Workday Analyst - Recruitment

About This Role

Serve as the Workday Recruiting functional lead, responsible for maintaining, optimizing, and expanding Workday Recruiting capabilities for a global AmLaw ranked firm. This role partners closely with Talent Acquisition to align Workday with business goals and ensure data integrity.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the firm’s Workday Recruiting functional lead, acting as the primary contact for configuration, testing, and process improvements
• Partner with stakeholders to gather requirements and translate business needs into Workday solutions
• Recommend and implement best practices and scalable configurations to enhance recruiting efficiency and candidate experience
• Lead the design, configuration, testing, and deployment of new and enhanced Workday Recruiting functionality
• Maintain documentation of configurations, design decisions, and change management activities
• Collaborate on integrations and external tools to ensure seamless candidate and recruiter workflows
• Provide Tier 1–3 production support for all Workday Recruiting issues, including researching, identifying, and resolving complex problems
• Coordinate and execute smoke testing, regression testing, and user acceptance testing (UAT) for Recruiting related enhancements and Workday releases
• Develop and maintain user guides, training materials, and job aids to support recruiters
• Engage in Workday Community, user groups, and webinars to stay current on trends, new features, and peer best practices

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree from four-year college or university
• Minimum 3 years of direct HRIS and Workday experience in a professional services or corporate environment
• Demonstrated experience configuring the Workday Recruiting module globally, partnering with regional and international stakeholders to ensure compliance with local regulations and GDPR requirements, and delivering optimized process and system solutions aligned with Workday best practices
• Proven Workday Recruiting configuration experience, including career site configuration, job requisition creation maintenance, job application dynamic process, offer letter setup & distribution, and other related business processes
• Excellent communication (verbal and written), analytical thinking, and stakeholder engagement skills
• Strong attention to detail, organization, and problem-solving ability
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and adapt to changing business needs
• Self-motivated with a high degree of accountability and independence
• Demonstrated ability to lead initiatives, partner cross-functionally, and drive results in a collaborative environment

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree from four-year college or university
• Minimum 3 years of direct HRIS and Workday experience in a professional services or corporate environment

Nice to Have

• DocuSign integration experience
• Familiarity with integrations and downstream data flows (e.g., onboarding, background checks, reporting)

Skills

* Required skills