Workday HCM Business Analyst Must be Local to Dover, DE

We are looking for a Business Analyst PHCM Workday Core HCM, Compensation and Recruiting to support the State of Delaware s OneDelaware People and Human Capital Management (PHCM) project with a focus on Workday Core HCM, Compensation, and Recruiting.

What You ll Do

• Support functional analysis and coordination across assigned Workday areas and track issues and decisions through resolution
• Review and validate PHCM business requirements against Workday capabilities and system integrator deliverables and identify gaps, partial fits, decisions and potential changes requiring functional lead review
• Document and review current-state and future-state end-to-end processes including handoffs, approvals, exceptions and cross-functional dependencies
• Work directly with functional leads and SMEs on Core HCM, Compensation and Recruiting business processes, configuration decisions and functional impacts
• Prepare for and participate in system integrator workshops and capture requirements, questions, decisions, action items and follow-up assignments
• Help develop and validate test scenarios and support system and user acceptance testing while documenting results, tracking defects and coordinating retesting with business teams
• Assist functional leads with data definitions, cleanup needs, conversion validation and business review of employee, position, compensation and recruiting data
• Identify dependencies with payroll, benefits, security, reporting, integrations, finance and organizational change management and raise impacts for resolution
• Maintain accurate requirements, issue, risk and decision logs and follow up with assigned owners while escalating blockers promptly
• Maintain project trackers and provide concise weekly updates on progress, open items, risks and next steps to the PHCM Project Manager
• Work independently against project priorities and raise blockers early
• Communicate clearly with functional SMEs, technical teams and project leadership
• Maintain organized and accurate records of requirements, decisions, test evidence and follow-up items
• Handle confidential employee and applicant information in accordance with State security requirements
• Work collaboratively across functional areas and adapt as design and testing priorities evolve

End: this is a long term, ongoing engagement projected to last at least 2 years Max 4 pages/resume in a minimum of 11 point font Max of 2 candidates/agency Key Skills: 3+ years of Workday functional/BA work on implementation or enhancement projects with a focus on HCM Strong experience with the following Workday modules: Core HCM, Recruitment and Compensation Top notch communication skills (verbal and written) required, * 5+ years professional experience

• Hands-on Workday Core HCM experience including worker and organizational data, staffing events, supervisory organizations and related business processes
• Hands-on Workday Compensation experience including compensation plans, eligibility, compensation changes and related approvals and processes
• Hands-on Workday Recruiting experience including job requisitions, candidate workflows, hiring processes and related business process configuration or support
• Three or more years of business analysis experience on Workday HCM systems implementation or enhancement projects
• Experience gathering, documenting and validating requirements and performing fit-gap analysis while documenting business processes and functional impacts
• Experience supporting design workshops, test scenarios, user acceptance testing and defect tracking tools
• Strong Excel and documentation skills with the ability to maintain clear trackers, decisions and status reports
• Ability to work effectively with functional business teams, technical resources, project management teams and implementation vendors
• Bachelor s degree in Business, Human Resources, Information Systems or a related field or equivalent work experience
• Ability to pass a State of Delaware and Federal FBI background check and comply with State requirements for handling confidential employee information

Preferred:

• Public-sector Workday implementation experience and familiarity with statewide HR operations
• Participation in a completed Workday HCM implementation including design, testing, deployment or post-go-live support
• Experience with classification and compensation, position management, recruitment and hiring processes in government or another large organization
• Knowledge of Workday business process frameworks, security roles, reporting and integrations related to Core HCM, Compensation and Recruiting
• Public-sector project experience including formal governance, independent oversight and stakeholder coordination
• Experience with data conversion, data quality review and cross-functional process dependencies