Enterprise Resources Planning Analyst

Veteran Firm Seeking an ERP (Workday) Analyst for a Part Remote/Hybrid Assignment in Boston, MA

My name is Stephen Hrutka. I lead a Veteran-Owned management consulting firm in Washington, DC. We specialize in Technical and Cleared Recruiting for the Department of Defense (DoD), the Intelligence Community (IC), and other advanced defense agencies.

At HRUCKUS, we support fellow Veteran-Owned businesses by helping them recruit for positions across organizations such as the VA, SBA, HHS, DARPA, and other leading-edge R&D-focused defense agencies.

We seek to fill an ERP (Workday) Analyst role in Boston, MA

The ideal candidate is a Boston resident with 6 years of progressive experience in Workday systems design, implementation, and support, and ideally possesses a Workday Pro Certification, PMP, ITIL, or Workday certified HCM and Finance credentials.

If you’re interested, I'll gladly provide more details about the role and further discuss your qualifications.

Thanks,

Stephen M Hrutka

Principal Consultant

www.hruckus.com

Executive Summary: HRUCKUS is looking for an experienced ERP (Workday) Analyst to lead enterprise-wide Workday initiatives, including system design, configuration, strategic roadmap development, and complex integrations at our client.

Position Description: This is a senior role responsible for Workday architecture, governance, integration, and optimization. The individual acts as a senior liaison between stakeholders, IT, and Enterprise Leadership to ensure solutions align with evolving business needs, regulatory requirements and long-term technology strategy.

Position Responsibilities:

• Designs and configures Workday modules across assigned functional areas.
• Oversees complex Workday integrations using Workday Studio, EIB, and middleware platforms.
• Leads performance tuning, system audits, data quality governance, and compliance activities.
• Develops advanced security frameworks, role-based access models, and audit controls.
• Defines enterprise reporting standards leveraging Workday Reporting and Prism Analytics.
• Manages technical aspects of Workday system upgrades, including configuration updates, regression testing, and validation of new features.
• Ensures technical readiness for Workday release cycles and coordinates upgrade-related tasks across teams.
• Develops and manages detailed work plans and timelines for Workday projects.
• Identifies resources needed to complete assigned tasks and provides timely status reports.
• Drives consensus among functional stakeholders and IT on system solutions.
• Facilitates leadership briefings to present technical strategy, project milestones, and ROI analyses.
• Authors strategic documentation and governance standards.
• Develops strong relationships with business end-user communities and external Workday partners.
• Clearly articulates Workday concepts, design decisions and impacts.
• Serves as advisor to business leaders regarding Workday capabilities and opportunities; champions user adoption and optimization initiatives.
• Leads design, build, and testing of Workday integrations; develops and documents data transformation rules and reconciliation procedures.
• Leads efforts to standardize and streamline reporting practices.
• Collaborates with enterprise architecture teams to ensure Workday interoperability and scalability.
• Coordinates integration testing and validation during Workday upgrade cycles to ensure seamless functionality across systems.
• Partners with cross-functional teams to assess the impact of new Workday features on existing integrations and reporting frameworks.
• Provides strategic mentorship to Workday analysts and administrators.
• Develops technical standards and best practices for Workday configurations and integrations.
• Serves as IT Workday lead for executive stakeholders during redesigns and major initiatives.
• Plans and executes system upgrades, including feature adoption, regression testing, and impact analysis.
• Coordinates upgrade cycles with Workday release schedules, ensuring compliance with organizational change management processes.
• Leads validation of new functionality, security updates, and reporting enhancements introduced in Workday releases.
• Leads scoping, planning, and execution of enterprise Workday programs.
• Authors executive-level project proposals, charters, and risk assessments.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or 6 years equivalent experience.
• 6 years of progressive experience in Workday systems design, implementation, and support.
• Experience leading Workday implementations and governance.
• Experience in healthcare or higher education.

Desired Qualifications:

• Workday Pro Certification, PMP, ITIL.
• Workday certified HCM and Finance preferred.