About Highspring
Highspring is a next-generation consulting and professional services firm. We deliver modern, agile, and forward-thinking solutions to clients across North America. We partner with organizations to help them modernize technology, strengthen delivery capabilities, and achieve meaningful business outcomes.
At Highspring, we believe in empowering our people, fostering technical and functional leadership, and delivering real business impact.
The Opportunity
We are looking for a Senior Workday Functional Analyst to support the evolution, integration, and continuous improvement of a large-scale HR technology ecosystem.
In this role, you will work closely with HR and IT stakeholders, acting as the bridge between business needs and technology solutions. You will contribute throughout the delivery lifecycle, from requirements gathering and functional design through testing, implementation, and continuous improvement.
What You'll Do
- Lead workshops with business users and stakeholders to gather, analyze, document, and prioritize requirements.
- Analyze existing HR processes and identify opportunities for improvement, simplification, and automation.
- Translate business needs into clear functional requirements and specifications.
- Participate in the design, validation, configuration, and evolution of Workday solutions.
- Assess the functional, operational, and technical impacts of proposed changes.
- Support development and technical teams throughout the delivery lifecycle.
- Prepare test scenarios, test cases, test data, and acceptance criteria.
- Coordinate or execute functional, integration, regression, and user acceptance testing (UAT).
- Document defects, test results, functional specifications, and solution documentation.
- Contribute to project planning, coordination, and follow-up activities.
- Serve as a Workday subject-matter resource and promote knowledge sharing across teams.
- Manage multiple initiatives and priorities in a collaborative Agile environment.
What You Bring to the Table
- 8+ years of experience in business or functional analysis.
- 5+ years of hands-on Workday experience.
- Strong understanding of Workday Business Processes, business rules, and approval workflows.
- Experience working with HR systems and business processes.
- Strong experience gathering requirements and producing functional documentation, use cases, and test scenarios.
- Experience preparing and executing functional and user acceptance testing.
- Good understanding of information systems and the software development lifecycle.
- Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Ability to work autonomously, manage multiple priorities, and provide functional leadership.
Core Skills Required
- Workday functional analysis
- Workday Business Processes, business rules, and approval workflows
- Requirements gathering and functional specifications
- HR systems and business processes
- Functional, integration, regression, and UAT testing
- Test scenarios, test cases, test data, and acceptance criteria
- Functional and solution documentation
- Stakeholder management
- Software development lifecycle knowledge
Strong assets include:
- Experience with Workday Core HCM, Benefits, and Payroll
- Experience with Workday integrations, data exchanges, and system interfaces
- Ability to contribute to Workday configuration and optimization
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
Our Stack
- Enterprise HR Platform: Workday
- Functional Areas: Core HCM, Benefits, Payroll
- Delivery Practices: Agile/Scrum
- Testing: Functional, integration, regression, and UAT
Why Join Highspring
- Work with a dynamic and growing team of experienced consultants and technology professionals.
- Contribute to high-impact initiatives for leading organizations.
- Access continuous learning, certifications, and training opportunities.
- Be part of a collaborative culture focused on delivering meaningful business outcomes.
