Workday Business Analyst

Looking for a Workday Business Analyst to support identity lifecycle automation for one of the leading healthcare organizations in the US.

The role connects Human Resources and IT Security. The analyst will document and map how worker data flows from Workday through One Identity Active Roles Server (ARS) into Microsoft Active Directory (AD), with a focus on improving and automating Joiner-Mover-Leaver (JML) processes.

The ideal candidate will have strong Workday knowledge, sound analytical skills, and the ability to work well with HR, IT, and Security stakeholders.

Role: Workday Business Analyst # Healthcare industry

Primary duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Documenting current-state (As-Is) processes and designing future-state (To-Be) processes for Onboarding (Joiners), Offboarding (Leavers), and Internal Transfers (Movers). Works with HR, IT Infrastructure, and Security stakeholders to gather requirements and write clear functional specifications for automation.
• Defines data mapping and logic rules from Workday to IAM, such as how a change to a Workday Supervisory Organization, Cost Center, or Job Profile updates an employee’s Active Directory security groups and organizational units through ARS.
• Helps define and refine Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) structures so access permissions line up automatically with Workday job classifications.
• Writes User Acceptance Testing (UAT) scenarios and test scripts for lifecycle edge cases, and coordinates testing between HR and IT engineering teams.
• Writes and maintains Functional Requirement Documents (FRDs), data element dictionaries, process flowcharts (Visio/Miro), and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Works with HR and IT Security teams to make sure user access stays secure, compliant, and timely across the enterprise.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, Computer Science, Business, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of business analysis experience, including hands-on work with Workday.
• Solid functional knowledge of Workday Core HCM, including Business Processes (BPs), worker statuses (Pre-Hire, Active, Terminated) and organization structures .
• Thorough understanding of the Joiner-Mover-Leaver (JML) identity lifecycle.
• Exposure to Identity & Access Management (IAM) concepts, Microsoft Active Directory, or One Identity Active Roles Server (ARS) is highly preferred.
• Proven experience in process modeling and in building cross-functional swimlane diagrams that are technically detailed but easy to read.
• Strong analytical skills for complex access scenarios such as global transfers, concurrent jobs, and re-hires.
• Can translate HR business concepts into technical IT specifications, and the reverse.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and comfort working with business and technical stakeholders.
• Proficiency with MS Visio, Miro, MS Excel, MS Word, and similar productivity tools.