Hiring: Business Systems Analyst, Payroll Systems Company: Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Location: Redwood City, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-03 10:43:26 Employment Type: Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : Agile, Project Management, Workday About the job Experience: •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. Required Skills: •Gather & analyze business requirements: Work 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 lifecycle. •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. Qualifications: •Best practice knowledge of Payroll and Absence Management processes. •Workday Payroll – Configuration and support of payroll processing, pay calculations, and compliance •Workday Absence Management – Leave plan setup, accrual policies, and absence tracking •Workday Time Tracking – Time entry configuration, approvals, and integration with payroll •Demonstrated capacity 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 •Security and compliance awareness for enterprise data management •Workday Adaptive Planning integration experience - data loader, publishing plans is preferred Compensation: •$124,000 - $186,000 / year •CZI provides a generous employer match on employee 401(k) contributions to support planning for the future Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!