Workday Technical Analyst

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Serve as a technical subject-matter expert for Workday, collaborating with HR, IT, Finance, and business teams.

• Assist in the execution of the Workday product strategy, ensuring alignment with Modaxo’s People and Business priorities.

• Perform system impact assessments for acquisitions and new module implementations.

• Collaborate with functional teams to boost adoption, support change governance, and convert business requirements into technical solutions.

• Configure and manage Workday security roles, domains, policies, and business-process-level security.

• Conduct proactive compliance audits, focusing on SoD and GDPR requirements.

• Address access issues and design scalable security frameworks.

• Develop advanced Matrix, Composite, Trending, Dashboard, and BIRT reports.

• Create calculated fields and deliver insights for HR, Finance, and leadership teams.

• Back data quality initiatives and support recurring reporting cycles.

• Configure and enhance Workday business processes spanning multiple modules.

• Evaluate new features, identify dependencies, and suggest improvements.

• Investigate and resolve system issues, enhancements, and configuration gaps.

• Optimize workflows and enhance automation within HR processes.

• Lead the bi-annual Workday release activities, including regression testing and impact assessments.

• Manage and prioritize the enhancement backlog while communicating progress effectively.

• Provide daily technical support to ensure data quality and compliance with processes.

• Prepare progress reports and maintain audit-ready documentation.

• Deliver training and guidance to users, subject-matter experts, and partners.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in Workday configuration across various modules.

• Required expertise in Advanced Compensation and/or Absence Management.

• Experience in end-to-end configuration for Absence and Advanced Compensation is essential.

• Preferred experience with HCM, Recruiting, Talent, and Performance modules.

• Strong knowledge of the Workday security model.

• Experience with reporting, dashboards, and calculated fields.

• Expertise in business process configuration.

• Familiarity with Workday release management processes.

• Integrations experience is an added advantage.

• Ability to streamline and optimize HR processes effectively.

• Strong skills in requirements gathering and user-story development.

• Experience in coordinating Workday’s bi-annual release cycles and regression testing.

• Excellent problem-solving abilities in complex, cross-module scenarios.

• Clear communication skills for engaging stakeholders and providing training.

• Strong focus on data quality, analytics, and audit preparedness.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits package.

• Opportunities for continuous professional development.

• Flexible work arrangements.

• A supportive and collaborative work environment.