Workday & Data Analyst — Remote 20 Days/Year

Starlight Children's Foundation; Sydney; Remote; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Best Self leave days

Carer's leave

Reproductive health leave

Remote work 20 days/year

Mental health & wellbeing

Job summary

Starlight Children's Foundation in Sydney CBD NSW seeks a Systems & Data Analyst to administer Workday and related platforms, ensuring accurate data and reliable system performance. You will partner with P&P and Technology to optimise systems, deliver workforce insights, and support employees with clear, practical guidance.

You will translate technical concepts into business processes, maintain data integrity, and contribute to continuous improvement across recruitment, onboarding, leaves, and

Qualifications

• Experience configuring and administering Workday or a similar HCM platform.
• Sound understanding of people & process (P&P) across the employee lifecycle and the ability to configure systems that support efficient, customer-focused ways of working.
• Experience maintaining employee, organisational and workforce data with a strong commitment to data accuracy, integrity and governance.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience producing workforce reports, identifying trends and recommending improvements.
• Demonstrated ability to support system enhancements, test configuration changes and troubleshoot user issues with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Strong planning, organisation and attention to detail, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain Workday and other P&P systems to support operations.
• Configure and maintain business processes, workflows, approvals and structures.
• Ensure system access and settings align with policies, processes and compliance.
• Support system enhancements, new functionality and continuous improvement.
• Maintain clear, practical documentation, procedures and user guides.
• Configure processes across recruitment, onboarding, employee movements, leave, performance and offboarding.
• Test and validate configuration changes before implementation.
• Maintain accuracy and integrity of workforce data, organisational structures, job profiles and compensation frameworks.
• Conduct regular data quality reviews and support compliance reporting.
• Provide Level 1 and Level 2 user support, resolving workflow issues.
• Identify recurring issues and recommend improvements to configuration or documentation.
• Prepare regular and ad hoc workforce reports and dashboards.
• Identify trends and insights to support workforce planning & decision-making.
• Apply a broad understanding of Australian Employment Laws to ensure people processes and system configurations support compliant practices.

Skills

Workday experience

HCM knowledge

Data governance

Reporting & dashboards

Stakeholder communication

Problem-solving

Process improvement

Documentation

Tools

Workday

Job description

Starlight Children's Foundation in Sydney CBD NSW seeks a Systems & Data Analyst to administer Workday and related platforms, ensuring accurate data and reliable system performance. You will partner with P&P and Technology to optimise systems, deliver workforce insights, and support employees with clear, practical guidance.

You will translate technical concepts into business processes, maintain data integrity, and contribute to continuous improvement across recruitment, onboarding, leaves, and