Sr. Systems Analyst – Workday Time & Absence Implementation Lead

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

The selected candidate will become part of Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Corporate IT function on the Human Resources Technology Services (HRTS) team supporting Human Capital Management (HCM) Systems, specifically in the functional domain of Absence Management and hourly Time Tracking. This role will have a strong impact on Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), divestitures, enterprise HR and Payroll technology initiatives, and other project-driven activities, with functional expertise in Absence Management, Time Tracking, and related payroll processes. The Sr. Systems Analyst will play a key role in planning and delivering HR technology solutions associated with acquisitions, integrations, divestitures, organizational transformations, and strategic HCM and payroll initiatives. The individual will partner closely with HR, Payroll, IT, business stakeholders, project/program managers, acquired or divested businesses, and external implementation partners to assess requirements, identify gaps, define solutions, and successfully transition organizations and employee populations into Thermo Fisher’s existing Workday environment. The successful candidate will showcase experiences including effective project management practices, HR systems module expertise and configuration ownership, working collaboratively with various functions and cross functional teams globally while delivering cost-effective implementation exceeding stakeholder expectations. This role offers the opportunity to advance technological solutions while supporting our mission of enabling customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer.

Responsibilities and Duties

Reporting to the Workday Architects Manager and dotted line reporting into the Workday Time & Absence Architect, serve as a functional technology lead for M&A integrations, divestitures, and strategic HR technology projects, with primary responsibility for Absence Management, Time Tracking, and related payroll processes.

Participate in discovery and assessment activities to understand acquired company HR processes, policies, systems, employee populations, time and absence practices, payroll dependencies, and regulatory requirements.

Perform fit-gap and impact assessments comparing acquired business requirements against Thermo Fisher Scientific's existing configurations, and technology guidelines and standards.

Design and configure Workday Absence Management solutions, including time-off plans, leave types, accruals, eligibility rules, business processes, and workflows.

Design and configure Workday Time Tracking solutions, including eligibility rules, workflows, overtime rules, differentials, time calculations, and related payroll earnings.

Work collaboratively across global, cross-functional project teams, including HR, Payroll, IT, Finance, Legal/Compliance, project management, acquired businesses, and external consultants.