Principal Business Analyst - Business Innovation & Transformation

Your work days are brighter here.

At Workday, it all began with a conversation over breakfast. When our founders met at a sunny California diner, they came up with an idea to revolutionize the enterprise software market. And when we began to rise, one thing that really set us apart was our culture. A culture which was driven by our value of putting our people first. And ever since, the happiness, development, and contribution of every Workmate is central to who we are. Our Workmates believe a healthy employee-centric, collaborative culture is the essential mix of ingredients for success in business. That’s why we look after our people, communities and the planet while still being profitable. Feel encouraged to shine, however that manifests: you don’t need to hide who you are. You can feel the energy and the passion, it's what makes us unique. Inspired to make a brighter work day for all and transform with us to the next stage of our growth journey? Bring your brightest version of you and have a brighter work day here.

About the Team

The Principal Analyst will be joining the CAO Business Innovation and Transformation team. This team drives major project initiatives and M&A integrations across the CAO teams. We’re a diverse group of people, with an invaluable mix of experience and are very encouraging of each other.

Workday’s CAO Team is driven by a passion for elevating Workmate life and Innovation! This team supports scaling and redefining business process across various accounting teams like Revenue, Accounts receivables, Global Payroll, Stock Administration, Accounts Payables and Accounting using best in class technology. We are proud to be an international team that promotes Workday’s core values and champion equal opportunities for everyone.

About the Role

This role will drive large OKR level initiatives that help transform business processes and implement technology that supports the overall automation strategy of the organization. The goal of this role is to implement end-to-end transformations that will deliver best in class solutions to drive business value. This is an exciting role that provides individuals an opportunity to experiment and drive groundbreaking innovation leading to a brighter Workday for all.

Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Build strong working relationships with teams and cross-functional business partners to drive alignment and key project objectives

• Conduct thorough research to identify key technology to support business decision making by providing value creation analysis

• Conduct end to end process mining to determine gaps in business processes and identify constraints and opportunities to scale

• Strong documentation skills with experience in Miro, Lucid chart and other software to help visualize problem areas and support project execution

• Assist by providing ROI calculations for the project and building success metrics that will clearly measure outcome of the project

• Support phases of initiatives by leading technical milestones such as business requirements, testing, migration and change management

• Work closely with leadership to document impact and proactively plan for any risks and resourcing limitations

• Own and lead M&A integration for functional area (kick-off workstream, define scope, secure resources, update M&A playbook)

• Act as a liaison between functional, technical, and management to ensure understanding and alignment with regards to requirements, testing, and project sign-off

• Test bug fixes and new functionality; partner with relevant functional team to acquire confirmation of acceptance

• Coordination and completion of projects on time within budget and within scope. Set timelines, assign responsibilities and supervise and summarize progress of project

• Work with the relevant departments to resolve all issues that could impact project objectives

• Anticipate and raise issues with projects to management and project owners. Build a proposal to minimize risks and come up with problem resolution

• Be a creative problem solver and provide support in times of stress

About You

• You enjoy balancing structure and agility

• You enjoy being in a collaborative environment and process large amount of information

• You have strong systems knowledge and enjoy streamlining processes

• You enjoy creative problem solving and innovation

• You have advanced organization skills, ability to help prioritize tasks and compartmentalize projects and associated timelines

• You can jump in and help teams achieve goals and keep the project moving by somet