Job Description

Senior Business Analyst — Workday HCM & Payroll n

Senior BA to lead Workday HCM & Payroll design at a leading super fund. 12-month contract, Sydney/Melbourne hybrid. Australian payroll exp essential.

02nd October, 2026 n

Leading Australian super fund · People & Payroll Transformation (Workday) · Sydney or Melbourne, hybrid · 12-month contract with possible extension

The role
n Our client, a leading Australian super fund, is replacing its legacy HR and payroll platforms with Workday HCM and Workday Payroll for Australia. You'll be the business's voice in design: turning HR, payroll and compliance needs into transparent requirements, challenging the integrator, and keeping the line from requirement to test intact through go-live.

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- Map current-state hire-to-retire and time-to-pay processes and build the pay rules inventory.
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- Own requirements, acceptance criteria and traceability across HCM and payroll scope.
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- Lead design workshops with the Workday partner, favouring standard design over customisation.
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- Specify Australian payroll requirements: awards and the enterprise agreement, STP Phase 2, super guarantee and Payday Super, payroll tax and long service leave.
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- Define integration and data migration requirements, then support testing, parallel runs and cutover.
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- Produce future-state processes and support change, training and BAU handover.
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02nd October, 2026 n

Leading Australian super fund · People & Payroll Transformation (Workday) · Sydney or Melbourne, hybrid · 12-month contract with possible extension

The role
n Our client, a leading Australian super fund,



is replacing its legacy HR and payroll platforms with Workday HCM and Workday Payroll for Australia. You'll be the business's voice in design: turning HR, payroll and compliance needs into clear requirements, challenging the integrator, and keeping the line from requirement to test intact through go-live.

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- Map current-state hire-to-retire and time-to-pay processes and build the pay rules inventory.
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- Own requirements, acceptance criteria and traceability across HCM and payroll scope.
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- Lead design workshops with the Workday partner, favouring standard design over customisation.
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- Specify Australian payroll requirements: awards and the enterprise agreement, STP Phase 2, super guarantee and Payday Super, payroll tax and long service leave.
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- Define integration and data migration requirements, then support testing, parallel runs and cutover.
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- Produce future-state processes and support change, training and BAU handover.
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What you'll bring n

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- 8+ years as a BA, including senior roles on enterprise HR and payroll implementations.
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- At least one full-lifecycle Workday HCM implementation; Workday Payroll for Australia strongly preferred.
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- Deep knowledge of Australian payroll and award interpretation.
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- Hands-on experience with parallel runs, data migration reconciliation and UAT.
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- The confidence to challenge a systems integrator, and the clarity to brief a steering committee.
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- Superannuation or APRA-regulated experience and Workday certification are a plus.
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What success looks like Requirements are baselined and signed off early, every requirement traces to a passed test, parallel runs reconcile, and the first live pay lands with no material errors.

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📌 Senior Business Analyst -- Workday HCM & Payroll (Melbourne)
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