Analyst 4, Business Applications

Sandisk • Milpitas, CA

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About The Position

Workday Time & Payroll Sr. Analyst As a Workday Time & Payroll Analyst, you will design, configure and implement Workday Payroll functions. You will collaborate with Payroll subject matter experts on system design decision, user experience, and delivering the solution to best support business needs with the efficient use of Workday. In this role, you should be highly analytical and able to understand business needs. Excellent communication skills and problem-solving abilities are essential.

Requirements

• 5+ years of functional experience in Workday Payroll, Time Tracking, Absence, and Scheduling.
• Hands-on experience implementing and supporting Workday Time & Payroll modules.
• Strong background in requirements gathering, functional configuration, data conversion, and testing.
• Ability to configure and support Workday Payroll, Time Tracking, Absence, and Scheduling modules.
• Experience supporting or coordinating integrations between Workday and third-party/custom systems.
• Ability to conduct system demos, prototypes, and configuration walkthroughs with customers.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate business needs into system requirements.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Strong knowledge of payroll concepts, accrual rules, time entry logic, scheduling processes, and compliance requirements.
• Solid understanding of Workday Implementation Methodology or similar structured delivery frameworks.
• Experience with data conversion (mapping, validation, reconciliation).
• Ability to design and execute test scripts, support UAT, and troubleshoot configuration issues.
• Ability to mentor junior consultants and share Workday product knowledge.

Nice To Haves

• Strong customer-service orientation with a focus on delivering high-quality outcomes.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities.
• Self-motivated, proactive problem-solver able to work independently and in a team environment.
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly through instruction and self-training.
• Strong collaboration skills with the ability to build and maintain strong business relationships.

Responsibilities

• Manages Workday configuration for Workday Time & Payroll.
• Responsible for Workday Time & Payroll process enhancements as well as special projects, applying project management, analytical capabilities of a business analyst.
• Collaborates with Payroll subject matter experts, and any vendors on system design decisions, user experience, complex issue resolution, and process design.
• Ensures successful implementation of new functionality and processes within project timelines and assist with defining solutions and options for how to best support business requirements with the efficient use of Workday functionalities.
• Supports Development team in translating vendor specifications, reviewing integration design and output, and maintaining simple Integration configuration.
• Participate in thorough documentation of requirements, conceptual design, and end-to-end processes while maintaining accountability for configuration, unit testing, and defect management.
• Conduct and facilitates UAT and augmenting test scenarios to successfully test solutions and implement and monitor operational processes and provide ongoing operational support.

Benefits

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life, accident and disability insurance; tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program, employee stock purchase plan, and the Sandisk's Savings 401(k) Plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees