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Fox Valley Technical College · 3 weeks ago

Analyst - Business Systems (Workday)

Appleton, WI

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$71K/yr - $84K/yr

5+ years exp

Fox Valley Technical College is seeking an Analyst for their Business Systems focusing on Workday. This role is responsible for managing and optimizing the College’s Workday system within HR, Payroll, and Finance, ensuring stability, implementing enhancements, and providing technical support to end users.

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Work & Life Balance

Responsibilities

Analyze and redesign business processes and perform system configuration to maximize efficiencies, resolve issues, and meet business needs

Leverage a variety of tools (e.g. workflow, condition rules, calculated fields, custom validations, document generation, security, reporting, and notifications), understanding and applying each appropriately to reach the desired result

Proactively evaluate both new and existing Workday functionality to identify and drive process improvement, aligning enhancements with process gaps

Perform impact analysis, including organizing and leading meetings and communication with cross-functional stakeholders prior to implementing new functionality

Manage system enhancement projects through the full cycle, including research, information gathering, design, development, testing, implementation, and communication

Collaborate with internal and external resources, including consultants, vendors, and project teams, to support efficient execution of implementations, enhancements, and projects

Identify and assess issues within the Workday system, including root cause analysis

Research, troubleshoot, and test potential resolution options, including the use of creative solutions

Provide issue resolution recommendations to stakeholders and implement solutions

Provide consultation and technical support to HR and Finance team members and other employees on Workday functionality

Prioritize issues among several teams/end users’ needs and adapt quickly to pivot based on changing priorities

Create and maintain adequate end-user documentation, communication, and training for system changes, enhancements, and new implementations/upgrades

Serve as a subject matter expert on Workday capabilities within assigned Workday HCM, Payroll, and Finance modules, including Absence, Benefits, Compensation, Core HCM, Learning, Payroll, Performance Enablement, Recruiting/Talent Acquisition, Talent Optimization, Time Tracking, Financial Accounting, Grants Management, Expenses, Procurement, Adaptive Planning, Budget, and Banking & Settlement

Understand the touchpoints between various areas, including those within Workday HCM/Payroll, Workday Finance, Workday Student, and other integrated systems

Through a combination of training, research, and networking, maintain knowledge of current and upcoming system capabilities and explore how to best leverage them

Review release notes for weekly and bi-annual system updates to identify impacts, opportunities for enhancements, and testing and communication needs

Structure and develop test plans (e.g., test objectives, test cases, test data, and test scripts) for executing unit, end-to-end, regression, and/or acceptance testing

Identify internal and external resources to collaborate with during testing based on potential impacts of changes

Manage acceptance testing with business users, performing system configuration, reporting, and integration testing

Evaluate functionality, performance, and fit-for-use to ensure solutions meet business requirements and defined constraints are controlled

Develop reports, dashboards, and analytics for functional areas and end users

Collaborate with College Reporting and Integrations teams on the development of college-wide reports and integrations, including design and testing

Perform ad-hoc data requests for employees, understanding the user requirements as well as the applicable fields and objects which meet these requirements

Gather, interpret, and report on data for state and federal reporting

Maintain data integrity by performing system and data audits

Qualification

Workday system configurationHR/Payroll/Financial operationsWorkday PRO CertificationAnalytical skillsProject management skillsResearch skillsCommunication skillsCritical thinking

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Accounting/Finance, Business, Information Technology, or related field required

Five or more years of recent related experience, to include: Demonstrated system configuration experience and a working knowledge of system design and development techniques within Workday or an equivalent ERP system

Experience with HR/Payroll/Financial operations, preferably within Higher Education

Experience working and communicating effectively with HR, Finance, IT, vendors, consultants, and cross-functional colleagues across a diverse employee base

Workday PRO Certification or equivalent training

Strong research, critical thinking, and project management skills

Experience with project management software and tools

Proven analytical skills and ability to think strategically