Advocate Health Care

Workday System Analyst - Talent Acquisition

Advocate Health Care$73K — $110K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in HR, IT, Business, or related field.
  • 2-4 years of Workday or HRIS experience.
  • Hands-on configuration experience across Workday modules.
  • Experience with Workday Business Process Framework and workflow optimization.
  • Advanced knowledge of Workday reporting and data analysis techniques.
  • Foundational understanding of system integrations and data audits.
  • Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Support and lead configuration, maintenance, and optimization of Workday modules.
  • Translate business requirements into scalable system configurations with stakeholders.
  • Align solutions with governance standards and enterprise best practices.
  • Lead cross-functional initiatives from requirements through delivery and testing.
  • Serve as a technical resource to HR and business partners.
  • Support system reliability to enhance teammate experience.
  • Evaluate and apply digital capabilities across HR systems.

Benefits

  • Paid Time Off programs.
  • Health and welfare benefits including medical, dental, and vision.
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible expenses.
  • Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match.
  • Educational Assistance Program.
Full Job Description
Department:

14218 Enterprise Corporate - People & Culture Digital Capabilities & Insights

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Focus on ability to identify problems, communicate to stakeholders, identify and architect workday solutions and understanding of other third-party platforms

Remote Role

Approved remote states: AL, AK, AR, AZ, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL (ONLY Midwest), IN, LA, KS, KY, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WV, WY.

Pay Range:
$35.50 - $53.25

What You'll Do
  • Independently support and lead configuration, maintenance, and optimization of assigned Workday modules.
  • Partner with HR, IT, and business stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable system configurations.
  • Align solutions with governance standards, enterprise best practices, security expectations, and architectural requirements.
  • Lead moderately complex cross-functional initiatives from requirements gathering through delivery, testing, and implementation.
  • Serve as a technical resource to HR and business partners, helping balance stakeholder needs with system standards and governance.
  • Support process design and system reliability to ensure a consistent and effective teammate experience.
  • Configure and optimize Workday business processes, security, eligibility rules, notifications, reporting, and integrations.
  • Evaluate and apply digital capabilities across varied HR systems and workforce domains.
  • Assess AI-enabled and digital solutions for readiness, data integrity, integration capability, operational viability, and long-term sustainability.
  • Support release management, testing standards, data audits, and ongoing system improvements.
  • Ensure workforce data is accurate, consistent, appropriately governed, and aligned with privacy and confidentiality standards.


What You'll Bring
  • Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Information Technology, Business, or a related field.
  • 2-4 years of Workday or HRIS experience.
  • Hands-on Workday configuration experience across one or more Workday modules.
  • Experience with Workday Business Process Framework, security, eligibility rules, notifications, and workflow optimization.
  • Advanced Workday reporting knowledge, including calculated fields, dashboards, and data analysis.
  • Foundational understanding of integrations, EIBs, data audits, and system impacts.
  • Understanding of Workday release management, testing standards, and system governance best practices.
  • Ability to translate stakeholder needs into practical system designs while explaining trade-offs, constraints, and implications.
  • Strong understanding of employee lifecycle processes, including hire, movement, compensation, absence, and separation.
  • Ability to design solutions that support usability, adoption, teammate experience, and operational feasibility.
  • Strong communication, consultation, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
  • Awareness of emerging technologies and how they can support HR systems, workforce operations, and enterprise scalability.


Preferred
  • Workday Pro Certification or progress toward certification.
  • Experience supporting multiple Workday modules, such as Core HCM, Compensation, Absence, Talent, Recruiting, Learning, Payroll, or Security.
  • Experience with Workday integrations, EIBs, advanced reporting, dashboards, and data governance.
  • Experience supporting HR technology in a large, complex, or enterprise environment.
  • Familiarity with digital transformation, AI-enabled solutions, process improvement, and workforce data stewardship.
  • Experience partnering with HR, IT, and cross-functional business stakeholders on system enhancements or enterprise initiatives.


DISCLAIMER

All responsibilities and requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only responsibilities to be performed by an employee occupying this job or position. Employees must follow any other job-related instructions and perform any other job-related duties requested by their leaders.

Our Commitment to You:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more - so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation
  • Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
  • Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
  • Incentive pay for select positions
  • Opportunity for annual increases based on performance


Benefits and more
  • Paid Time Off programs
  • Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
  • Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
  • Educational Assistance Program


Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

About Advocate Health Care

Advocate Health Care is a not-for-profit, faith-based health system providing comprehensive health care services to the people of Illinois. The organization is the largest fully integrated health care delivery system in Illinois, with more than 500 sites of care and 12 hospitals, including two of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals, the state’s largest integrated children’s network, five Level I trauma centers (the state’s highest designation in trauma care), three Level II trauma centers, one of the area’s largest home health and hospice companies and one of the region’s largest medical groups. Advocate Health Care trains more primary care physicians and residents at its four teaching hospitals than any other health system in the state. As a not-for-profit, mission-based health system affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ, Advocate contributed $1.6 billion in charitable care and services to communities across Chicagoland and Central Illinois in 2019.
Learn more about Advocate Health Care
Size
75,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1976

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