Workday Analyst

Job Description

Montgomery College, Central Services Campus, has immediate need for a two FT Workday Analysts in the Office of Information Technology. The work schedule is 5 days/40 hours a week.  These are Non-Bargaining Status, Exempt, Grade 33 positions.

One position will focus on Workday Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking. 

The other position will focus on Workday Recruiting, Onboarding, Talent Management, and Benefits. Talent Management responsibilities for this recruitment include Learning, Performance, and Succession.

Montgomery College promotes and creates a working and learning environment rooted in the basic tenets of fairness, belonging, and inclusiveness. This position is eligible for telework 2 days a week after completing 3 months of employment This eligibility is subject to change based on the needs of the unit.

The Workday Analyst is a fully proficient professional responsible for independently supporting, configuring, and optimizing Workday within their assigned domain (HCM, Finance, or Security). Reporting to the Workday Manager, this role serves as a key liaison between business stakeholders and IT.

The Workday Analyst leads small-to-medium initiatives, performs advanced configuration, and collaborates closely with the Lead Systems Analyst on more complex efforts. They provide day-to-day guidance to Systems Analyst I staff and contribute to team standards, documentation, and change management activities.

Duties include but are not limited to:

Workday Configuration, Optimization, and Solution Integrity:

• Independently configures, maintains, and optimizes Workday functionality within an assigned domain, such as HCM, Finance, Payroll, Absence, Time Tracking, Talent, Benefits, or Security.
• Configures business processes, reports, calculated fields, security components, and related system functionality; evaluates business requirements; implements approved enhancements; and ensures system configurations operate effectively, remain aligned with business needs, and support institutional policies, standards, and strategic objectives.

Production Support, Troubleshooting, and Problem Resolution:

• Provides Tier 2 and Tier 3 functional support for Workday by investigating complex system, configuration, process, security, reporting, and data issues.
• Performs root-cause analysis, develops sustainable solutions, coordinates resolution of cross-system dependencies, and works with business stakeholders and technical teams to restore and improve system functionality.

Project and Enhancement Delivery:

• Leads small-to-medium Workday initiatives and independently delivers approved enhancements from requirements gathering through configuration, testing, implementation, and post-production support.
• Collaborates with the Lead Systems Analyst and other technical or functional partners on more complex initiatives, integration dependencies, and cross-functional impacts.

 Business Analysis and Stakeholder Partnership:

• Partners with stakeholders in Human Resources, Finance, Information Technology, and other functional areas to gather and analyze requirements, evaluate business processes, and translate operational needs into Workday solutions.
• Recommends process and system improvements consistent with Workday best practices, data governance expectations, and established institutional standards.

Release Readiness, Testing Support, and Recurring Operational Events:

• Supports the implementation of Workday configuration changes, enhancements, integrations, and semiannual releases by performing unit testing, technical validation, impact analysis, and defect resolution.
• Evaluates new Workday functionality, documents testing outcomes, coordinates issue remediation, and partners with business stakeholders during user acceptance testing and implementation activities.
• Leads or supports annual and recurring activities within the assigned domain, such as open enrollment, performance and compensation cycles, fiscal year-end processing, budget cycles, access reviews, and audit preparation, as applicable.

Governance, Security, Documentation, and Knowledge Sharing:

• Applies established change control, authorization, information security, data privacy, and data governance standards to Workday configurations and support activities.
• Creates and maintains system documentation, configuration standards, procedures, training materials, stakeholder communications, and user-facing guidance.
• Provides day-to-day technical guidance and knowledge sharing to Systems Analyst I staff and participates in Workday training and Community resources to maintain functional expertise.

Performs other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Business, HR, Finance, or related field
• 3-5 years of Workday experience
• Functional expertise in HCM, Finance, or Security
• Experience with Workday reporting and configuration
• The equivalent combination of education, training, certification and/or experience that provides the required knowledge and expertise to perform the essential functions of the job may be considered
• Eligible applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Workday Payroll configuration and production support.
• Workday Absence and Time Tracking configuration.
• Troubleshooting issues that affect payroll accuracy, time calculations, leave administration, or employee records.
• Workday business-process design and optimization.
• Workday reporting and calculated fields.
• Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB), data loads and data-validation controls.
• Testing Workday releases, enhancements, integrations, and configuration change
• Supporting payroll processing or other high-risk, time-sensitive operational events.
• Working with Human Resources, Payroll, Finance, Information Technology, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Applying security, privacy, compliance, data-governance, and change-control requirements.
• Developing system documentation, procedures, communications, and user guidance.

Hiring Range: $88,876-$122,205 annually. Initial salary placement for new hires falls between the minimum and midpoint of the range and is based on relevant candidate experience and internal equity.  The maximum salary for this position is $155,534.

Montgomery College does not currently offer voluntary remote work,or withhold payroll taxes for states outside of its tax reciprocity agreements. As a result, employees must reside in, and perform any approved telework from Maryland, Washington, DC, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, or Pennsylvania. Employees residing in other states at the time of hire are not eligible for telework until they have secured a permanent residence in one of the states listed above.

Application Process:

• Click Here to apply online

For degrees earned outside of the U.S., a copy of your education equivalency, conducted by a nationally recognized evaluation service, must be included in your application.

As a condition of employment, the following are required at the time of hire:

• Successful completion of a background check and degree verification (if applicable).

• Participation in a Maryland State Retirement System plan (Pension or Optional Retirement Plan, depending on the position). If you are already retired from the Maryland State Retirement System, you may not enroll in a Maryland State Retirement System plan at Montgomery College and may have earn​ings restrictions, per state law.

Our benefits package includes: generous paid vacation, sick, paid holidays, medical, dental, vision, group legal benefits, professional development, retirement plan, educational assistance, tuition waiver for employee and dependents, wellness programming including onsite gyms, pools and classes.

If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact Human Resources and Strategic Talent Management at 240-567-5353 or HRSTM@montgomerycollege.edu.  We require at least two weeks advance notice to enable us to provide the requested accommodation.

Montgomery College is an equal opportunity employer committed to promoting and fostering diversity among its student body, faculty, and staff.

Montgomery College is a tobacco-free and smoke-free workplace.

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