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Position Summary

Reporting to the Workday HCM Manager, the Workday HCM Functional Analyst is responsible for supporting, configuring, enhancing, and optimizing Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions that enable Human Resources, Information Technology, and business leaders to effectively manage the employee lifecycle.

Working closely with all HR and business stakeholders, the Functional Analyst analyzes business requirements, designs and configures Workday solutions, and ensures system functionality aligns with organizational policies, legislative requirements, and Workday best practices. The role provides subject matter expertise across multiple HCM functional areas while driving process standardization, operational efficiency, and continuous improvement.

The incumbent provides day-to-day production support,



investigates and resolves complex functional issues, configures and updates business processes, develops reports and calculated fields, supports Workday releases and enhancement projects, performs testing activities, and partners with stakeholders to improve the employee and manager experience through effective use of Workday.

Key Responsibilities

Functional Configuration, Support & System Administration

- Provide functional support for Workday HCM modules by troubleshooting system issues, resolving production incidents, and maintaining system configuration.
- Configure and maintain Workday HCM business processes, including approvals, condition rules, routing, notifications, validations, eligibility rules, and workflow automation.
- Configure and support Workday HCM modules including Core HCM, Compensation, Benefits, Absence, Recruiting, Talent & Performance, Learning, Time Tracking, Payroll, Help, and other HCM functional areas.
- Create and maintain organizational structures, supervisory organizations, positions, job profiles, staffing models, organizations, and worker data to support organizational and legislative requirements.
- Develop and maintain Workday calculated fields, condition rules, validations, and business process configurations to support HR policies and operational requirements.




- Investigate and resolve complex system issues through root cause analysis while ensuring configuration aligns with Workday best practices and business needs.
- Collaborate with Payroll, Finance, Information Technology, Security, and Integration teams to resolve cross-functional system issues.
- Participate in Workday feature releases, tenant updates, and enhancement activities by evaluating new functionality, assessing impacts, and implementing approved changes.

Business Analysis & HR Process Improvement

- Partner with Human Resources Operation Teams, Labour Relations, and business stakeholders to understand operational needs and identify opportunities to improve HR processes.
- Facilitate business requirement gathering sessions, workflow analysis, and solution design discussions.
- Analyze current-state and future-state HR business processes and recommend system improvements that enhance efficiency, compliance, and user experience.
- Translate business requirements into scalable Workday solutions that align with organizational policies, collective agreements, and Workday best practices.
- Prepare functional specifications, configuration documentation, process maps, user procedures, and knowledge articles.
- Participate in governance discussions by evaluating enhancement requests and recommending prioritized solutions based on business value and system sustainability.

Reporting, Data Integrity & Compliance

- Develop, maintain, and support Workday HCM reports, dashboards, and calculated fields to support operational reporting and strategic decision-making.
- Support stakeholders with workforce reporting, data analysis, and a

📌 Workday HCM Functional Analyst (Edmonton)
🏢 NAIT (Northern Alberta Institute of Technology)
📍 Edmonton