Workday Analyst

Akkodis; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 127,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Term life insurance

Short-term disability

Voluntary benefits

Commuter benefits

401K plan

Paid sick leave

Paid leave

Holiday pay

Job summary

Akkodis, Inc. is seeking a full-time direct hire Workday Systems Analyst for a hybrid role near Houston, TX. The role configures, maintains, and enhances Workday HCM modules while providing consultative support to HR, IT, and business users.

Qualifications include 3+ years of Workday Core HCM, configuration, integration, and post go-live support experience. Salary around $115K plus annual bonus; negotiable based on experience and location.

Qualifications

• 3+ years Workday Core HCM, configuration, integration, and post go-live support experience.
• Consultative problem-solving.
• Ability to troubleshoot cross-platform issues.
• Applying project management and organizational change management fundamentals.
• Additional HR experience or manufacturing workforce/industry experience preferred.
• Project or Change Management certification is a plus.
• Workday certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Configure and support Workday modules and business processes across Core HCM, Lifecycle Management, Talent Optimization, Recruiting, Onboarding, Compensation, Absence, Time Tracking, Payroll, Benefits, Workforce Planning, Help, and Journeys.
• Align Workday configurations with SAP S/4HANA data structures and financial mappings.
• Translate HR/business requirements into scalable Workday solutions and partner with HR to optimize processes.
• Support testing, release management, and functional validation across Workday and S/4HANA connected processes.
• Maintain specs, change logs, and support data governance and audits.

Skills

Workday Core HCM

Configuration

Integration

Post go-live support

Consultative problem-solving

Tools

EIBs

Cloud Connect

Studio integrations

Job description

Akkodis, Inc. is seeking a full-time direct hire Workday Systems Analyst for a hybrid role with a global industry leader near Houston, TX. The Workday Analyst configures, maintains, and enhances Workday HCM modules while providing consultative support and operational excellence to HR, IT, and business users. Qualifications include 3+ years of Workday Core HCM, configuration, integration, and post go-live support experience.

Salary Range: $115K per year plus annual bonus; salary negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors

This is a great opportunity with a global employer that is long-standing and very stable, and offering great benefits including 12 holidays and an excellent retirement package with 6% dollar for dollar match, and future career growth!

Workday Analyst Job Responsibilities Include :

Configuration & Functional Support

• Apply technical knowledge of Workday to solve and support organizational needs; functions/modules include Core HCM, Lifecycle Management, Talent Optimization, Recruiting, Onboarding, Compensation, Absence, Time Tracking, Payroll, Benefits, Workforce Planning, Help, and Journeys.
• Maintain, manage, and configure Workday business processes, validations, condition rules, notifications, eligibility rules, and functional components across the Workday modules.
• Investigate and troubleshoot functional production issues and collaborate with Workday Support, SI partners, benefit providers, payroll vendors, and timekeeping vendors.
• Partner with integration teams to resolve issues involving EIBs, Cloud Connects, Studio integrations, and downstream systems.
• Review integration logs, identify functional root causes, and support cross-platform fixes.

SAP S/4HANA Ecosystem Alignment

• Ensure Workday configurations align with SAP S/4HANA worker data, org structures, cost object design, and financial mappings.
• Partner with ERP, Finance, and IT teams to maintain data coherence across platforms (e.g., cost center hierarchies, job architecture, supervisory org alignment).

Consultative Partnership

• Translate HR/business requirements into scalable Workday solutions.
• Collaborates across HR to drive system and process optimization.
• Provides configuration change recommendations to achieve business needs.
• Guide HR partners across manufacturing plants through process changes and system behavior.

Testing & Release Management

• Support regression, integration, and user acceptance testing across Workday and S/4HANA?connected processes.
• Participate in release testing, regression cycles, and functional validation efforts.

Documentation & Data Governance

• Maintain functional specs, job aids, configuration decisions, and change logs; support data governance and audits.

Benefit offerings include medical, dental, vision, term life insurance, short-term disability insurance, additional voluntary benefits, commuter benefits and 401K plan. Our program provides employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs.

• medical
• dental
• vision
• term life insurance
• short-term disability insurance
• additional voluntary benefits
• commuter benefits
• 401K plan

• Paid Sick Leave, where required by law
• any other paid leave required by Federal, State or local law
• Holiday pay upon meeting eligibility criteria

Disclaimer: These benefit offerings do not apply to client-recruited jobs and jobs which are direct hire to a client

Qualifications:

• 3+ years Workday (Core HCM and 2+ modules) configuration, integration, and post go-live support experience
• Consultative problem-solving
• Ability to troubleshoot cross-platform issues
• Applying project management and organizational change management fundamentals
• Additional HR experience or manufacturing workforce/industry experience preferred
• Project or Change Management certification is a plus
• Workday certification is a plus

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.