Senior Systems Analyst – HR Technology Services

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Assist in the coordination and support of intricate Workday and HR technology projects from the stages of requirements gathering to testing, deployment, and stabilization.

• Collaborate with HR, Payroll, IT, business stakeholders, technical teams, and external partners to collect, analyze, and document requirements.

• Evaluate HR business processes, Workday functionality, employee data, gaps, dependencies, and opportunities for improvement.

• Convert business requirements into functional specifications while orchestrating solution design and implementation.

• Aid in data conversion through mapping, cleansing, validation, reconciliation, mass data loads, and ensuring readiness for downstream integration.

• Examine large data sets utilizing Excel and other analytical tools to spot discrepancies, validate results, address issues, and support decision-making.

• Oversee M&A integrations, Phase X initiatives, Workday enhancements, integrations, Time & Absence, and various HR technology projects.

• Maintain activity trackers, schedules, milestones, action items, dependencies, and project transparency.

• Monitor commitments, identify obstacles, resolve issues, and sustain delivery momentum across functional and technical teams.

• Facilitate requirements gathering, solution discussions, implementation sequencing, testing readiness, and deployment processes.

• Identify risks, issues, and downstream effects; communicate the status and recommended actions.

• Lead working sessions, status meetings, testing status meetings, and defect triage meetings.

• Coordinate comprehensive SIT, UAT, and regression testing across Workday domains, integrations, downstream systems, and stakeholders.

• Support testing strategies, scenarios, timelines, execution plans, prerequisites, and coverage of business processes and data flows.

• Monitor testing progress, defects, blockers, risks, decisions, ownership, priorities, and resolutions.

• Support cutover preparation, production validation, and post-implementation stabilization.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, Human Resources, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

• Over 7 years of experience in supporting enterprise Human Capital Management (HCM) systems, HR technology implementations, business analysis, or similar initiatives.

• Extensive experience with Workday HCM, including core HR processes, reporting, employee data, business processes, and cross-functional system dependencies.

• In-depth knowledge of HR and Payroll business processes, as well as employee data flows between Workday and downstream applications.

• Experience in managing complex Workday implementations, M&A integrations, enterprise enhancements, or other significant HR technology projects.

• Skilled in handling large data sets and conducting data analysis, reconciliation, and validation using Microsoft Excel.

• Proven experience in coordinating activities across various functional and technical teams, managing dependencies, monitoring progress, and ensuring deliverable completion.

• Experience in supporting requirements gathering, functional analysis, testing, data conversion, and implementation activities.

• Exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail, problem-solving abilities, written communication, and verbal communication skills.

• Capability to independently manage multiple priorities while proactively identifying issues and facilitating follow-up.

• Ability to function effectively in a dynamic global environment.

• Preferred: experience in coordinating or leading Workday SIT, UAT, regression, or end-to-end testing.

• Preferred: expertise in testing management, defect tracking, test scenario development, and cross-system impact analysis.

• Preferred: experience with M&A integrations, Phase X implementations, or divestitures.

• Preferred: familiarity with Workday integrations including EIBs, PECI, WECI, PICOF, and related downstream HR/Payroll systems.

• Preferred: experience with ADP GlobalView or other enterprise payroll platforms.

• Preferred: knowledge of Workday Reporting, Time Tracking, Absence Management, Security, or other HCM functional domains.

• Preferred: experience using Smartsheet or similar project and testing coordination tools.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote work arrangement.

• Standard Monday–Friday work schedule.