Workday Applications System Analyst

Motion Recruitment; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm in Dallas, TX is seeking a skilled Workday Enterprise Applications System Analyst to join their team. This role entails leading the analysis, design, and support of the Workday platform. Candidates should possess extensive Workday knowledge and technical skills in troubleshooting and reporting. Key responsibilities include managing enterprise applications and collaborating with stakeholders to improve business processes. Excellent communication skills and a degree in computer science or a related field are preferred.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with Workday modules.
• Strong understanding of Workday integrations (EIB, Core Connectors, Studio) and reporting.
• Ability to gather and translate business requirements into technical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary subject matter expert for Workday modules.
• Support and maintain existing enterprise applications and troubleshoot issues.
• Deliver actionable insights through reporting and analytics.

Skills

Expertise in Workday modules

Strong communication skills

Collaboration in cross-functional environments

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

SQL

FreshService

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Workday Enterprise Applications System Analyst to join our expanding team. This role is ideal for a candidate with in-depth expertise in Workday, combined with a solid technical foundation in troubleshooting, integrations, and reporting.

As a Enterprise Applications System Analyst, you will play a key role in the analysis, design, configuration, and ongoing support of our Workday platform. You will lead efforts to integrate and enhance corporate financial systems and processes within Workday, ensuring alignment with business needs and system capabilities.

Type: Direct Hire. -This role does not support sponsorship arrangements at this time or in the future.

Candidates local to Dallas, TX are preferred as the client requires a FTF interview.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary subject matter expert and technical lead for Workday modules and integrated enterprise applications, ensuring optimal configuration, functionality, and alignment with business processes.
• Support and maintain existing enterprise applications, integrations, troubleshoot issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement long-term fixes with minimal business disruption.
• Strong functional knowledge to support and enhance business operations.
• Work with Application Management Services partners to support and enhance business operations.
• Work with stakeholders in departments such as Finance, Accounting and HR to collect requirements and document current processes and integrations.
• Identify gaps and opportunities to redesign and automate business processes to achieve better business results.
• Serve as an expert to support the education and training of end users, working to increase their proficiency and adopt new enterprise applications solutions.
• Deliver actionable insights through reporting and analytics.
• Act as a liaison between business stakeholders, IT, and external vendors to ensure solutions are aligned, scalable, and well-documented.
• Ensure enterprise applications compliance with regulations and internal policies, including HIPAA and PCI.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation for application configurations, processes, and procedures.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with Workday modules.
• Strong understanding of Workday integrations (EIB, Core Connectors, Studio) and reporting (Advanced, Composite).
• Ability to gather and translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience in a cross-functional environment working with both technical teams and business users.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation for application configurations, processes, and procedures.

Required Skills

• Preferred working experience with FreshService.
• Preferred working experience with SQL and databases.

Preferred Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems or related field.
• Three (3) years of experience working as a Workday System Analyst supporting workday modules.
• Good knowledge on Studio.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions and opinions.