Workday Configuration Analyst

Workday Configuration Analyst

Location: Pennington, NJ / Charlotte NC (On-site)

Duration: 12 months

Role Overview

The Workday Configuration Analyst is responsible for HR system administration, including business process configuration, reporting development, and end-user training. This role supports the maintenance of Workday as a premier, employee-experience-focused platform. The position involves collaboration with Workday team members, IT, business partners, vendors, and business leaders to meet the organization's HR technology requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Configure complex Workday business processes, with a focus on Payroll, including integrations and troubleshooting.
• Perform administrative functions such as tenant configuration, data loads, integrations, and reporting.
• Review business procedures and workflows to ensure system features are fully utilized and identify opportunities for efficiency.
• Work within an established systems environment by defining, documenting, and enforcing system standards.
• Provide pre- and post-launch end-user support, change management, issue resolution, testing, and training.
• Manage mass information loading via EIBs and test integration inputs and outputs.
• Create reports to audit the effectiveness of configuration changes.
• Document technology specifications for current and future configurations.
• Maintain change management documentation to satisfy internal and external audit controls.
• Serve as the domain support for feature releases and issue resolution.

Required Qualifications

Experience:

• Proven experience in configuring complex Workday business processes.
• Knowledge of creating reports for auditing configuration changes.
• Ability to mass load information via EIBs.
• Experience with Security Testing and Security Support.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or a related field.
• 3+ years of Workday HCM experience.
• Workday Pro or Workday Certifications.
• A solid understanding of at least three Workday modules, including Core HCM, Compensation, Talent, Payroll, Time, Absence, and Benefits.
• Workday Integrations experience.
• Knowledge of Workday business process, core setup, and security framework.
• Deep understanding of the Workday data model, corporate system architecture, interfaces, and reporting.