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Senior Business Analyst - Workday HCM & Payroll

Desda GroupMelbourne, Melbourne🇦🇺Australia

Why this role stands out

This hybrid role offers a significant opportunity to shape a major Workday HCM and Payroll transformation at a leading Australian super fund, providing invaluable experience in system design and Australian payroll complexities. You will thrive here if you are a detail-oriented Senior Business Analyst with Australian payroll expertise, eager to leverage your skills in a high-impact project. Apply now to contribute to this exciting initiative and grow your career in HR technology.

Quick overview

SeniorityMid Senior
Employment typeFull Time
Work modeHybrid
LocationMelbourne, Melbourne, Australia
WorkdayPayroll

Job description

Senior Business Analyst - Workday HCM & Payroll

Senior BA to lead Workday HCM & Payroll design at a leading super fund. 12-month contract, Sydney/Melbourne hybrid. Australian payroll exp essential.

02nd October, 2026

Leading Australian super fund People & Payroll Transformation (Workday) Sydney or Melbourne, hybrid 12-month contract with possible extension

The role
Our client, a leading Australian super fund, is replacing its legacy HR and payroll platforms with Workday HCM and Workday Payroll for Australia. You'll be the business's voice in design: turning HR, payroll and compliance needs into clear requirements, challenging the integrator, and keeping the line from requirement to test intact through go-live.

  • Map current-state hire-to-retire and time-to-pay processes and build the pay rules inventory.
  • Own requirements, acceptance criteria and traceability across HCM and payroll scope.
  • Lead design workshops with the Workday partner, favouring standard design over customisation.
  • Specify Australian payroll requirements: awards and the enterprise agreement, STP Phase 2, super guarantee and Payday Super, payroll tax and long service leave.
  • Define integration and data migration requirements, then support testing, parallel runs and cutover.
  • Produce future-state processes and support change, training and BAU handover.
02nd October, 2026

Leading Australian super fund People & Payroll Transformation (Workday) Sydney or Melbourne, hybrid 12-month contract with possible extension

The role
Our client, a leading Australian super fund, is replacing its legacy HR and payroll platforms with Workday HCM and Workday Payroll for Australia. You'll be the business's voice in design: turning HR, payroll and compliance needs into clear requirements, challenging the integrator, and keeping the line from requirement to test intact through go-live.

  • Map current-state hire-to-retire and time-to-pay processes and build the pay rules inventory.
  • Own requirements, acceptance criteria and traceability across HCM and payroll scope.
  • Lead design workshops with the Workday partner, favouring standard design over customisation.
  • Specify Australian payroll requirements: awards and the enterprise agreement, STP Phase 2, super guarantee and Payday Super, payroll tax and long service leave.
  • Define integration and data migration requirements, then support testing, parallel runs and cutover.
  • Produce future-state processes and support change, training and BAU handover.
What you'll bring
  • 8+ years as a BA, including senior roles on enterprise HR and payroll implementations.
  • At least one full-lifecycle Workday HCM implementation; Workday Payroll for Australia strongly preferred.
  • Deep knowledge of Australian payroll and award interpretation.
  • Hands-on experience with parallel runs, data migration reconciliation and UAT.
  • The confidence to challenge a systems integrator, and the clarity to brief a steering committee.
  • Superannuation or APRA-regulated experience and Workday certification are a plus.

What success looks like Requirements are baselined and signed off early, every requirement traces to a passed test, parallel runs reconcile, and the first live pay lands with no material errors.

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