Business Analyst V - Solutions Center; Remote

Summary Facilitates alignment between business needs and reporting solutions, with a primary focus on Workday Financial Management and Human Capital Management (HCM) reporting. Serves as a liaison between departmental users, business leadership, reporting developers, and Information Services to translate business requirements into accurate, secure, and usable reports.

Supports the reporting lifecycle from intake and requirements through data validation, user acceptance testing, training, and adoption. Promotes consistent reporting definitions, effective use of existing reporting capabilities, and continuous improvement across Workday and related business intelligence solutions.

This position is 100% remote. All remote work must be performed within one of the MCW registered payroll states, which currently includes: WI, AL, AZ, DE, FL,GA, IL, IN, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, TN, TX, and UTPrimary Responsibilities Partners directly with departmental users, central administrative teams, and business leadership to understand reporting needs, business processes, and the decisions reports must support.

Facilitates requirements workshops and validates requirements with the users who will use the reports.

Translates business needs into reporting specifications, including data definitions, reporting populations, calculations, prompts, filters, reporting periods, effective dates, organizational access, expected results, and acceptance criteria.

Evaluates reporting requests against existing Workday reports, dashboards, and business intelligence tools to identify opportunities for reuse, clarify gaps, and avoid duplicate development. Works with Product Management and the Reporting Architect to prioritize requests.

Applies knowledge of Workday Financial Management and HCM business processes to analyze complex reporting issues and distinguish among requirements gaps, transaction or source-data issues, report logic, and security restrictions.

Coordinates financial report validation and reconciliation with business owners. Confirms that report results align with supporting transactions, financial balances, reporting periods, and agreed business definitions, including grants, labor costing, and payroll-related reporting where applicable.

Partners with Security, product teams, and the Reporting Architect during requirements and design to identify sensitive data, authorized audiences, and organizational access restrictions. Coordinates testing with representative user roles before release.

Develops test plans, test cases, and expected results. Coordinates user acceptance testing with both departmental users and central business owners, tracks defects through resolution, and obtains documented sign-off before production deployment.

Maintains traceability between requirements, report specifications, test scenarios, and delivered functionality. Provides business scenarios to reporting developers to strengthen development testing and reduce rework.

Assists with project planning by defining BA tasks, deliverables, estimates, stakeholder commitments, and dependencies. Supports assigned reporting requests from intake through production and business acceptance.

Develops and maintains reporting documentation standards, requirements templates, data definitions, user guidance, and knowledge articles. Keeps the report catalog current and easy for users to search and understand.

Facilitates reporting workshops, demonstrations, and office hours to help users find, interpret, and use reports effectively. Collects feedback and identifies additional training or reporting needs.

Reviews report usage and conducts follow-ups after deployment to assess adoption, validate business value, and identify improvements. Supports quarterly reviews of…