Business Systems Analyst: Workday Integrations & Automation

Job description

Be an essential element to a brighter future. We work together to transform essential resources into critical ingredients for mobility, energy, connectivity and health. Join our values-led organization committed to building a more resilient world with people and planet in mind. Our [core values](https://www.albemarle.com/about/our-values) are the foundation that make us successful for ourselves, our customers and the planet. **Job Description** **Position Overview** The Business Systems Analyst (BSA) is responsible for supporting, enhancing, and optimizing enterprise applications and business processes within an assigned functional domain. The BSA serves as a trusted partner to business stakeholders, providing functional expertise, solution analysis, process improvement recommendations, and day-to-day operational support to ensure enterprise systems effectively enable business objectives. The BSA works closely with business users, the Manager Enterprise Systems, Digital Business Partners, technical teams, and third-party service providers to deliver stable, efficient, and scalable technology solutions. This role is responsible for analyzing business requirements, identifying process improvement opportunities, coordinating solution delivery, supporting system enhancements, and ensuring the successful adoption of new capabilities. In addition to operational support responsibilities, the BSA contributes to continuous improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities to leverage automation, analytics, AI-enabled capabilities, and process standardization to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and user experience. **Domain Responsibility Summary** An **HRIT Specialist** at **Albemarle Corporation** is a technology-driven, process-oriented, and collaborative professional responsible for the development, configuration, implementation, support, and continuous optimization of **Workday Integrations** and related technologies, with a primary focus on inbound and outbound integrations. This role serves as the subject matter expert for Workday integrations, owning the full lifecycle of integration development and deployment, including requirements gathering, configuration, testing, troubleshooting, and production support. The HRIT Specialist ensures the accuracy, integrity, and quality of Workday data through analysis, rationalization, and data governance activities; proactively identifies opportunities for system optimization, automation, and process improvement; assesses the impact of configuration decisions; collaborates closely with HR, IT product teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver cohesive solutions; resolves system issues and user inquiries; and plays a key role in HR technology projects, strategic initiatives, and ongoing enhancement efforts to maximize the value and effectiveness of the Workday platform. **Key Responsibilities** **Business Partnership & Requirements Management** - Develop a strong understanding of assigned business processes, objectives, and operational challenges. - Serve as a primary point of contact for business users within supported functional areas. - Gather, document, and analyze business requirements for enhancements, projects, and continuous improvement initiatives. - Facilitate requirements workshops, process reviews, and solution discussions. - Translate business requirements into functional specifications and solution requirements. - Support the evaluation and recommendation of technology solutions that address business needs. **Application Support & Operational Excellence** - Provide functional support for enterprise applications within the assigned domain. - Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve application, process, and data-related issues. - Coordinate issue resolution with technical teams, AMS providers, and vendors. - Support incident, problem, and service request management processes. - Monitor application performance and identify recurring issues and improvement opportunities. - Ensure business continuity through effective support and knowledge management practices. **Process Improvement & Solution Delivery** - Analyze business processes and identify opportunities for simplification, standardization, and optimization. - Support implementation of approved enhancements and system changes. - Participate in project activities, including fit-gap analysis, solution design, configuration reviews, testing, deployment, and hypercare support. - Identify opportunities to improve user experience and operational efficiency. - Support adoption of automation, workflow, analytics, and AI-enabled solutions. **Testing & Quality Assurance** - Develop and execute test plans and test scripts. - Coordinate user acceptance testing activities. - Validate solution quality and ensure requirements are fully addressed. - Support regression testing for application releases and upgrades. - Assist with defect management and issue resolution. **Data, Reporting & Analytics** - Support data quality initiatives and process governance activities. - Assist in development and enhancement of reporting and analytics capabilities. - Identify opportunities to improve business insight through data utilization. - Ensure consistency and integrity of process-related data within supported applications. **Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement** - Partner closely with business stakeholders to understand evolving business needs. - Collaborate with Manager Enterprise Systems to prioritize work and support operational objectives. - Support Digital Business Partners in evaluating business capabilities and improvement opportunities. - Work effectively with project teams, technical resources, AMS providers, and vendors. - Participate in governance, planning, and continuous improvement activities. **Qualifications** **Required** - Workday Integrations Certification - PECI and PICOF Integration Experience, Strong Reporting Knowledge, Workday Studio Experience, Workday Connector Experience, Global Payroll Connector and EIB - Minimum of 5 years Workday Experience, focus on Integrations - Demonstrated working knowledge of principles, practices and standards of human resource administration - Proficient in Microsoft Office, emphasis on Excel (v-lookups, formulas) - Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, Human Resources, or a related discipline. - 5+ years of experience supporting enterprise applications and business processes aligned to the domain area for this position. - Experience gathering and documenting business requirements. - Experience supporting system enhancements, projects, or technology implementations. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. - Strong written and verbal communication skills. - Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders. **Benefits of Joining Albemarle** - Competitive compensation - Comprehensive benefits package - A diverse array of resources to support you professionally and personally. We are partners to one another in pioneering new ways to be better for ourselves, our teams, and our communities. When you join Albemarle, you become our most essential element and you can anticipate competitive compensation, a comprehensive benefits package, and resources that foster your well-being and fuel your personal growth. Help us shape the future, build with purpose and grow together.