Business Systems Analyst III Workday

Function:

Information Technology

Job Summary:

The Business Systems Analyst III knows how to drive initiatives of all sizes across the Business Function. You are a self-starting individual with an aptitude for creative and critical thinking. You use your business expertise and enjoy collaborating with partners and helping implement positive change.
You envision solutions that follow good data design and create insightful data visualizations to drive impactful business decisions. You love to collaborate with technical teams and subject matter experts to establish the vision. You balance tradeoffs with partners between development time usability and performance needs. You think critically plan and execute effectively and collaborate cross-functionally with business and IT peers. You nurture positive professional relationships acting as a trusted partner and a respectful challenger.

CF Industries has a cloud-first IT strategy. The organization has invested in SAP Salesforce Workday Azure ServiceNow and Tableau and is working to keep business units integrated and supported through reliable technology solutions.
Serves as a Workday functional expert responsible for system administration configuration reporting operational support and delivery of small-to-medium technology initiatives while partnering with HR and business leaders to continuously improve business processes and employee experience.
Communication Skills

The foundations of your success include attention to detail listening to requirements and taking initiatives all the way through to the finish line. You are skilled with todays communication technologies and can interact well to ensure stakeholders are aligned. We are looking for people who help clear roadblocks to reach company objectives.

Job Description:

Major Responsibilities

• Lead solutions through the systems life cycle from inception to go-live and beyond.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to analyze business needs and deliver creative practical solutions.

• Deliver functional and technical requirements to development teams.

• Advise decision makers by providing insightful data visualizations and reporting to drive impactful business decisions.

• Lead projects in consultation with IT Security Infrastructure business owners and vendors; drive projects end to end while ensuring stakeholder alignment.

• Ensure deliverables are completed in accordance with project management methodology; clearly and frequently communicate status.

• Influence the future of business systems while engaging and participating in system/product selection and evaluation.

• Define scope and quality assurance strategy to keep business systems current and reliable.

• Manage operational activities on projects and enhancements including monitoring resource needs preparing documentation status reports key issues and change controls.

• Analyze the overall health of business systems at CF through system issue tracking and cross-functional alignment.

Workday Configuration & Administration

• Configure maintain and optimize Workday business processes security roles organizations calculated fields validations condition rules notifications and tenant setup.

• Design configure test and deploy Workday enhancements across HCM Compensation Recruiting Talent Learning Benefits Payroll Time Tracking and other applicable modules.

• Evaluate Workday releases and new functionality recommend adoption opportunities and lead implementation of approved features.

• Maintain system documentation configuration workbooks process flows and audit-ready support materials.

Reporting & Analytics

• Design develop and maintain Workday reports dashboards scorecards and calculated fields to support business operations and executive decision-making.

• Partner with HR Finance and business stakeholders to translate reporting requirements into scalable Workday reporting solutions.

• Ensure reporting data integrity consistency and compliance with governance standards.

• Support downstream integrations and data feeds utilizing Workday reporting and data extract capabilities.

Operational Support & Service Management

• Participate in the Workday support rotation providing functional support issue triage root cause analysis and resolution of production incidents and service requests.

• Monitor Workday system health proactively identify risks and coordinate remediation activities with vendors support teams and business stakeholders.

• Participate in change management release management testing coordination and production deployment activities.

• Support audit requests compliance reviews security reviews and internal control activities related to Workday processes and data.

Project Leadership

• Serve as project manager for small to medium-sized initiatives enhancements and continuous improvement efforts.

• Develop project plans resource estimates timelines risk logs issue logs stakeholder communications and status reporting.

• Lead requirements gathering solution design testing coordination deployment planning and post-production support.

• Coordinate activities across business teams vendors and technical resources to ensure successful project delivery.

Business Partnership & Process Improvement

• Act as a trusted advisor to HR and business leaders by identifying opportunities to simplify processes automate manual work and improve user experience.

• Analyze business processes and recommend Workday-based solutions aligned with CF Industries standards and strategic objectives.

• Drive continuous improvement efforts leveraging Workday functionality integrations and reporting capabilities.

Internal Controls

• Establish and implement processes and procedures to meet departmental internal controls requirements.

• Ensure established processes and procedures are followed as designed. Work with Internal Controls to identify deficiencies in existing processes/procedures the need for new ones and the extent to which such processes/procedures are being followed.

• Develop and implement corrective actions with regard to departmental internal controls as necessary.

Supervisory Relationships

• Position Reports To: Manager Business Systems Analysis

• Subordinate Positions: None

Incumbent Attributes

• Education: Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Science or equivalent experience in a related field is typically preferred.

• Years of experience: 5 years of related professional work experience may be preferred to complete all essential job functions.

• Experience of and participation in the change process attending change board as a representative.

• Knowledge of systems capabilities and business operations.

• Business test planning and coordination experience.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills with strong organization and time management skills.

• Ability to learn demonstrate and apply knowledge of the business to deliver improvements in solutions and processes and better align IT service with business goals.

• Advanced Workday functional configuration experience.

• Experience building complex Workday reports dashboards calculated fields and data extracts.

• Experience leading Workday releases testing cycles and tenant management activities.

• Demonstrated project management experience delivering small to medium-sized technology initiatives.

• Strong knowledge of HR processes data governance security concepts and SOX/internal control requirements.

Position Scope / Contribution

• Breadth of Scope: Scope is within the HR business and HRIT team working with Workday. May work across or interact/coordinate with multiple functions. The impact is generally limited to the functional area(s) supported.

• Communications and Interpersonal Skills: Regularly communicates both in writing and verbally. Explains ideas and thoughts and communicates with internal and external customers related to a work function. May communicate with others in addition to customers. Information exchanged generally requires basic knowledge. Minimal levels of influence and persuasion are required.

• Complexity: Generally applies theoretical knowledge of the functional discipline to understand and handle routine challenges or problems. Works within established procedures to handle routine matters specific to the job and function.

• Decision-Making Authority: Decisions are governed by established policies and procedures within normal job duties based on prior similar situations and precedents. Seeks guidance and decision-making from supervisor or lead for exceptions.

• Financial Accountability: Decisions made may impact profit or loss; however decisions are governed by organizational policies and not personal independent actions.

• Strategic Influence: Does not impact strategic and operational planning and execution.

The estimated base pay for the position is typically between $99500 - 139900

The actual base pay for the position may be influenced by factors such as education training skills qualifications competencies years of experience job-related knowledge and scope of the role and could be outside of the posted pay range.

In addition to base pay an incentive program is available to all full-time employees and a comprehensive benefits package including two medical plan options a health savings plan with a company contribution and a match dental and vision benefits a well-being incentive program 401(k) Plan which provides a potential of receiving between 10% and 13% of employers contribution life and disability insurance paid time off programs and much more! Additionally we offer several Flexible Work Arrangements to support a healthy work-life balance.

For more detailed information on the CF programs please visit our Total Rewards website at: Polygraph Protection Act

in Canada can learn more about their rights by viewing the Canadian Human Rights Act.

Notice Regarding Potential Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Recruitment Process

As part of our recruitment process CF Industries may use automated tools including artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies to assist recruiters in identifying and prioritizing candidates whose qualifications align with job-related criteria including information provided during the application process such as resumes work history education qualifications and responses to application questions. These tools support but do not replace human decision-making and all final employment decisions are made by our Talent Acquisition team and/or hiring managers exercising independent judgment.

If you need any assistance seeking a job opportunity at CF Industries need reasonable accommodation with the application process or have questions about our use of AI please call or contact us at.