Global Workday Business Analyst - HCM & Process Improvement

Motion Industries (MOT); Alabama; On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Industries is seeking a Senior Workday Business Analyst to translate business requirements into functional specs, user stories, and test plans for Workday HCM. You will serve as a strategic partner across HR, Payroll, Finance, and IT to enable scalable Workday solutions and drive continuous improvement.

You will lead requirements sessions, document processes, support testing and production support, and collaborate with configuration, integration, and security teams to ensure data quality,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Human Resources or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• 5+ years of business analyst/HRIS experience with enterprise applications.
• 3+ years hands-on experience with Workday HCM and related modules.
• Experience gathering requirements, documenting functional specifications, writing user stories, and supporting Agile or hybrid delivery.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; translate between business and technical audiences.

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.
• 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.

Skills

Requirements gathering

Business analysis

Communication

Stakeholder management

Agile/Hybrid delivery

HR knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems or HR or related field

Tools

Workday HCM

HRIS platforms

Job description

Motion Industries is seeking a Senior Workday Business Analyst to translate business requirements into functional specs, user stories, and test plans for Workday HCM. You will serve as a strategic partner across HR, Payroll, Finance, and IT to enable scalable Workday solutions and drive continuous improvement.

You will lead requirements sessions, document processes, support testing and production support, and collaborate with configuration, integration, and security teams to ensure data quality,