Forbes Technical Consulting
Technical Business Analyst
Chicago, Illinois, US
Role snapshot
Forbes Technical Consulting is hiring a Technical Business Analyst on a full-time basis. This is an on-site role based in Chicago, Illinois, US.
- Company
- Forbes Technical Consulting
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, US
- Work mode
- On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Posted
- Nov 5, 2026
Who this role suits
The listing does not state a required experience level here. Read the requirements in the description below and apply if they match your background.
How to prepare your application
- Match your résumé to the requirements in the description, using the same wording where it is honest to do so.
- Prepare a short example for each requirement you meet, and be ready to explain any you only partly meet.
- Read what Forbes Technical Consulting publishes about its product or team, so you can say clearly why this role and this company.
Apply only on Forbes Technical Consulting's own site. A genuine employer never asks candidates for money, deposits or bank details to apply, interview or “secure” a job. If something looks wrong, use Report a problem with this listing and we will review it. Read how we check listings.
About the role
Workday Business Analyst (Data Mapping Specialist)
Duration : 6 months
Location: Chicago, requires 3 days onsite
Responsibilities
- Legacy-to-Cloud Data Mapping: Analyze raw data from disparate legacy setups, translating them into standard Workday object models.
- Template Ingestion & Management: Own the manipulation, logic parsing, and cleansing of the client's master Excel migration sheets.
- Cross-Functional Data Transformation: Document rigid field-by-field definitions, transformation rules, and structural logic across HCM, Payroll, and Financials .
- Tenant Validation Support: Work closely with Workday integration engineers to resolve validation failures or schema mismatches during data load cycles.
- Stakeholder Alignment: Guide the client's business leads through ambiguous data fields to accurately map historical files to future-state Workday definitions.
Key Domain Scope
- HCM Stream: Mapping core personal details, job profiles, supervisory hierarchies, positions, and global tracking IDs.
- Payroll Stream: Structuring historical earnings data, local tax profiles, deduction categories, and calculation variables.
- Financials Stream: Translating legacy general ledgers, cost centers, companies, and project dimensions into the standard Workday Foundation Data Model (FDM).
Technical Requirements & Tools
- Excel Power User: Deep fluency in nested lookup logic (XLOOKUP/INDEX-MATCH), data formatting tricks, and structural string formatting tools to parse and clean raw data rows.
- Data Schema Familiarity: A solid conceptual understanding of how Workday groups objects, uses reference IDs, and structure fields across modules.
- Meticulous Audit Mindset: The organizational grit to manage thousands of rows of data without dropping field accuracy.