Workday Analyst

• Lead, participate, and manage the Workday cutover planning and execution activities.
  
• Collaborate with Program Teams, Technical teams, and implementer resources to build out a detailed project cutover schedule, including tasks for all areas (technical: reports, integration, security; functional: HCM, Payroll, Benefits, Workforce, Recruiting; and OCM: Communications, Change Management, Training).
  
• Clearly communicate the cutover plan, progress, and any issues to relevant stakeholders (business, IT, and other teams).
  
• Field questions and escalations regarding cutover activities and work with the cutover team to close open items.
  
• Manage cutover tasks, risks, issues, and project timelines to ensure progress towards cutover completion.
  
• Work with appropriate system owners, business and technical subject-matter experts, and workstreams to ensure cutover and system remediation processes, deliverables, and milestones are developed and completed.
  
• Provide comprehensive reporting of cutover activities, challenges, and risks. Develop risk mitigation approaches in coordination with the project team to ensure on-time go-live.
  
• Prepare and deliver metric reporting demonstrating progress against planned activities.
  
• Escalate items that could impact the go-live date.
  
• Lead and participate in cutover planning, cutover plan review, capture of cutover activity timeframes/durations, mock cutover, and cutover execution activities.
  
• Work alongside the Testing team to ensure all cutover activities are recorded.
  
• Plan and communicate Workday HCM and FIN test strategy/plans, test cycles, and test progress at each relevant stage.
  
• Ensure the cutover phase is properly planned and staffed.
  
• Coordinate with the Testing team on defect tracking: reporting, documenting, and resolving all test defects, ensuring appropriate resolution through each test phase.
  
• Provide daily coordination and support of all cutover-related activities.
  
• Hold testers and Sis accountable to the testing plan and expected outcomes.
  
• Evaluate test results, schedules, resources, and risks for program reviews.
  
• Monitor procedures and checklists to ensure all areas of the testing processes are well-defined and functioning.
  
• Monitor and report weekly on progress and key testing metrics, escalating potential issues or concerns to the PMO.
  

• 2-3 years of experience in Workday HCM and/or FIN.
  
• Experience in cutover of Workday modules, test plan creation, assistance, and execution.
  
• Broad overview of Workday HCM and FIN modules; generalist knowledge preferred.
  
• Strong understanding of business processes, break/fixes/bug identification and articulation, and basic testing methodology.
  
• Understanding of data migration and system integration.
  
• High functioning and collaborative.
  
• Ability to work with minimal direction and adapt to variable change.
  
• At least 1 Workday implementation experience preferred.
  
• Experience with Application Lifecycle Management is a plus.
  
• Bachelor's degree preferred, but years of experience considered as well.
  

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