Workday Functional Analyst

The Workday Functional Analyst is responsible for maximizing the potential of Workday application at SNC-Lavalin by implementing changes that will improve, optimize or transform our business processes. Working closely with other application business analysts and functional analysts, he must develop or promote information and data systems to deliver information technology applications. Decision-making must be based on the strategic vision of the IT HR Application Delivery team and industry best practices from supplier references. The Workday Functional Analyst must ensure that the IT guiding principles are respected and that they evolve as well as projects or initiatives to improve the SNC-Lavalin IT ecosystem are implemented.

The Workday Functional Analyst acts as an expert in Workday configurations development of the functional solution with the various internal and external stakeholders (business analysts, functional analysts) involved in the implementation improvements to our existing Workday application. As such, he provides advice on projects or initiatives to improve our current state.

Role and Responsibilities

• Configure and implement functional changes in Workday in the following areas: HCM, Compensation, Recruitment, Onboarding, Talent, Performance
• Apply changes to Workday security access rights
• Assess the feasibility and estimate efforts required to deploy proposed changes.
• Assess and communicate impact of Workday functional changes to business processes and integrations
• Create or amend reports, dashboards and calculated fields
• Prepare and support the Workday annual compensation processes (merit, talent, performance)
• Liaise with the team’s business and functional analysts and/or external consultants, particularly in integration projects that impact our applications.
• Ensure that the proposed solutions are in line with the functional vision of the applications and roadmaps of our business partners.
• In the context of the various projects, identify the activities to be carried out in relation to the functional configuration and write/revise the documentation according to the methodology in place.
• Provide Workday Functional expertise to application development and maintenance teams and other IT organization teams.

Requirements
o Bachelor Degree in information technology, engineering or related field
o 5 to 7 years of experience in Workday Functional analysis and configurations
o Experience in Workday HCM, Compensation, Recruitment, Onboarding, Talent, Performance
o Experience in building Workday reports, dashboards and calculated fields
o Experience with Workday bi-yearly release methodology
o Workday certified, an asset
o Experience in Workday integrations, an asset
o Experience working in a global environment
o Experience dealing with a complex IT Ecosystem

Competencies
o Strong communication skills in English
o Customer focus
o Working with IT outsourcing partners
o Analytical mind
o Solution oriented
o Capacity to function in a fast changing environment
o Managing priorities