Finance Office
Workday HCM System Analyst
Overview:
We are seeking an experienced Workday HCM System Analyst to play a critical role in our enterprise transformation from Lawson to Workday. This position will serve as a key resource supporting the design, configuration, testing, deployment, and ongoing administration of Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions while partnering with HR, Benefits, Payroll, Pension, Time & Attendance, Finance, Budget, and other business stakeholders.
This is a highly collaborative and hands-on role requiring both strong HR functional knowledge and prior Workday implementation experience. The individual will work closely with the Workday implementation partners, internal subject-matter experts, and project stakeholders to ensure the future-state Workday design accurately reflects the organization's structure, business processes, benefits programs, employee populations, and workforce management requirements.
Work Location: 488 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022
Direct Supervisor:Financial Planning and Analysis Manager
Duties & Responsibilities:
Workday HCM Design & Configuration
- Assist with the design, configuration, and implementation of Workday HCM modules and business processes.
- Translate HR, Benefits, Payroll, and Time & Attendance requirements into Workday system designs and configurations.
- Participate in future-state process design sessions and recommend best-practice solutions.
- Configure and validate organizational structures, supervisory organizations, job profiles, positions, worker types, compensation structures, security roles, and business process workflows.
- Support end-to-end testing, user acceptance testing (UAT), issue resolution, and production readiness activities.
- Work closely with implementation consultants to ensure system configurations meet business requirements and project timelines.
Data Migration & Data Management
- Lead and support data conversion activities from Lawson and other source systems into Workday.
- Prepare, organize, cleanse, validate, and reconcile large data sets using spreadsheets and other reporting tools.
- Compile employee, organizational, benefit, payroll, and historical data from various internal and external sources.
- Create and maintain data mapping documents, data dictionaries, and conversion templates.
- Identify data quality issues and collaborate with stakeholders to resolve discrepancies.
- Perform data validation and reconciliation exercises before and after migration cycles.
HR, Benefits & Workforce Management Analysis
- Conduct detailed analysis of current HR and Benefits processes, policies, and procedures.
- Interpret complex company policies and translate them into Workday configuration requirements.
- Analyze Time & Attendance policies, accrual rules, leave programs, eligibility rules, benefits plans, and organizational structures for system implementation.
- Document business requirements, configuration decisions, assumptions, risks, and process flows.
- Ensure configured solutions align with company policies, compliance requirements, and operational needs.
Stakeholder Engagement & Project Support
- Facilitate meetings with HR, Benefits, Payroll, and operational leaders to gather information and validate requirements.
- Serve as a liaison between business stakeholders and the Workday implementation team.
- Provide project status updates and support issue tracking and resolution activities.
- Assist with training preparation, process documentation, go-live activities, hypercare support, and long-term system administration.
- Provide ongoing end-user support, issue triage, and resolution for Workday-related questions and service requests.
- Support change management efforts and user adoption initiatives.
Workday Platform Support & Administration
- Provide day-to-day support to HR, Payroll, Benefits, Time & Attendance, managers, and employees using the Workday platform.
- Manage and maintain Workday business process configurations, security roles, organizational structures, and system settings as business needs evolve.
- Monitor and evaluate Workday releases and feature enhancements; analyze impacts and coordinate testing and deployment of new functionality.
- Create, maintain, and enhance Workday reports, dashboards, calculated fields, and data extracts.
- Partner with HR and business leaders to identify opportunities for process improvements, automation, and expanded utilization of Workday functionality.
- Support ongoing integrations, data integrity monitoring, audits, and compliance-related activities.
- Deliver end-user training and support efforts to promote Workday adoption and effective system utilization.
- Coordinate with Workday Customer Support and third-party vendors on system issues, enhancements, and escalations.
- Participate in governance activities, prioritization of enhancement requests, and future Workday roadmap planning.
Education, Experience and Skills:
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- Must have participated in at least one full-cycle Workday implementation, including design, configuration, testing, and deployment activities.
- 3+ years of experience supporting HRIS, HCM systems, HR operations, or Workday administration.
- Experience working with HR, Benefits, Payroll, and/or Workforce Management processes.
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel including: complex formulas, data validation, pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, and large data set analysis.
- Experience preparing and managing data conversion templates and migration spreadsheets.
- Knowledge of Workday HCM, Benefits, Absence, Time Tracking, Payroll, and Compensation modules.
- Workday certification(s) or equivalent implementation experience preferred.
- Experience with enterprise implementations involving multiple business units or complex organizational structures.
- Knowledge of HR compliance, employee benefits administration, and timekeeping practices.
- Experience with reporting and data analysis tools.
Compensation range for this position is: $105,000 - $125,000 annually.
This position is considered exempt and not eligible for overtime.