Senior Systems Analyst – Workday Time & Absence Implementation Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Mexico, +3 more countries.

📋 Description

• Act as the functional and configuration leader for Workday Time Tracking and Absence implementations, which encompass M&A, divestitures, payroll transformations, and various HR technology projects.

• Direct discovery and requirements gathering initiatives that explore business processes, time and absence practices, policies, payroll dependencies, regulatory obligations, and technology.

• Conduct fit-gap analyses and convert requirements into scalable solutions.

• Design, configure, test, and implement Workday Absence solutions, including time-off plans, leave types, accruals, eligibility criteria, business processes, and workflows.

• Design, configure, test, and implement Workday Time Tracking solutions, covering eligibility, workflows, overtime rules, differentials, time calculations, and associated payroll earnings.

• Prototype solutions, identify gaps, evaluate alternatives, and assess impacts across HCM, Payroll, Compensation, security, and integrations.

• Collaborate with integration and payroll teams on third-party payroll interfaces and related data.

• Maintain documentation for functional, configuration, design, and testing purposes.

• Oversee Time Tracking and Absence workstreams through planning, design, configuration, testing, deployment, cutover, and stabilization phases.

• Develop and manage workstream plans detailing scope, schedule, resources, milestones, dependencies, deliverables, and governance.

• Coordinate efforts among internal teams, Workday consultants, implementation partners, and vendors.

• Identify and mitigate risks and issues, create remediation plans, and escalate critical decisions and dependencies as necessary.

• Lead workstream governance and communicate project status, risks, issues, and decisions to stakeholders.

• Manage multiple concurrent initiatives while ensuring alignment with program objectives and milestones.

• Supervise partner and vendor deliverables, resources, timelines, budgets, and contractual obligations as needed.

• Direct testing efforts, including test strategy, scenarios, defect management, functional, integration, payroll, regression, and user acceptance testing.

• Review solution designs, configurations, specifications, test plans, and other deliverables to ensure quality and completeness.

• Lead deployment readiness and cutover activities, including configuration migration, data validation, integration and business readiness, and go-live processes.

• Provide functional and project leadership throughout stabilization and hypercare, ensuring a smooth transition to operational support.

⛳️ Requirements

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

• Over 5 years of experience with Tier 1 HCM systems and HR technology implementations, including application configuration and complex technology projects.

• Strong practical functional and configuration expertise with Workday Time Tracking and Absence Management or similar Tier 1 HCM solutions.

• Experience in leading HR technology projects or workstreams within a global, matrixed organization.

• Familiarity with the project lifecycle, including requirements gathering, solution design, configuration, testing, deployment, and stabilization.

• In-depth knowledge of Time Tracking and Absence processes and their relationships with Payroll and other HCM processes.

• Understanding of HR processes, HR data, and enterprise HCM systems, including the effects of organizational, policy, and system changes.

• Capacity to function as both a hands-on Workday configuration specialist and project workstream leader, managing scope, schedules, dependencies, risks, and deliverables.

• Strong grasp of Workday Time Tracking and Absence configuration, business processes, dependencies, and implementation methodologies.

• Ability to coordinate efforts among consultants, vendors, internal teams, and stakeholders across various functions and organizational levels.

• Excellent analytical skills capable of evaluating complex requirements and suggesting practical solutions.

• Outstanding written, verbal, and presentation skills, including the ability to convey technical concepts in accessible language.

• Highly organized, self-driven, and capable of managing multiple priorities in a dynamic, global environment while maintaining quality and customer focus.

• Experience with M&A, divestitures, enterprise transformations, employee migrations, or similar cross-functional initiatives is strongly preferred.

• Familiarity with Workday HCM, Payroll, Compensation, security, business processes, and integrations is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote work arrangement.

• Standard Monday-Friday work schedule.