Chan Zuckerberg Initiative · 2 weeks ago
Business Systems Analyst, Payroll Systems
Redwood City, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$124K/yr - $186K/yr
5+ years expThe Chan Zuckerberg Initiative was founded to help solve some of society’s toughest challenges, and they are seeking a Business Systems Analyst for their Payroll Systems team. This role involves gathering and analyzing business requirements, implementing solutions on the Workday platform, and collaborating with various stakeholders to optimize payroll and absence management processes.
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Responsibilities
Gather & analyze business requirements: Working closely with the Payroll, Finance, and Total Rewards teams to understand their business needs, pain points, and desired outcomes
Document & prioritize business requirements: Document business requirements clearly. Create user stories and use cases. Assess prioritization of requests based on business impact, ease of delivery, ROI, and compliance
Design solutions: Translate business requirements into technical specifications. Consider out-of-the-box/best practice application configuration options and, if needed, customizations/enhancements to the application
Implement Solutions: Work closely with the IT team to develop, test, and deploy solutions. Coordinate activities with the business teams to test solutions and ensure solving for the desired business outcomes
Manage demand and projects: Prioritize demand, create project plans, monitor & communicate progress throughout the project lifecycles
Collaborate: Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Explain technical and application capabilities to the business teams. Translate business requirements to the technical teams
Stay up to date with technology trends: Continuously learn new features and trends within the Workday ecosystem, recommending potential enhancements to the system
Qualification
Required
5+ years of Payroll applications design and implementation experience in a rapidly scaling organization
5+ years of demonstrated experience in Workday configuration, business process customization, report writing, and integrations using Workday tools
Best practice knowledge of Payroll and Absence Management processes
Ability to distill and simplify complex business requests into clear and actionable projects, with a proven ability to navigate ambiguity and to persevere through project road bumps
Strong interpersonal skills to establish strong partnerships with business stakeholders and technology teams
Organized, methodical, and detail-oriented, with a passion for data analysis and problem-solving, leveraging organizational awareness to empower others to accomplish project objectives
Comfortable taking on additional job responsibilities as needed, demonstrated willingness to get involved in the details to achieve the team's end goals
Experience in Agile methodologies
Security and compliance awareness for enterprise data management
Preferred
Workday certification(s) are preferred
Consulting experience is preferred
Workday Adaptive Planning integration experience - data loader, publishing plans is preferred
Benefits
CZI provides a generous employer match on employee 401(k) contributions to support planning for the future.
Annual benefit for employees that can be used most meaningfully for them and their families, such as housing, student loan repayment, childcare, commuter costs, or other life needs.
CZI Life of Service Gifts are awarded to employees to “live the mission” and support the causes closest to them.
Paid time off to volunteer at an organization of your choice.
Funding for select family-forming benefits.
Relocation support for employees who need assistance moving to the Bay Area
Company
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative supports community-driven solutions to accelerate progress in science, education, and justice.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Priscilla Chan
Co-CEO
Tania Simoncelli
Vice President, Science in Society
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