Build and maintain project timelines, milestones, and dependency maps, and develop RACI matrices to clarify stakeholder ownership.
Facilitate status meetings, track action items, maintain project artifacts, and surface risks, blockers, and scope changes to leadership.
Work with Payroll, Finance, and Total Rewards teams to understand business needs, pain points, and desired outcomes.
Document business requirements, create user stories and use cases, and prioritize requests based on business impact, delivery effort, ROI, and compliance.
Translate business requirements into technical specifications, considering standard Workday configuration and, when needed, customizations or enhancements.
Coordinate with IT to develop, test, and deploy solutions, and with business teams to test outcomes.
Prioritize demand, create project plans, and monitor and communicate progress through the project lifecycle.
Explain technical capabilities to business stakeholders and translate business requirements for technical teams.
Keep up with Workday features and trends and recommend potential system enhancements.
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Overview
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is a non-profit organization that supports leaders in academia, government, technology, and non-profit sectors. It engages with communities to address challenges and identifies problems for progress in science, education, and justice. The organization has committed over $7.22 billion in grants since 2015. CZI's initiatives include the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network, CELLxGENE, Essential Open Source Software for Science (EOSS), Learning Commons, Render, Partnership for the Bay’s Future, and CZI Community Fund. CZI also makes venture investments in impact-focused companies.
Culture
CZI supports hybrid setups and has remote team members. The organization prioritizes in-office collaboration. The "Business Systems Analyst, Payroll Systems" position is listed as remote.
Technology and Engineering
CZI uses technologies including Apple Mobile Web Clips Icon, Content Delivery Network, DNSSEC, Euro, Organization Schema, Person Schema, Sitelinks Search Box, WordPress, and Yoast WordPress SEO Plugin. The organization's science teams work with AI-powered biology and build AI infrastructure. They are investing in high-performance computing clusters for AI-powered biomedical research. The "Business Systems Analyst, Payroll Systems" role requires experience configuring Workday and an understanding of enterprise data management, security, privacy, auditability, and compliance for employee and payroll data. It also seeks an automation and AI mindset.
Why Work Here
The Redwood City, CA base pay range for a new hire Business Systems Analyst, Payroll Systems is $124,000-$176,675. New hires are typically hired into the lower portion of the range. Pay ranges outside Redwood City, CA are adjusted based on the cost of labor in each respective geographical market. CZI has 251-500 employees. Two layoffs have occurred, one on February 20, 2025, and another on August 10, 2023.
Benefits and Perks
Generous employer match on 401(k) contributions
Annual benefit for housing, student loan repayment, childcare, commuter costs, or other life needs
"CZI Life of Service Gifts" for supporting non-profits
Paid time off for volunteering
Funding for select family-forming benefits
Relocation support for employees moving to the Bay Area
100% coverage of employee medical, dental, and vision premiums, and 75% for dependents
Gym and wellness subsidies
Paid parental leave with a phased "ease back" option for up to four weeks