Business Analyst - Workday - Global Industrial

Motion Industries; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Industries in Birmingham, AL is seeking a Senior Workday Business Analyst to translate requirements into Workday specifications, and to partner with HR, Payroll, Finance and IT to deliver scalable Workday solutions.

You will own end-to-end processes, support testing, and drive continuous improvement across Workday modules, ensuring data quality, compliance and a great employee experience.

This role offers a path to influence enterprise HR systems within a large multi-function organization.

Qualifications

• Translate business requirements into functional specifications, user stories, and tests.
• Lead requirements sessions and workshops with HR, Payroll, Finance, and IT partners.
• Analyze current-state processes and design future-state Workday solutions.
• Partner with configuration, reporting and security teams for scalable Workday solutions.
• Support Workday enhancements, releases, upgrades, regression testing, and production support.

Responsibilities

• Serve as liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams to gather Workday requirements
• Lead requirements sessions, process reviews, and discovery workshops with HR, Payroll, Compensation, Benefits, Talent, Finance, and IT partners
• Translate business needs into clear functional specifications, user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and testable requirements
• Analyze current-state processes, identify gaps, recommend improvements, and support future-state design aligned with Workday capabilities and business objectives
• Partner with configuration, integration, reporting, and security teams to ensure Workday solutions are scalable, secure, compliant, and operationally effective
• Support Workday enhancements, releases, upgrades, regression testing, production support, and defect resolution across assigned functional areas
• Develop and maintain documentation, including business requirements, functional design documents, test scripts and support procedures
• Coordinate and support system testing, integration testing, user acceptance testing, issue triage, and business readiness activities
• Monitor integration health, data trends, and user feedback to recommend support improvements
• Maintain strong knowledge of Workday functionality, release updates, business process framework, reporting, security concepts, and HR technology best practices

Skills

Requirements gathering

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder management

Technical translation

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems or HR

Tools

Workday HCM

Workday integration

HRIS systems

Testing tools

Job description

Location: Birmingham, AL, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA | Full time

The Senior Workday Business Analyst supports Workday HCM modules by translating business requirements into functional specifications, user stories, process designs, test plans, and production support recommendations. This position will serve as a strategic partner between Human Resources, Payroll, Finance, business stakeholders, and technology teams to deliver enhancements and drive continuous improvement. This role is responsible for understanding the full end-to-end processes and delivering scalable Workday solutions that improve efficiency, data quality, compliance, and employee experience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams to gather, analyze, document, and validate Workday-related business requirements
• Lead requirements sessions, process reviews, and discovery workshops with HR, Payroll, Compensation, Benefits, Talent, Finance, and IT partners
• Translate business needs into clear functional specifications, user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and testable requirements
• Analyze current-state processes, identify gaps, recommend improvements, and support future-state design aligned with Workday capabilities and business objectives
• Partner with configuration, integration, reporting, and security teams to ensure Workday solutions are scalable, secure, compliant, and operationally effective
• Support Workday enhancements, releases, upgrades, regression testing, production support, and defect resolution across assigned functional areas
• Develop and maintain documentation, including business requirements, functional design documents, test scripts and support procedures
• Coordinate and support system testing, integration testing, user acceptance testing, issue triage, and business readiness activities
• Monitor integration health, data trends, and user feedback to recommend support improvements
• Maintain strong knowledge of Workday functionality, release updates, business process framework, reporting, security concepts, and HR technology best practices

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Human Resources or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered
• 5+ years of business analyst, HRIS analyst, business systems analyst, or similar experience supporting enterprise applications
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Workday HCM and related modules
• Strong understanding of HR, Payroll, Compensation, Benefits, Talent, Absence, Time Tracking, or related business processes
• Experience gathering requirements, documenting functional specifications, writing user stories, and supporting Agile or hybrid delivery methodologies
• Experience supporting Workday testing activities, including test planning, scenario development, defect tracking, regression testing, and user acceptance testing
• Ability to analyze complex business problems, evaluate options, and recommend practical solutions
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate between business and technical audiences
• High attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships with stakeholders, influence outcomes, and drive accountability without direct authority
• Experience partnering with engineers to support Workday integration requirements and full end-to-end testing
• Experience in a large, complex, multi-function organization with cross-functional HR and IT delivery teams
• Workday certification or formal Workday training in one or more modules is a plus

Company Information

Motion Industries offers an excellent benefits package which includes options for healthcare coverage, 401(k), tuition, reimbursement, vacation, sick, and holiday pay.

Disclaimer

This job description illustrates the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this job classification. It is not intended to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and skills required. Management retains the right to add or modify duties at any time

GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. GPC's policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.

Where permitted by applicable law, successful applicants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to start date. COVID-19 vaccination is a condition of employment, subject to an approved accommodation, and proof of vaccination will be required on or prior to start date.