Senior Workday Analyst (remote in OR, WA, ID, MT)
Our client, a leading Pacific Northwest utility provider committed to public service and environmental preservation, is looking for a Senior Workday Analyst for their Portland, Oregon location. Only candidates who currently reside in Oregon, Washington State, Idaho, or Montana will be considered for this role. In this role, you will provide high-level analytical business systems support and assistance to the HR Systems & Automation organization. This assignment will collaborate and work closely with other analysts, subject matter experts in Human Resources and other business functions, staff, and support personnel. The analyst will implement, support, and enhance Workday solutions and other HR business applications. This work will include conducting fit/gap sessions and analysis, recommending solutions and drafting functional specifications, data conversion, report development, system configuration, writing and executing test scripts, and creating training materials.
This remote position is a one-year renewable contract that includes employee benefits! If this position aligns with your professional experience, we want to hear from you!
Key Responsibilities for Senior Workday Analyst:
- Provide business analysis expertise to design solutions and provide data in support of the HR function and HR systems.
- End-to-End configuration and support of Workday solutions.
- Collaborate on the product vision and multi-year roadmap for Workday, ensuring alignment with Human Capital and Information Technology objectives.
- Provide analysis of Workday modules not currently in use and provide recommendations for possible future implementation.
- Drive end-user adoption of Workday features through development of comprehensive documentation, user guides, and training.
- Leverage Workday reporting and analytics to identify trends and provide actionable recommendations for process optimization.
- Manage lifecycle of Workday integrations, from discovery and requirements gathering to deployment, maintenance, and sunsetting.
- Champion continuous improvement by analyzing process deficiencies and proposing design changes that improve effectiveness and reliability while minimizing manual intervention.
- Meet with service providers and customers to conduct analysis of business issues and challenges, document and improve business processes, and to define and manage detailed requirements to improve business systems.
- Translate complex business needs into scalable product requirements and technical specifications.
- Create process diagrams and identify and recommend solutions for gaps in current-state process documentation.
- Develop data flow models to define interdependencies with other applications.
- Gather business requirements, facilitate design sessions, and develop creative, scalable solutions.
- Provide training and support to users and business stakeholders.
- Lead and/or participate in documentation, configuration, testing, and deployment activities.
- Develop, recommend, run, and maintain designated and assigned HR integrations, reports and analytics.
- Facilitate initiatives of various sizes and scopes utilizing Waterfall or Agile methodology as appropriate to include business case development, requirements documentation, alternatives analysis, change management, and tracking of key activities/milestones.
Requirements for Senior Workday Analyst:
- A bachelor’s degree in information technology, business systems or a closely related technical discipline is highly desired.
- 8 years of experience is required with an applicable bachelor’s degree.
- 10 years of experience is required with an applicable associate degree.
- 12 years of experience is required without a degree or applicable degree.
- Experience should be consistent with specific requirements of Information Technology, Business Systems, or related specialty and progressively more technical in nature.
- Advanced hands-on experience and extensive understanding of various products and modules of Workday including two or more of the following: core HCM, Benefits, Talent Management, Learning, Payroll, Time & Attendance, Absence Management, Workforce Planning, Vendor Management, Analytics & Reporting, along with working experience with domain and business process security.
- Technical understanding of Workday sufficient to perform changes in configuration and security and to facilitate requests with Workday product teams on system bug resolution or enhancements.
- Technical writing skills required to author, modify, or facilitate development of design specification documents, job aids, user guides, standard operating procedures, and similar materials.
- Strong analytical and product management skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements.
- Experience/ability to model processes, determine requirements, analyze alternatives, and verify solutions to meet business needs.
- Workday configuration experience, with the ability to understand and validate complex setups.
- Experience building custom reports and dashboards in Workday to support operations and drive data-informed decision-making.
- Experience with QA/testing methodologies, including functional, regression, and integration testing.
**We are unable to accommodate corp. to corp. candidates**
About Motus Recruiting and Staffing, Inc:
Founded in 2006, Motus is an award-winning recruiting and staffing firm in the Pacific Northwest, specializing in professional services and technology solutions. We are a group of people who not only recognize the importance of representation, but actively fight for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the recruitment process. Our goal is to educate organizations on the importance of DEI when hiring, promoting, and supporting diverse employees. We are calling organizations to demonstrate their commitment to DEI by being intentional about who they hire.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability or protected veteran status.
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Job ID: 14213
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