Workday Functional Analyst | Hybrid (6-month Contract)

Nine; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parental leave 18 weeks

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Job summary

Nine’s People Transformation team is seeking a Workday Functional Analyst on a 6‑month contract to support the Workday integration of a major acquisition into Nine’s platform. You’ll partner with cross‑functional leaders to streamline processes, standardise configurations, and ensure stable delivery across Workday modules such as HCM and Absence.

You’ll own end‑to‑end testing lifecycles, manage data conversions with EIBs, and collaborate with Talent, Finance and IT to translate business needs

Qualifications

• Hands-on Workday configuration across core modules (HCM/Absence).
• Experience with end-to-end testing lifecycles and data conversions using EIBs.
• Strong Workday security, business processes, and calculated fields knowledge.
• Analytical problem-solving to identify root causes and build fixes.
• High autonomy to manage workload and configuration decisions.
• Strong stakeholder engagement to explain technical concepts.

Responsibilities

• Support end-to-end configuration, testing, and deployment across core Workday modules.
• Act as Tier 2/3 to resolve complex ServiceNow tickets.
• Maintain business processes, security groups, and rule configurations.
• Support updates by external AMS provider ensuring governance standards.
• Partner with P&C, Finance, and IT to translate business needs into technical specs.

Skills

Workday configuration

End-to-end testing

Workday security & processes

Root-cause analysis

Autonomy in workload

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

EIBs

Job description

Nine’s People Transformation team is seeking a Workday Functional Analyst on a 6‑month contract to support the Workday integration of a major acquisition into Nine’s platform. You’ll partner with cross‑functional leaders to streamline processes, standardise configurations, and ensure stable delivery across Workday modules such as HCM and Absence.

You’ll own end‑to‑end testing lifecycles, manage data conversions with EIBs, and collaborate with Talent, Finance and IT to translate business needs