Senior Business Systems Analyst, Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking

Location: Remote

Division: Information Technology

About The Salvation Army

For more than 130 years, The Salvation Army (TSA) has had the privilege of serving vulnerable people in communities across Canada and Bermuda. Last year, we helped over 2 million people, providing necessities of life such as food, clothing, and shelter. And our work goes well beyond that to including supporting people through unemployment, loneliness, finding church community, and responding to family challenges. We continually adapt to meet emerging needs.

These are exciting times at The Salvation Army as we launch a significant digital and business transformation. We are in the midst of revolutionizing our core capabilities to maximize service and mission outcomes. This will include an integrated platform for relationship and people management, learning, intranet and data warehouse. In order to achieve all this, we are now recruiting for a Senior Business Systems Analyst for our HR Technology Team.

As a Senior Business Systems Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in optimizing our Workday system to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and compliance in the areas of Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including HR, Finance, and IT, to analyze business processes, gather requirements, and implement solutions that align with organizational objectives.

What you will be doing:

• Conduct in-depth analysis of existing Workday configurations related to Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking.
• Identify opportunities for system enhancements, process improvements, and automation.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into clear and comprehensive requirements.
• Document detailed functional and technical specifications for system modifications and enhancements.
• Lead the design and implementation of Workday solutions for Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking.
• Develop and execute test plans, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of system changes.
• Provide training sessions to end-users on new system features and functionality.
• Act as a point of contact for troubleshooting and resolving issues related to Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking modules.
• Ensure Workday configurations comply with industry regulations and internal policies.
• Collaborate with the security team to implement and maintain proper access controls.
• Propose and implement continuous improvement initiatives to optimize Workday performance.

What you bring to the table

• 7-10 years of experience as a Business Systems Analyst, with a strong focus on Workday in a complex enterprise environment.
• In-depth knowledge of Workday modules, particularly Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking.
• Deep experience providing project implementation and support for Workday
• Proven experience in requirements analysis, system design proposals, cost/benefit analysis and testing in support of solution development.
• Experience overseeing the development and/or implementation of web-based software and hardware solutions, on both functional and technical levels.
• Proven ability to adapt to and function effectively within a changing organizational environment.
• Ability to work independently while managing priorities and juggling multiple projects
• Workday certifications are an asset.

What We Promise

• Belonging to a creative, dynamic team of IT professionals where what you do will make a difference in your own backyard and across Canada & Bermuda
• Work from home and flexible hours
• Benefits
• Continuous learning and growth through challenging work
• The chance to be part of a leading digital and business transformation for over 100,000 employees and volunteers
• An opportunity to launch and/or grow your career with a huge, stable, international not-for-profit organization
• We live our Core Values as a faith & values-based organization, we hire and serve people of all backgrounds, faiths, and traditions – there's a place for everyone to belong here.

Compensation

The salary range for this position is $88,205 (min.) to $132,307 (max). Placement in the salary range will be based on factors such as market conditions, internal equity, and candidate experience, skills, and qualifications relevant to the role.

How We Hire

We are committed to creating a workplace where people experience meaningful work, a sense of hope and optimism, an environment of trust, and inspired results. If this sounds like an environment in which you would like to work, apply here today!

We embrace equity, diversity, justice, inclusion and belonging and we're committed to building a team that represents many backgrounds, perspectives and skills, representative of the communities we serve. The more inclusive we are, the better our work and workplace will be. The Salvation Army will provide reasonable accommodation upon request. Please let us know if you have a need for any accommodation.

We thank all applicants and will contact candidates selected for next steps. Internal Applicants are encouraged to notify their current supervisor when applying for a new position within The Salvation Army.