Business Systems Analyst, Payroll Systems

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Business Systems Analyst optimizing Payroll and Absence management processes through Workday at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Collaborating with various teams to streamline and secure processes.

Posted 6/4/2026full-timeRedwood City • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $124,000 - $186,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Gather & analyze business requirements: Working 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 lifecycles.
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.

Requirements

What you’ll need

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.
Best practice knowledge of Payroll and Absence Management processes.
Ability 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.
Experience in Agile methodologies.
Security and compliance awareness for enterprise data management.
Workday certification(s) are preferred.
Consulting experience is preferred.
Workday Adaptive Planning integration experience - data loader, publishing plans is preferred.

Benefits

Comp & perks

CZI provides a generous employer match on employee 401(k) contributions to support planning for the future.
Annual benefit for employees that can be used most meaningfully for them and their families, such as housing, student loan repayment, childcare, commuter costs, or other life needs.
CZI Life of Service Gifts are awarded to employees to “live the mission” and support the causes closest to them.
Paid time off to volunteer at an organization of your choice.
Funding for select family-forming benefits.
Relocation support for employees who need assistance moving to the Bay Area.
And more!

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Hard Skills & Tools

Payroll applications designWorkday configurationBusiness process customizationReport writingIntegrations using Workday toolsData analysisAgile methodologiesProject managementApplication configurationCustomizations/enhancements

Soft Skills

Interpersonal skillsOrganizational skillsDetail-orientedProblem-solvingCommunication skillsAbility to navigate ambiguityPartnership buildingAdaptabilityCollaborationPrioritization

Certifications

Workday certification