Workday Business Systems Analyst, HCM

Responsibilities

PATT and HCM

• Configure and maintain Payroll: pay components, earnings and deductions, pay groups, period schedules, and payroll-related business processes
• Configure and maintain Absence: time-off plans, accrual rules, eligibility criteria, and leave types
• Configure and maintain Time Tracking: time entry templates, validations, work schedules and calendars, and overtime calculations
• Configure and maintain Core HCM foundations: supervisory organizations, staffing models, job profiles and job/compensation structures, custom organizations, and worker data integrity
• Support annual and recurring People cycles in Workday, including compensation review setup, open enrollment configuration, and org restructures (mass supervisory org changes and job catalog updates)
• Design, build, and maintain business process definitions in both domains, including condition rules, calculated fields, custom validations, routing and approval logic, and notifications
• Partner with the Payroll team to troubleshoot configuration-driven payroll issues, including gross-to-net discrepancies, retro calculations, and off-cycle errors
• Bring a strong command of the Workday security model: role-based, user-based, and intersection security groups, domain security policies, business process security policies, and integration system users (ISUs)
• Support security and data audits in partnership with the broader team, using Workday delivered and custom audit reports to analyze access patterns, remediate exceptions, and uphold segregation of duties
• Perform impact analysis before changes ship, including how HCM and security changes ripple into payroll, absence, and time data
• Lead testing and adoption for Workday's twice-yearly releases across both domains: assess new features, run regression testing on critical business processes and security, and drive rollout of features we opt into

Across the platform

• Translate business requirements from our internal partners into scalable system design, and document configuration decisions as you go
• Build trusted relationships with partner teams, acting as a translator between technical configuration and business needs
• Support change management for system updates and new functionality: communicate what's changing and why, prepare documentation and enablement materials, and make sure changes land well with the people who use them
• Build and maintain advanced, matrix, and composite reports and dashboards; support mass data changes via EIB
• Configure alerts, scheduled reports, and report security so the right data reaches the right people automatically
• Triage and resolve day-to-day system issues, getting to root cause rather than patching symptoms
• Actively look for where AI and automation can strengthen how People Systems works, from testing, documentation, and requirements drafting to ticket triage and report generation, using Anthropic's own tools as part of your daily workflow
• Drive process automation and optimization opportunities with the broader People team and partner functions

Minimum Qualifications

• Deep hands-on working knowledge of Workday Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking (PATT) configuration and design, business process configuration, and Security
• Hands-on working knowledge of Workday Core HCM
• Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
• Strong technical skills including understanding of Workday architecture, security models, and integration methodologies
• Experience with full lifecycle Workday implementations and/or significant module expansions
• Intellectually curious, asking "why" before "how," exploring root causes rather than symptoms
• Approach problems with creativity, comfortable looking past the standard or obvious solution
• Treat HR data security and privacy as a non-negotiable foundation
• Excel at building relationships and communicating effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels
• Detail-oriented with strong documentation skills and a commitment to process excellence
• Track record of managing multiple competing priorities, with a bias toward flexibility and impact
• Collaborative mindset and willingness to pick up slack even if it goes outside job description

Preferred Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience as a Workday Business Systems Analyst, with demonstrated expertise in system configuration, testing, and implementation
• Workday Pro accreditations or Workday partner certifications in HCM, Payroll, Absence, Time Tracking
• Understanding of Workday integrations: familiarity with Workday integration tools (EIB, Core Connectors including PECI/PICOF/DCoD, Workday Studio, SOAP/REST Web Services / RaaS), inbound vs. outbound patterns, authentication (SSO, SFTP, API keys / certs), typical HR integration partners (benefits providers, payroll, ATS, IdP, background check), and disciplined error handling, reconciliation, and monitoring
• Exposure to Workday Prism Analytics, Extend, or advanced reporting beyond standard report writer
• Experience applying AI tools to HRIS or People operations work, or strong interest in building that muscle
• Knowledge of complementary HR/Finance systems and integration patterns
• Understanding of data privacy regulations and security best practices

Education

• Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience in a field relevant to the role