Systems Analyst - Workday

Our client is seeking an experienced Systems Analyst - Workday for a long-term contract opportunity. This role serves as a technical system administrator and configuration expert within the Workday HCM domain. The analyst will step directly into a critical backfill position supporting ongoing FDM retrofit and deployment transition projects, ensuring system integrity, smooth data migrations, and alignment with enterprise HRIS strategy. The ideal candidate is a hands-on Workday professional who thrives in large, complex environments and can function as a consultant and problem-solver, not just an executor.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary Workday HCM system administrator, performing configuration, testing, and maintenance across multiple modules.
• Lead or support large-scale transitions, data loads, and FDM retrofit efforts, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and minimal disruption.
• Collaborate with HR, Finance, IT, and HRIS leadership to coordinate changes and deployments across a 9-member HRIS team and wider HR organization.
• Act as a consultative partner, proactively identifying configuration and process optimization opportunities rather than waiting for assigned tasks.
• Deliver and maintain technology solutions to support business processes and data reporting needs.
• Contribute to development of data standards, documentation, and configuration governance.
• Liaise with vendors and internal IT teams to support ongoing system initiatives and performance improvement.
• Support and train users as needed to ensure smooth adoption and understanding of system changes.
• Mentor and coach peers to promote shared technical knowledge and team growth.

Required Qualifications and Experience:

• Minimum of 5+ years of direct Workday HCM experience, including hands-on configuration and system administration.
• Proven success supporting large enterprise environments, ideally within healthcare or unionized organizations.
• Strong background in data migration, EIB loads, and deployment transitions.
• Experience across additional Workday modules is a plus (e.g., Compensation, Security, Reporting).
• Familiarity with Smartsheet and Jira preferred but trainable.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work cross-functionally and translate complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and pragmatic problem-solving mindset; able to work autonomously and consultatively.
• Workday certification is a plus but not required.

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