Workday HCM Business Analyst

Hybrid Location: Candidates within a 150-mile radius from Dover, Delaware must be able to work in a hybrid model 3-days per week onsite in Dover, DE.

Remote location: Candidates residing over-150 miles from Dover, DE. Individuals eligible for remote work will be required to work onsite for the first two weeks at their own expense. They may also be required to report onsite as needed throughout the duration of the project, at their own expense.

Key Skills: 3+ years of Workday functional/BA work on implementation or enhancement projects with a focus on HCM Strong experience with the following Workday modules: Core HCM, Recruitment and Compensation

Top notch communication skills (verbal and written) required

Job Description

We are looking for a Business Analyst – PHCM Workday Core HCM, Compensation and Recruiting to support the client's People and Human Capital Management (PHCM) project with a focus on Workday Core HCM, Compensation, and Recruiting. This position will be contract and hybrid.

What You’ll Do

• Support functional analysis and coordination across assigned Workday areas and track issues and decisions through resolution
• Review and validate PHCM business requirements against Workday capabilities and system integrator deliverables and identify gaps, partial fits, decisions and potential changes requiring functional lead review
• Document and review current-state and future-state end-to-end processes including handoffs, approvals, exceptions and cross-functional dependencies
• Work directly with functional leads and SMEs on Core HCM, Compensation and Recruiting business processes, configuration decisions and functional impacts
• Prepare for and participate in system integrator workshops and capture requirements, questions, decisions, action items and follow-up assignments
• Help develop and validate test scenarios and support system and user acceptance testing while documenting results, tracking defects and coordinating retesting with business teams
• Assist functional leads with data definitions, cleanup needs, conversion validation and business review of employee, position, compensation and recruiting data
• Identify dependencies with payroll, benefits, security, reporting, integrations, finance and organizational change management and raise impacts for resolution
• Maintain accurate requirements, issue, risk and decision logs and follow up with assigned owners while escalating blockers promptly
• Maintain project trackers and provide concise weekly updates on progress, open items, risks and next steps to the PHCM Project Manager
• Work independently against project priorities and raise blockers early
• Communicate clearly with functional SMEs, technical teams and project leadership
• Maintain organized and accurate records of requirements, decisions, test evidence and follow-up items
• Handle confidential employee and applicant information in accordance with State security requirements
• Work collaboratively across functional areas and adapt as design and testing priorities evolve

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years professional experience
• Hands-on Workday Core HCM experience including worker and organizational data, staffing events, supervisory organizations and related business processes
• Hands-on Workday Compensation experience including compensation plans, eligibility, compensation changes and related approvals and processes
• Hands-on Workday Recruiting experience including job requisitions, candidate workflows, hiring processes and related business process configuration or support
• Three or more years of business analysis experience on Workday HCM systems implementation or enhancement projects
• Experience gathering, documenting and validating requirements and performing fit-gap analysis while documenting business processes and functional impacts
• Experience supporting design workshops, test scenarios, user acceptance testing and defect tracking tools
• Strong Excel and documentation skills with the ability to maintain clear trackers, decisions and status reports
• Ability to work effectively with functional business teams, technical resources, project management teams and implementation vendors
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Human Resources, Information Systems or a related field or equivalent work experience
• Ability to pass a State of Delaware and Federal FBI background check and comply with State requirements for handling confidential employee information

Preferred Qualifications

• Public-sector Workday implementation experience and familiarity with statewide HR operations
• Participation in a completed Workday HCM implementation including design, testing, deployment or post-go-live support
• Experience with classification and compensation, position management, recruitment and hiring processes in government or another large organization
• Knowledge of Workday business process frameworks, security roles, reporting and integrations related to Core HCM, Compensation and Recruiting
• Public-sector project experience including formal governance, independent oversight and stakeholder coordination
• Experience with data conversion, data quality review and cross-functional process dependencies