Workday Business Analyst, Management Analyst 4

Workday Business Analyst, Management Analyst 4

Location: Natural Resources Building- Olympia, WA

Work Hours and Partial Telework flexibility may be available and considered 

Salary: $5,812.00 - $7,817.00 Monthly

Review of applications is ongoing. We reserve the right to make a hiring decision or close this recruitment at any time after 05/27/2026. It is in your best interest to submit materials as soon as possible.

Want to join something GREAT and make a difference?

The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has an exciting opportunity within our Enterprise Performance and Project Management Office as a Workday Business Analyst, Management Analyst 4 (MA4).

Responsibilities:

• Align agency business requirements with Workday system functionality related to: 
• Initially: 
• Core Financials (including but not limited to Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Allocations, Banking, Financial Accounting, and/or Asset Management) 
• Long-term:
• Human Capital Management & Payroll
• Budget 
• Procurement 
• Expanded Financials 
• This alignment is performed by learning and practicing Workday functionality as configurations become available; actively participate in meetings, trainings, demos, and learning sessions among other meetings; research and facilitate meetings with SMEs to identify, understand and document business requirements and current state business process; document artifacts such as use cases, current state documentation, future state documentation, learning and reference materials, tools and templates, and job-aids.
• Through collaboration and work group facilitation identify gaps between Workday system functionality and business requirements, analyze these gaps to gauge severity and options to resolve, and offer recommendations to project leads and decision makers on how best to resolve identified gaps. 
• Collaborate with SMEs and cross-functional teams to validate functionality maps, job-aids, and other reference material provided by the OneWA Program and adapt to DNR specific use cases. 
• Identify and track to resolution functionality defects with OneWA configured Workday and other assigned systems.
• Provide Workday business support to impacted staff leading up to and post go-live. Facilitate knowledge transfer to impacted staff and assist with developing and delivering training materials.

Required Qualifications: 

You must meet all the Required Qualifications and Competencies to be considered for this position. There are multiple pathways to meet qualifications, such as education, volunteer work, life skills, and experience. It is important that you clearly communicate in your application material that your skills align with the position and qualifications. 

• An associate’s degree in public administration, technology, business administration, finance, or a closely related field AND two years of experience in business analysis work, developing requirements, process improvements, and/or performance management;
• OR an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• Experience in at least two of the following areas:
• Business analysis and requirements development
• System testing for business functionality
• Business defect tracking and resolution
• Continuous improvement
• Organizational change management
• Project management
• Performance measurement/management
• Preparing and presenting effective and accurate analysis narrative, statistical and graphical reports.
• Experience creating tools and templates, reference material, job aids, business cases, and training materials.
• Experience with process optimization, to include developing appropriate recommendations, improving and streamlining work processes.
• Experience breaking down, sorting, and synthesizing information, identifying trends and key themes, forming accurate conclusions and displaying through charts, graphics, and developing appropriate action steps and recommendations to ensure requirements and/or optimizations are resolved.
• Experience with an Enterprise Resource Planning tool with some combination of the following functions:
• Core Financials (including but not limited to Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Allocations, Banking, Financial Accounting, and/or Asset Management)
• Human Capital Management
• Budget
• Procurement
• Expanded Financials

Desired Qualifications:

These qualifications are not required. However, it can help you stand out as a candidate and should be highlighted in your application material.

• Bachelor’s degree in public administration, technology, business administration, finance, or a closely related field, or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience AND two years of experience in two or more of the following areas (OR an equivalent combination of education and/or experience).:
• Business analysis and requirements development
• System testing for business functionality
• Business defect tracking and resolution
• Continuous improvement
• Organizational change management
• Project management
• Performance measurement/management
• Preparing and presenting effective and accurate analysis narrative, statistical and graphical reports
• Experience with Workday as an Enterprise Resource Planning tool with some combination of the following functions:
• Core Financials (including but not limited to Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Allocations, Banking, Financial Accounting, and/or Asset Management)
• Human Capital Management
• Budget
• Procurement
• Expanded Financials
• Business analysis, continuous improvement and/or project management training and certification.
• Fully proficient with Visio, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SmartSheet, and Power BI.
• Advanced skill level/proficiency with design, build and administration of project libraries, lists and toolkit platforms such as Microsoft SharePoint.
• Advanced skill level/proficiency with design, build and administration of process improvement approach and projects.
• Working knowledge of the state's Agency Financial Reporting System (AFRS), Enterprise Reporting system, the Ad-Hoc Tool, and the AFRS Financial Toolbox.