Workday Business Application Analyst – Recruiting & Talent

Workday Business Application Analyst – Recruiting & Talent

Location: Toronto, ON – Hybrid, 4 days onsite

Duration: 18 months, with potential extension/conversion

Hours: 37.5 hours/week

Start: ASAP

Role Overview

Seeking an experienced Workday Business Application Analyst to support a Talent Acquisition modernization initiative. The role will focus on hands-on configuration of Workday Recruiting and Acquire/Talent, business process automation and ongoing collaboration with Product Owners and Business Systems Analysts.

This is a hands-on Workday configuration role using Workday's no-code model, rather than a development/coding position.

Key Responsibilities

• Configure Workday Recruiting and Acquire/Talent based on approved business requirements.
• Support configuration and automation of Talent Acquisition business processes.
• Participate in requirements, informational and solution-design sessions with Product Owners and BSAs.
• Analyze existing Workday tenant configuration and recommend approaches to support business needs.
• Demo Workday functionality and configurations to business stakeholders.
• Translate assigned work into Jira stories and tasks and manage delivery within an Agile environment.
• Partner with BSAs to refine requirements and supporting documentation.
• Support discussions related to AI capabilities within Workday Recruiting.
• Troubleshoot configuration and process issues and support ongoing platform enhancements.

Must-Have Qualifications

• 2+ years of Business Application Analyst experience within a large enterprise environment.
• 2+ years of hands-on Workday configuration experience.
• At least 1 year of Workday Recruiting experience.
• Familiarity with Workday Acquire/Talent and associated AI capabilities.
• Strong understanding of Workday business processes and no-code configuration.
• 2+ years of Agile experience, including Jira.
• Ability to demo Workday functionality and clearly explain product capabilities and business process flows.
• Strong stakeholder communication and presentation skills.

Nice-to-Have

• Workday Pro Certification.
• Workday HCM experience.
• Workday Security experience.
• Paradox experience or knowledge.
• HiredScore experience or knowledge.
• Experience partnering with BSAs on requirements refinement and documentation.
• Financial services experience.

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