Workday Analyst Cover Letter

In response to your job posting for workday analyst, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

Previously, I was responsible for consult to cross-functional teams both inside and outside of HR, acting as the Business Analyst and configuration expert for Absence, Benefits and Time Tracking.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Provides advanced knowledge and guidance in the design, assessment, implementation and/or administration of complex quality assurance programs, practices and policies
• Develops and manages quality assurance programs
• Identifies training needs and develops and delivers coaching and training materials and events to meet quality requirements
• Briefs senior management on audit results, trends, studies, and initiatives, and recommends courses of action
• Project management experience or systems implementation experience
• Possess strong organizational and interpersonal skills including written and verbal communication skills
• Workday configuration and build experience strongly preferred
• Requires normal or corrected vision, hearing and speech, mobility sufficient to attend meetings

Please consider me for the workday analyst opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

In the previous role, I was responsible for functional specialism for two of the four functional areas: HCM, Talent & Performance, Compensation & Benefits and Absence.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Experience writing reports using a report writer tool
• Experience building and executing test scripts for system upgrades and enhancements
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access skills preferred
• Experience with Workday and PeopleSoft HCM
• Functional and technical experience of Workday and related tools essential
• Experience as a Project Manager or Business Analyst within a global delivery team environment
• In-depth understanding of employee lifecycle and recruitment processes
• Experience managing change including continuous improvement methods and techniques

I would like to submit my application for the workday analyst opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In the previous role, I was responsible for workday product expertise in the areas of Workday Core HCM, Compensation, Talent Management, Absence Management, Benefits (NA), and custom hierarchy design.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Advanced skills in oral and written communication, including analysis, preparation and report presentation
• Prioritizes and plans work activities, using time efficiently
• Develops realistic action plans
• Able to deal with frequent changes, and manage competing demands
• Carries out all duties in accordance with the company mission and philosophy
• Able to carry out the essential functions of this job (with or without reasonable accommodation) without posing specific, current risk of substantial harm to health and safety of self and others
• Functional understanding of core HR business terminology, processes and practices
• Expert-level usage of Microsoft Excel experience, and proficient in other MS applications (Visio, Power-point, Access and Word.)

In response to your job posting for workday analyst, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In the previous role, I was responsible for cross-functional support for Workday reporting for all modules including HCM, Benefits, Absence, Time Tracking, Compensation, Talent, and Learning.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Knowledge of Workday security and business process configuration highly preferred
• Provides support and guidance for troubleshooting system issues to junior members of the team
• Develops, review and updates system documentation in the event of changes or new implementation
• Performs thorough problem analysis, including problem re-creation, resulting in resolution
• Updates system documentation as necessary to include changes to system configuration
• Designs and delivers HR Metrics and Reporting solutions for use in business planning, analysis and forecasting
• Serves as the SME for HR reporting and data needs
• Day-to-day transactional review/approval and end user support

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the workday analyst position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for tier 1 support for our business partners in Global HR Ops, Compensation, Benefits, Payroll, and other teams.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Organizational skills, managing priorities/time management
• A tertiary qualification in Business, Information Technology or related discipline
• Testing – test planning, test case development, test execution
• Leading and integrating teams of people who are not direct reports
• Project management / coordination in a systems development life-cycle environment (requirements, design, build, test, deploy)
• Knowledge of how to turn requirements and design into an appropriate test plan
• Some experience with external consulting efforts (professional services industry)
• Managing integration, configurations AND implementation to Workday