Senior Workday Analyst — HCM & Global HR Solutions

Genuine Parts Company; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Industries is seeking a Senior Workday Business Analyst to translate business requirements into functional specifications, user stories, and process designs for Workday HCM modules. You will partner with HR, Payroll, Finance, and IT to deliver scalable Workday solutions and drive continuous improvement.

The role involves requirements sessions, end-to-end testing, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure data quality, compliance, and a strong employee experience across the

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, HR or related field; equivalent experience considered.
• 5+ years of business analyst, HRIS analyst, business systems analyst, or similar experience supporting 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 methodologies.
• Experience supporting Workday testing activities, including test planning, scenario development, defect tracking, regression testing, and user acceptance testing.

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

Skills

Communication skills

Requirements gathering

Agile/hybrid delivery

Education

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

Tools

Workday HCM

Job description

Motion Industries is seeking a Senior Workday Business Analyst to translate business requirements into functional specifications, user stories, and process designs for Workday HCM modules. You will partner with HR, Payroll, Finance, and IT to deliver scalable Workday solutions and drive continuous improvement.

The role involves requirements sessions, end-to-end testing, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure data quality, compliance, and a strong employee experience across the