Workday Functional Analyst - 6-Month Contract, HR Systems

Nine; North Sydney Council; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

18 weeks paid parental leave

Employee Exclusives program

Digital newspaper subscription

Stan subscription

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Job summary

Nine is seeking a Workday Functional Analyst to support a major Workday integration as part of the People Transformation team. This 6-month contract role reports to the Head of People Systems and focuses on streamlining and stabilising the Workday platform after a major acquisition.

You will collaborate with cross-functional leaders to translate business needs into technical specifications, while maintaining security and data integrity across core modules.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Workday configuration across core modules (HCM/Absence).
• End-to-end testing lifecycles and data conversions using EIBs.
• Strong knowledge of Workday security, business processes, and calculated fields.
• Analytical problem solving for root-cause analysis and sustainable fixes.
• High autonomy to manage workload and configuration decisions.
• Stakeholder engagement to explain technical concepts to non-technical partners.

Responsibilities

• Support end-to-end configuration, testing, and deployment across core Workday modules.
• Serve as Tier 2/3 escalation point to investigate and resolve complex ServiceNow tickets.
• Maintain business processes, security groups, and condition rules for evolving needs.
• Support system updates by external AMS provider to ensure governance standards.
• Partner with P&C, Finance, and IT teams to translate business needs into technical specs.

Skills

Workday configuration

End-to-end testing lifecycles

EIBs and data conversions

Workday security frameworks

Autonomy

Stakeholder engagement

ServiceNow escalation

Tools

ServiceNow

Job description

Nine is seeking a Workday Functional Analyst to support a major Workday integration as part of the People Transformation team. This 6-month contract role reports to the Head of People Systems and focuses on streamlining and stabilising the Workday platform after a major acquisition.

You will collaborate with cross-functional leaders to translate business needs into technical specifications, while maintaining security and data integrity across core modules.