Workday System Analyst - Talent Acquisition
About The Position
Join Advocate Health, a leading integrated health system, as a Systems Analyst Senior – Workday within our People & Culture Digital Capabilities team. This role is crucial in advancing scalable, reliable, and teammate-centered HR technology solutions. You will support and optimize Workday modules that are essential for critical workforce processes across the enterprise. This position involves close collaboration with HR, IT, and business stakeholders to transform needs into sustainable system solutions, enhancing operational excellence, governance, and the overall teammate experience. This opportunity is perfect for an experienced Workday or HRIS professional who thrives on solving complex system challenges, improving HR processes, and delivering thoughtful, scalable solutions through cross-functional partnerships. The Systems Analyst Senior will independently manage the configuration, maintenance, and optimization of assigned Workday modules and lead moderately complex initiatives with minimal supervision. The role will focus on process design, system reliability, security, reporting, data integrity, and the integration of emerging digital capabilities, including AI-enabled solutions, to bolster workforce operations and enterprise scalability.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Information Technology, Business, or a related field.
- 2–4 years of Workday or HRIS experience.
- Hands-on Workday configuration experience across one or more Workday modules.
- Experience with Workday Business Process Framework, security, eligibility rules, notifications, and workflow optimization.
- Advanced Workday reporting knowledge, including calculated fields, dashboards, and data analysis.
- Foundational understanding of integrations, EIBs, data audits, and system impacts.
- Understanding of Workday release management, testing standards, and system governance best practices.
- Ability to translate stakeholder needs into practical system designs while explaining trade-offs, constraints, and implications.
- Strong understanding of employee lifecycle processes, including hire, movement, compensation, absence, and separation.
- Ability to design solutions that support usability, adoption, teammate experience, and operational feasibility.
- Strong communication, consultation, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
- Awareness of emerging technologies and how they can support HR systems, workforce operations, and enterprise scalability.
Nice To Haves
- Workday Pro Certification or progress toward certification.
- Experience supporting multiple Workday modules, such as Core HCM, Compensation, Absence, Talent, Recruiting, Learning, Payroll, or Security.
- Experience with Workday integrations, EIBs, advanced reporting, dashboards, and data governance.
- Experience supporting HR technology in a large, complex, or enterprise environment.
- Familiarity with digital transformation, AI-enabled solutions, process improvement, and workforce data stewardship.
- Experience partnering with HR, IT, and cross-functional business stakeholders on system enhancements or enterprise initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Independently support and lead configuration, maintenance, and optimization of assigned Workday modules.
- Partner with HR, IT, and business stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable system configurations.
- Align solutions with governance standards, enterprise best practices, security expectations, and architectural requirements.
- Lead moderately complex cross-functional initiatives from requirements gathering through delivery, testing, and implementation.
- Serve as a technical resource to HR and business partners, helping balance stakeholder needs with system standards and governance.
- Support process design and system reliability to ensure a consistent and effective teammate experience.
- Configure and optimize Workday business processes, security, eligibility rules, notifications, reporting, and integrations.
- Evaluate and apply digital capabilities across varied HR systems and workforce domains.
- Assess AI-enabled and digital solutions for readiness, data integrity, integration capability, operational viability, and long-term sustainability.
- Support release management, testing standards, data audits, and ongoing system improvements.
- Ensure workforce data is accurate, consistent, appropriately governed, and aligned with privacy and confidentiality standards.
Benefits
- Comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs
- Competitive compensation
- Generous retirement offerings
- Programs that invest in your career development
- Paid Time Off programs
- Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
- Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
- Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
- Educational Assistance Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
