WorkDay Analyst

Akkodis is seeking a Workday Analyst role is a Full-time with a clientin Houston, TX (Onsite), We are seeking a candidate with experience in Workday configuration and strong expertise in Core HCM and additional modules such as Recruiting, Compensation, Benefits, Absence, and Time Tracking, preferably within a manufacturing environment.

Salary Range: $110k-115K/annum + Benefits; The salary may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.

Summary

• We are looking to move extremely quickly and the HRIT leaders are prioritizing to make themselves available for interviews and decisions.
• The Workday Systems Analyst configures, maintains, and enhances Workday HCM modules while providing consultative support and operational excellence to HR, IT, and business users.
• This role ensures configuration choices and functional solutions deliver a seamless, user-friendly digital experience aligned with the company’s HR technology roadmap and employee experience goals—particularly in support of the HR needs in a manufacturing environment.
• The ideal candidate solves problems by creating effective solutions, analyzing information, and providing a high level of customer service by using experience with Workday to help drive process improvements, enhancements, and guidance to end-users.

Configuration & Functional Support

• Apply technical knowledge of Workday to solve and support organizational needs; functions/modules include Core HCM, Lifecycle Management, Talent Optimization, Recruiting, Onboarding, Compensation, Absence, Time Tracking, Payroll, Benefits, Workforce Planning, Help, and Journeys.
• Maintain, manage, and configure Workday business processes, validations, condition rules, notifications, eligibility rules, and functional components across the Workday modules.

Vendor & Integration Issue Resolution

• Investigate and troubleshoot functional production issues and collaborate with Workday Support, SI partners, benefit providers, payroll vendors, and timekeeping vendors.
• Partner with integration teams to resolve issues involving EIBs, Cloud Connects, Studio integrations, and downstream systems.
• Review integration logs, identify functional root causes, and support cross platform fixes.

SAP S/4HANA Ecosystem Alignment

• Ensure Workday configurations align with SAP S/4HANA worker data, org structures, cost object design, and financial mappings.
• Partner with ERP, Finance, and IT teams to maintain data coherence across platforms (e.g., cost center hierarchies, job architecture, supervisory org alignment).

Consultative Partnership

• Translate HR/business requirements into scalable Workday solutions.
• Collaborates across HR to drive system and process optimization.
• Provides configuration change recommendations to achieve business needs.
• Guide HR partners across manufacturing plants through process changes and system behavior.

Testing & Release Management

• Support regression, integration, and user acceptance testing across Workday and S/4HANA connected processes.
• Participate in release testing, regression cycles, and functional validation efforts.

Documentation & Data Governance

• Maintain functional specs, job aids, configuration decisions, and change logs; support data governance and audits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• 3+ years’ Workday (Core HCM and 2+ modules) configuration, integration, and post go-live support experience, including connectivity to SAP/S4HANA ERP
• Consultative problem solving
• Ability to troubleshoot cross platform issues
• Applying project management and organizational change management fundamentals
• Data quality discipline
• Additional HR experience preferred
• Manufacturing workforce/industry experience preferred
• Project Management certification is a plus
• Change Management certification is a plus
• Workday certification is a plus
• Experience with SAP HCM (SuccessFactors/Employee Central) is a plus

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Benefits offerings include but are not limited to:

• Benefits (401K, PTO, perks, etc)

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