Business System Analyst

Workday Business Analyst (HRIS)

About the Role

We are seeking a highly capable Workday Business Analyst (HRIS) to serve as liaison between HR stakeholders and our technical delivery teams. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in ambiguity, brings strong executive presence, and can confidently translate complex business needs into actionable requirements that drive real outcomes.You will lead discovery efforts, define current and future-state processes, and convert evolving HR requirements into clear user stories that enable agile delivery. Acting as the day-to-day liaison between HR users, Product Owners, and engineers, you’ll play a critical role in ensuring Workday solutions align with business objectives while maintaining momentum across sprint cycles.

What You’ll Do

• Lead stakeholder discovery sessions to uncover business needs and pain points
• Extract clear requirements from ambiguous or evolving inputs
• Document current-state and future-state HR processes
• Produce high-quality functional requirements and translate them into detailed user stories
• Maintain Jira tickets and ensure stories are sprint-ready
• Partner closely with HR users, Product Owners, and technical teams as the primary day-to-day liaison
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and regression testing efforts
• Facilitate meetings, drive alignment, and confidently challenge stakeholders when needed
• Ensure requirements are accurately understood and implemented within Workday

What You Bring

• Proven HR domain experience, ideally within a Workday environment
• Strong executive presence with the confidence to lead discussions and influence outcomes
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and pushing for clarity
• Technically fluent enough to understand Workday configuration concepts and translate requirements accurately
• Excellent facilitation skills with the ability to command a room
• Collaborative mindset with a delivery-oriented approach
• Personality and presence that build trust across business and technical teams

Tools & Delivery Model

• Jira for requirements management and user story creation
• Agile delivery in 2-week sprint cycles