Business System Analyst

Optomi; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in the United States seeks a Workday Business Analyst (HRIS) to act as a key liaison between HR stakeholders and technical teams. The analyst will lead discovery sessions, document HR processes, and translate requirements into actionable user stories. Strong HR domain experience, particularly within Workday, and excellent facilitation skills are essential for this role. The successful candidate will confidently navigate ambiguity and build trust across teams while ensuring that Workday solutions meet business objectives.

Qualifications

• Proven HR domain experience, ideally within a Workday environment.
• Strong executive presence with the confidence to lead discussions.
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and pushing for clarity.

Responsibilities

• Lead stakeholder discovery sessions to uncover business needs.
• Document current-state and future-state HR processes.
• Facilitate meetings and drive alignment among stakeholders.

Skills

HR domain experience

Jira

Excellent facilitation skills

Collaborative mindset

Tools

Jira

Job description

We are seeking a highly capable Workday Business Analyst (HRIS) to serve as liaison between HR stakeholders and our technical delivery teams. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in ambiguity, brings strong executive presence, and can confidently translate complex business needs into actionable requirements that drive real outcomes.You will lead discovery efforts, define current and future-state processes, and convert evolving HR requirements into clear user stories that enable agile delivery. Acting as the day-to-day liaison between HR users, Product Owners, and engineers, you’ll play a critical role in ensuring Workday solutions align with business objectives while maintaining momentum across sprint cycles.

What You’ll Do

• Lead stakeholder discovery sessions to uncover business needs and pain points
• Extract clear requirements from ambiguous or evolving inputs
• Document current-state and future-state HR processes
• Produce high-quality functional requirements and translate them into detailed user stories
• Maintain Jira tickets and ensure stories are sprint-ready
• Partner closely with HR users, Product Owners, and technical teams as the primary day-to-day liaison
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and regression testing efforts
• Facilitate meetings, drive alignment, and confidently challenge stakeholders when needed
• Ensure requirements are accurately understood and implemented within Workday

What You Bring

• Proven HR domain experience, ideally within a Workday environment
• Strong executive presence with the confidence to lead discussions and influence outcomes
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and pushing for clarity
• Technically fluent enough to understand Workday configuration concepts and translate requirements accurately
• Excellent facilitation skills with the ability to command a room
• Collaborative mindset with a delivery-oriented approach
• Personality and presence that build trust across business and technical teams

Tools & Delivery Model

• Jira for requirements management and user story creation