Principal Business Systems Analyst

Eliassen Group; Phoenix (AZ); Remote; USD 76.000 - 83.000; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

Eliassen Group currently seeks a Principal Business Systems Analyst to lead advanced Workday Financials solutioning, configuration, and support. This remote, contract role focuses on driving complex business processes across Financial Accounting, Banking and Treasury, Procurement, and more, with a strong emphasis on reporting and analytics.

You will mentor teams, manage complex projects, and coordinate with IT, vendors, and business stakeholders to deliver robust Workday solutions.

Qualifikationen

• 10+ years of Workday Financials functional expertise required.
• Hands-on support for Financial Accounting, Banking, Procurement, Suppliers, Customers, Expenses, and Business Assets.
• Advanced Business Process and Custom Validation configuration and Calculated Field development.
• Strong troubleshooting, production support, and root cause analysis.
• Leadership of requirements gathering, testing, and implementation.

Aufgaben

• Provide advanced Workday Financials expertise and business acumen to solve highly complex issues and anticipate downstream impacts.
• Serve as functional and technical expert across Financial Accounting, Business Assets, Customer Accounts, Supplier Accounts, Banking and Treasury, Procurement, Expenses, Security, and Reporting and Analytics.
• Act as a super user and trusted advisor on system capabilities, process optimization, controls, and best practices.
• Lead analysis, design, configuration, and implementation of solutions that may impact multiple business areas and applications.
• Design and maintain complex Workday Business Processes, approval workflows, condition rules, security configurations, custom validations, and calculated fields.
• Develop and maintain advanced reports and dashboards to support decision-making.
• Quantify business impacts and recommend solutions to stakeholders.
• Coordinate user support for complex inquiries, service requests, and production issues.
• Drive data and trend analysis and process improvement in partnership with business and IT.
• Mentor and coach junior team members on Workday capabilities and consulting skills.
• Lead triage for system failures, drive troubleshooting and root cause analysis, and coordinate fixes with IT, Workday, and vendors.
• Develop support processes and manage daily resolution of production issues, defects, data issues, and user errors.
• Use EIBs and data management tools for data loads, mass updates, corrections, testing, and automation.
• Document, track, and report system support activities and resolutions.
• Lead requirements elicitation, analysis, and documentation aligned to enterprise objectives.
• Serve as Business Lead for complex projects, overseeing intake, prioritization, specifications, configuration, testing, deployment, and hypercare.
• Partner with teams to implement new Workday functionality, enhancements, and process improvements.
• Lead testing strategy, test plans, scenarios, execution, and readiness assessments.
• Coordinate with partners on impacts from Workday releases, updates, security changes, integrations, and architecture enhancements.
• Configure and maintain Workday Financials across environments, including Business Processes, Custom Validations, Calculated Fields, Security roles and policies, Financial reports and dashboards, and EIB integrations and data loads.
• Govern configuration accuracy and compliance with change control.

Kenntnisse

Workday Financials

Business acumen

Leadership

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree

10+ years in Business Systems Analysis

5+ years Workday Financials across multiple areas

Tools

EIBs

Data management tools

Jobbeschreibung

Principal Business Systems Analyst

Anywhere

Type: Contract

Category: Support

Industry: Insurance

Workplace Type: Remote

Standard Hours: Open

Reference ID: JN -102026-109059

Date Posted: 10/14/2026

Shortcut: http://careers.eliassen.com/vTPgvv

Description

Remote

Our client seeks a Principal Business Systems Analyst to lead advanced Workday Financials solutioning, configuration, and support. The role will drive complex business process design, reporting and analytics, and production support across Financial Accounting, Banking and Treasury, Procurement, Supplier and Customer Accounts, Expenses, and Business Assets.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $55.00 to $60.00/hr. w2

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced Workday Financials expertise and business acumen to solve highly complex issues and anticipate downstream impacts.
• Serve as functional and technical expert across Financial Accounting, Business Assets, Customer Accounts, Supplier Accounts, Banking and Treasury, Procurement, Expenses, Security, and Reporting and Analytics.
• Act as a super user and trusted advisor on system capabilities, process optimization, controls, and best practices.
• Lead analysis, design, configuration, and implementation of solutions that may impact multiple business areas and applications.
• Design and maintain complex Workday Business Processes, approval workflows, condition rules, security configurations, custom validations, and calculated fields.
• Develop and maintain advanced reports and dashboards to support decision-making.
• Quantify business impacts and recommend solutions to stakeholders.
• Coordinate user support for complex inquiries, service requests, and production issues.
• Drive data and trend analysis and process improvement in partnership with business and IT.
• Mentor and coach junior team members on Workday capabilities and consulting skills.
• Lead triage for system failures, drive troubleshooting and root cause analysis, and coordinate near-term and long-term fixes with IT, Workday, and vendors.
• Develop support processes and manage daily resolution of production issues, configuration defects, data issues, and user errors.
• Use EIBs and data management tools for data loads, mass updates, corrections, testing, and automation.
• Document, track, and report system support activities and resolutions.
• Lead requirements elicitation, analysis, and documentation aligned to enterprise objectives.
• Serve as Business Lead for complex projects, overseeing intake, prioritization, specifications, configuration, testing, deployment, and hypercare.
• Partner with teams to implement new Workday functionality, enhancements, and process improvements.
• Lead testing strategy, test plans, scenarios, execution, and readiness assessments. Train others on testing best practices.
• Coordinate with partners on impacts from Workday releases, updates, security changes, integrations, and architecture enhancements.
• Configure and maintain Workday Financials across environments, including Business Processes, Custom Validations, Calculated Fields, Security roles and policies (awareness), Financial reports and dashboards, and EIB integrations and data loads.
• Govern configuration accuracy and compliance with change control.

Experience Requirements

• 10+ years of relevant experience preferred with strong Workday Financials functional expertise.
• Hands‑on support for Financial Accounting, Banking, Procurement, Suppliers, Customers, Expenses, and Business Assets.
• Advanced Business Process and Custom Validation configuration and Calculated Field development.
• Strong troubleshooting, production support, and root cause analysis with ability to work independently.
• Leadership of requirements gathering, testing, and implementation.
• Pluses: EIB expertise, Workday Reporting and Dashboards, Adaptive Planning, Prism Analytics, integrations, Studio and Core Connector, Security Administration, and financial planning/budgeting/forecasting.
• Healthcare, health plan, or insurance industry experience preferred.
• Prior experience leading enterprise Workday Financials initiatives and relevant Workday certifications are beneficial.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or advanced degree preferred. In lieu of degree, 10+ years of related experience.
• 8+ years in Business Systems Analysis, ERP, Financial Systems, or related fields, including 5+ years of hands‑on Workday Financials across multiple functional areas.

Recruitment Transparency Notice

Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening and hiring process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team ([e-mail], 781-808-2924) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group’s use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process.

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.

Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients’ capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.

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