Workday System Analyst - Talent Acquisition

Department: 14218 Enterprise Corporate - People & Culture Digital Capabilities & Insights

Status:
Full time

Benefits Eligible:
Yes

Hours Per Week: 40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Focus on ability to identify problems, communicate to stakeholders, identify and architect workday solutions and understanding of other third-party platforms

Remote Role

Approved remote states: AL, AK, AR, AZ, DE, FL, GA, IA, , IL (ONLY Midwest), IN, LA, KS, KY, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WV, WY.

Pay Range:

$35.50 - $53.25

At Advocate Health, we’re committed to helping people live well by delivering exceptional care with compassion, innovation, and expertise. We’re seeking a Systems Analyst Senior – Workday to join our People & Culture Digital Capabilities team and help advance scalable, reliable, and teammate-centered HR technology solutions.

As a valued member of our team, you’ll play a key role in supporting and optimizing Workday modules that enable critical workforce processes across the enterprise. This role partners closely with HR, IT, and business stakeholders to translate needs into sustainable system solutions that support operational excellence, governance, and an improved teammate experience.

This opportunity is ideal for an experienced Workday or HRIS professional who enjoys solving complex system challenges, improving HR processes, and partnering cross-functionally to deliver thoughtful, scalable solutions. The Systems Analyst Senior independently supports the configuration, maintenance, and optimization of assigned Workday modules while leading moderately complex initiatives with minimal oversight.

The role will support process design, system reliability, security, reporting, data integrity, and emerging digital capabilities — including AI-enabled solutions — to help strengthen workforce operations and enterprise scalability.

• Independently support and lead configuration, maintenance, and optimization of assigned Workday modules.
• Partner with HR, IT, and business stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable system configurations.
• Align solutions with governance standards, enterprise best practices, security expectations, and architectural requirements.
• Lead moderately complex cross-functional initiatives from requirements gathering through delivery, testing, and implementation.
• Serve as a technical resource to HR and business partners, helping balance stakeholder needs with system standards and governance.
• Support process design and system reliability to ensure a consistent and effective teammate experience.
• Configure and optimize Workday business processes, security, eligibility rules, notifications, reporting, and integrations.
• Evaluate and apply digital capabilities across varied HR systems and workforce domains.
• Assess AI-enabled and digital solutions for readiness, data integrity, integration capability, operational viability, and long-term sustainability.
• Support release management, testing standards, data audits, and ongoing system improvements.
• Ensure workforce data is accurate, consistent, appropriately governed, and aligned with privacy and confidentiality standards.

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Information Technology, Business, or a related field.
• 2–4 years of Workday or HRIS experience.
• Hands‑on Workday configuration experience across one or more Workday modules.
• Experience with Workday Business Process Framework, security, eligibility rules, notifications, and workflow optimization.
• Advanced Workday reporting knowledge, including calculated fields, dashboards, and data analysis.
• Foundational understanding of integrations, EIBs, data…