Absence, Time Tracking, Recruiting, Payroll, or Financial Management, depending on the assigned module.
• Review supervisory organizations, job profiles, positions, cost centers, and organizational structures as required.
• Recommend configuration changes that improve efficiency and align with established business policies.
• Support Workday releases, enhancements, and ongoing system optimization.
• Understand workforce requirements for utility operations, power generation, oil and gas, and renewable energy organizations.
• Support Workday processes for corporate employees, field technicians, plant operators, contractors, and shift-based workforces.
• Develop functional test scenarios, test scripts, and expected results based on approved requirements.
• Execute functional, regression, and end-to-end testing for Workday enhancements and releases.
• Coordinate UAT with business users and process owners.
• Provide functional support for Workday incidents, service requests, and enhancement requests.
• Investigate issues reported by business users and determine whether they relate to configuration, security, data, or process design.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Human Resources, Finance, or a related discipline.
• Typically 3 5 years of business analysis, HRIS, ERP, or enterprise systems experience.
• Hands-on experience supporting Workday functional modules.
• Strong knowledge of business requirements gathering, process mapping, fit-gap analysis, and functional documentation.
• Experience with Workday business processes, configuration concepts, testing, and production support.
• Experience coordinating UAT, managing defects, and validating business outcomes.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, documentation, and project tracking tools.

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