At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the design of Workday HCM & Payroll for a top super fund.
- Company: Join a leading Australian super fund transforming HR and payroll.
- Benefits: 12-month hybrid contract with potential for extension.
- Other info: Opportunity to challenge integrators and shape future-state processes.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on payroll processes and compliance in a dynamic environment.
- Qualifications: 8+ years as a BA with experience in Workday HCM and Payroll.
The predicted salary is between 117000 - 143000 $ per year.
Senior Business Analyst — Workday HCM & Payroll
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
Leading Australian super fund · People & Payroll Transformation (Workday) · Sydney or Melbourne, hybrid · 12-month contract with possible extension
The role
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.
- Map current-state hire-to-retire and time-to-pay processes and build the pay rules inventory.
- Own requirements, acceptance criteria and traceability across HCM and payroll scope.
- Lead design workshops with the Workday partner, favouring standard design over customisation.
- Specify Australian payroll requirements: awards and the enterprise agreement, STP Phase 2, super guarantee and Payday Super, payroll tax and long service leave.
- Define integration and data migration requirements, then support testing, parallel runs and cutover.
- Produce future-state processes and support change, training and BAU handover.
- 02nd October, 2026
Leading Australian super fund · People & Payroll Transformation (Workday) · Sydney or Melbourne, hybrid · 12-month contract with possible extension
The role
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.
- Map current-state hire-to-retire and time-to-pay processes and build the pay rules inventory.
- Own requirements, acceptance criteria and traceability across HCM and payroll scope.
- Lead design workshops with the Workday partner, favouring standard design over customisation.
- Specify Australian payroll requirements: awards and the enterprise agreement, STP Phase 2, super guarantee and Payday Super, payroll tax and long service leave.
- Define integration and data migration requirements, then support testing, parallel runs and cutover.
- Produce future-state processes and support change, training and BAU handover.
- What you'll bring
- 8+ years as a BA, including senior roles on enterprise HR and payroll implementations.
- At least one full-lifecycle Workday HCM implementation; Workday Payroll for Australia strongly preferred.
- Deep knowledge of Australian payroll and award interpretation.
- Hands-on experience with parallel runs, data migration reconciliation and UAT.
- The confidence to challenge a systems integrator, and the clarity to brief a steering committee.
- Superannuation or APRA-regulated experience and Workday certification are a plus.
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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