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Your work days are brighter here. We’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too.
ABOUT THE TEAM
Workday on Workday (or “WOW”) is part of our Workday Business Technology organization – providing technology services to our financial, payroll, and human resource functions. We partner with our business partners to provide an outstanding experience within Workday's application. In addition to these services, we're fortunate to have a strong partnership with our Workday product development team around improvements and future design considerations for our own product. Our partnership allows us to align and influence the core value proposition for Workday while directly supporting our workmates.
ABOUT THE ROLE
We are looking for a Business System Analyst (BSA) to join our WOW Finance team. In this role, you will be working closely with our Finance teams to drive process and system improvements that will help enable the finance organization and drive scale. This role will provide technical mentorship, be hands on, respond to reporting/analytics requests, provide project management, build and manage various integrations, and work independently but closely with the functional financial business partners. The Business Systems Analyst (BSA) will participate in analyzing business problems and recommending solutions that improve automation and efficiency. This will involve evaluating and developing systems and procedures that are cost effective and meet the strategic needs of the business. The BSA will be responsible for ensuring successful maintenance and configuration of new Workday solutions, including redesigning existing features, while also understanding and recommending the optimized approach for implementing new features.
Responsibilities:
- Work closely with our Business Finance, Tax, & Treasury business partners to understand business processes, goals and gaps
- Drive the planning, prioritization, design, development and deployment of new projects & system improvements in Workday
- Leverage business knowledge and expertise to find opportunities for process improvements
- Participate in the change management and launch support processes of any new and modification of existing configuration
- Facilitate review sessions with functional owners, domain experts and end-user representatives
- Coordinate and perform system testing to ensure requirements are met
- Assist project team during user acceptance testing (UAT); including tracking issues through to resolution and securing end user acceptance signoff
ABOUT YOU
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- 5+ years of directly related experience working with Workday financial operation in IT, financials operations, or implementing/administering the Workday Financial application.
- 3+ years of experience with Record to Report business processes and their inter-dependencies – especially Business Finance & Planning/Forecasting
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience detailing and analyzing processes, procedures, and/or policies.
- Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies, is a plus
- Ability to learn and adopt new technologies, applications, and solutions. Ability to take takeaways and share with others to improve the overall skill of the team.
- Ability to understand common issues and mentor others to drive work down to the most appropriate level of support.
- Self-motivated, flexible, teammate with validated multi-tasking, time management & organization
- Interpersonal, teamwork, analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Previous consulting experience either as a consultant with a consulting company or an internal consultant, a plus
- Workday Finance experience is preferred.
- Experience with Workday Adaptive Planning module, a plus
- Ability to help define team processes, make recommendations regarding areas of improvement.
WORKDAY PAY TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT
The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things.
Primary Location: USA.GA.Atlanta
Primary Location Base Pay Range: $111,300 USD - $166,900 USD
Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $105,700 USD - $187,800 USD
OUR APPROACH TO FLEXIBLE WORK
With Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.
Pursuant to applicable Fair Chance law, Workday will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Workday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans. At Workday, we are committed to providing an accessible and inclusive hiring experience where all candidates can fully demonstrate their skills. If you require assistance or an accommodation at any point, please email accommodations@workday.com.
Are you being referred to one of our roles? If so, ask your connection at Workday about our Employee Referral process!
At Workday, we value our candidates’ privacy and data security. Workday will never ask candidates to apply to jobs through websites that are not Workday Careers. Please be aware of sites that may ask for you to input your data in connection with a job posting that appears to be from Workday but is not. In addition, Workday will never ask candidates to pay a recruiting fee, or pay for consulting or coaching services, in order to apply for a job at Workday.
INTRODUCTION
Your work days are brighter here. We’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too.
ABOUT THE TEAM
Workday on Workday (or “WOW”) is part of our Workday Business Technology organization – providing technology services to our financial, payroll, and human resource functions. We partner with our business partners to provide an outstanding experience within Workday's application. In addition to these services, we're fortunate to have a strong partnership with our Workday product development team around improvements and future design considerations for our own product. Our partnership allows us to align and influence the core value proposition for Workday while directly supporting our workmates.
ABOUT THE ROLE
We are looking for a Business System Analyst (BSA) to join our WOW Finance team. In this role, you will be working closely with our Finance teams to drive process and system improvements that will help enable the finance organization and drive scale. This role will provide technical mentorship, be hands on, respond to reporting/analytics requests, provide project management, build and manage various integrations, and work independently but closely with the functional financial business partners. The Business Systems Analyst (BSA) will participate in analyzing business problems and recommending solutions that improve automation and efficiency. This will involve evaluating and developing systems and procedures that are cost effective and meet the strategic needs of the business. The BSA will be responsible for ensuring successful maintenance and configuration of new Workday solutions, including redesigning existing features, while also understanding and recommending the optimized approach for implementing new features.
Responsibilities:
- Work closely with our Business Finance, Tax, & Treasury business partners to understand business processes, goals and gaps
- Drive the planning, prioritization, design, development and deployment of new projects & system improvements in Workday
- Leverage business knowledge and expertise to find opportunities for process improvements
- Participate in the change management and launch support processes of any new and modification of existing configuration
- Facilitate review sessions with functional owners, domain experts and end-user representatives
- Coordinate and perform system testing to ensure requirements are met
- Assist project team during user acceptance testing (UAT); including tracking issues through to resolution and securing end user acceptance signoff
ABOUT YOU
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- 5+ years of directly related experience working with Workday financial operation in IT, financials operations, or implementing/administering the Workday Financial application.
- 3+ years of experience with Record to Report business processes and their inter-dependencies – especially Business Finance & Planning/Forecasting
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience detailing and analyzing processes, procedures, and/or policies.
- Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies, is a plus
- Ability to learn and adopt new technologies, applications, and solutions. Ability to take takeaways and share with others to improve the overall skill of the team.
- Ability to understand common issues and mentor others to drive work down to the most appropriate level of support.
- Self-motivated, flexible, teammate with validated multi-tasking, time management & organization
- Interpersonal, teamwork, analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Previous consulting experience either as a consultant with a consulting company or an internal consultant, a plus
- Workday Finance experience is preferred.
- Experience with Workday Adaptive Planning module, a plus
- Ability to help define team processes, make recommendations regarding areas of improvement.
WORKDAY PAY TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT
The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things.
Primary Location: USA.GA.Atlanta
Primary Location Base Pay Range: $111,300 USD - $166,900 USD
Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $105,700 USD - $187,800 USD
OUR APPROACH TO FLEXIBLE WORK
With Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.
Pursuant to applicable Fair Chance law, Workday will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Workday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans. At Workday, we are committed to providing an accessible and inclusive hiring experience where all candidates can fully demonstrate their skills. If you require assistance or an accommodation at any point, please email accommodations@workday.com.
Are you being referred to one of our roles? If so, ask your connection at Workday about our Employee Referral process!
At Workday, we value our candidates’ privacy and data security. Workday will never ask candidates to apply to jobs through websites that are not Workday Careers. Please be aware of sites that may ask for you to input your data in connection with a job posting that appears to be from Workday but is not. In addition, Workday will never ask candidates to pay a recruiting fee, or pay for consulting or coaching services, in order to apply for a job at Workday.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Business Analyst Jobs at Workday Jobs
Frame Your Credentials Around Enterprise SaaS
Workday's Business Analyst roles center on cloud ERP and HCM implementations. Tailor your resume to highlight experience with enterprise software requirements gathering, system configuration, or customer-facing deployment work rather than generic analytical projects.
Target Workday's Implementation and Product Teams
Workday posts Business Analyst roles across both its product organization and professional services division. Roles on the services side often involve direct client implementation work, which tends to have clearer sponsorship precedent and faster hiring cycles than corporate functions.
Time Your OPT Application Before the 90-Day Mark
If you're on F-1 OPT, apply to Workday roles at least three months before your OPT expires. USCIS requires your OPT to be valid at the time of hire, and Workday's offer and onboarding process can take six to ten weeks from first interview to start date.
Confirm the Sponsoring Entity Before Accepting an Offer
Workday operates multiple legal entities across the U.S. The entity named on your offer letter is the petitioner for any H-1B or PERM filing. Clarify which entity is sponsoring you early, since this affects your DOL Labor Condition Application and any future Green Card process.
Use Migrate Mate to Surface Open Business Analyst Roles
Verified sponsorship roles are hard to identify on general job boards. Use Migrate Mate to filter Business Analyst openings at Workday by visa type, so you're applying to roles where sponsorship has already been confirmed rather than guessing from job description language.
Prepare for Workday's Domain-Specific Interview Process
Workday Business Analyst interviews frequently include scenario questions tied to their Workday platform, financials, or workforce management modules. Familiarize yourself with core Workday product areas before interviews so you can speak to business requirements in context, not just in abstract analytical terms.
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Find Business Analyst at Workday JobsFrequently Asked Questions
Does Workday sponsor H-1B visas for Business Analysts?
Yes, Workday sponsors H-1B visas for Business Analyst roles. The company has a consistent track record of filing H-1B petitions for workers in this function, particularly in its product and professional services divisions. If you're currently on OPT or another work authorization and receive an offer, Workday's HR team will typically initiate the H-1B process with their immigration counsel ahead of the October 1 cap-subject start date.
Which visa types does Workday commonly use for Business Analyst roles?
Workday sponsors Business Analysts through H-1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 CPT, TN, and employment-based Green Card pathways including EB-2 and EB-3. H-1B is the most common long-term work visa for this role. TN is an option for Canadian and Mexican nationals in qualifying analytical occupations. OPT and CPT allow students to begin working while a longer-term petition is prepared.
What qualifications does Workday expect for Business Analyst positions?
Workday Business Analyst roles typically require a bachelor's degree in a field such as information systems, computer science, finance, or business administration. Most postings expect two to five years of experience working with enterprise software, business requirements documentation, or ERP system implementations. Familiarity with Workday's platform itself, or comparable systems like SAP or Oracle, is frequently mentioned as a strong differentiator during interviews.
How do I apply for Business Analyst jobs at Workday?
You can apply through Workday's careers portal directly, but filtering for roles that explicitly support visa sponsorship is difficult on the company site. Migrate Mate lists verified Business Analyst openings at Workday where sponsorship has been confirmed, which saves time and avoids applying to roles where international candidates aren't eligible. Once you identify a target role, apply early in the posting cycle since Workday Business Analyst roles often close quickly.
How do I plan my timeline if I need H-1B sponsorship at Workday?
H-1B cap-subject petitions must be filed in April for an October 1 start date. If you're on OPT, your authorization must still be valid when you start work. Workday's hiring and onboarding process can take six to ten weeks, so targeting a start date aligned with your OPT window while leaving time for USCIS adjudication is critical. Cap-exempt pathways, such as a prior approved H-1B, can allow earlier start dates outside this annual cycle.
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