ERP (Workday) Analyst

Position Description

This is a senior role responsible for Workday architecture, governance, integration, and optimization. The individual acts as a senior liaison between stakeholders, IT, and Enterprise Leadership to ensure solutions align with evolving business needs, regulatory requirements and long-term technology strategy.

Position Responsibilities

• Designs and configures Workday modules across assigned functional areas.
• Oversees complex Workday integrations using Workday Studio, EIB, and middleware platforms.
• Led performance tuning, system audits, data quality governance, and compliance activities.
• Develops advanced security frameworks, role-based access models, and audit controls.
• Defines enterprise reporting standards leveraging Workday Reporting and Prism Analytics.
• Manages technical aspects of Workday system upgrades, including configuration updates, regression testing, and validation of new features.
• Ensures technical readiness for Workday release cycles and coordinates upgrade-related tasks across teams.
• Develops and manages detailed work plans and timelines for Workday projects.
• Identifies resources needed to complete assigned tasks and provides timely status reports.
• Drives consensus among functional stakeholders and IT on system solutions.
• Facilitates leadership briefings to present technical strategy, project milestones, and ROI analyses.
• Authors strategic documentation and governance standards.
• Develops strong relationships with business end-user communities and external Workday partners.
• Clearly articulates Workday concepts, design decisions and impacts.
• Serves as advisor to business leaders regarding Workday capabilities and opportunities; champions user adoption and optimization initiatives.
• Leads design, build, and testing of Workday integrations; develops and documents data transformation rules and reconciliation procedures.
• Leads efforts to standardize and streamline reporting practices.
• Collaborates with enterprise architecture teams to ensure Workday interoperability and scalability.
• Coordinates integration testing and validation during Workday upgrade cycles to ensure seamless functionality across systems.
• PARTNER WITH CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAMS TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF NEW WORKDAY FEATURES ON EXISTING INTEGRATIONS AND REPORTING FRAMEWORKS.
• PROVIDES STRATEGIC MENTORSHIP TO WORKDAY ANALYSTS AND ADMINISTRATORS.
• DEVELOPS TECHNICAL STANDARDS AND BEST PRACTICES FOR WORKDAY CONFIGURATIONS AND INTEGRATIONS.
• SERVES AS IT WORKDAY LEAD FOR EXECUTIVE STAKEHOLDERS DURING REDESIGNS AND MAJOR INITIATIVES.
• PLANS AND EXECUTES SYSTEM UPGRADERS INCLUDING FEATURE ADOPTION, REGRESSION TESTING, AND IMPACT ANALYSIS.
• COORDINATES UPGRADE CYCLES WITH WORKDAY RELEASE SCHEDULES, ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE MANAGEMENT PROCESSES.
• LEADS VALIDATION OF NEW FUNCTIONALITY, SECURITY UPDATES, AND REPORTING ENHANCEMENTS INTRODUCED IN WORKDAY RELEASES.
• LEADS SCOPING, PLANNING, AND EXECUTION OF ENTERPRISE WORKDAY PROGRAMS.
• AUTHORS EXECUTIVE-LEVEL PROJECT PROPOSALS, CHARTERS, AND RISK ASSESSMENTS.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or 6 years equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of progressive experience in Workday systems design, implementation, and support.
• Experience leading Workday implementations and governance.
• Experience in healthcare or higher education.

Desired Qualifications

• Workday Pro Certification, PMP, ITIL.
• Workday certified HCM and Finance preferred.

Salary Range

$118,081.60 - $188,936.80

Due Date

04/22/2026