Senior Systems Analyst (Workday/ HR Systems)

Kia ora! 

Our Digital team is seeking a Senior Systems Analyst to join the HR, People & Safety Applications team to support and develop our Workday ERP system.

As a Senior Systems Analyst you will be responsible for the technical analysis and support of business applications and systems (predominantly Workday) within the People portfolio. You will be a subject matter expert on the application and associated business processes and lead the implementation of system enhancements to support continuous improvement.

As a senior member of the team, you will have a keen focus on leading by example, mentoring and coaching our Systems Analysts, facilitating meetings/workshops and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.

Key Roles and Responsibilities 

• Day to day support of HR, People and Safety systems (incident management)
• Implementation and delivery of system enhancements and integrations (change & release management)
• Driving system efficiencies and reducing risk of failure and/or downtime (problem management) 
• Ongoing development to improve system availability and performance
• Analysis, mapping, and documentation of business processes
• Peer mentoring and leadership
• Meeting & workshop facilitation
• Building and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships

Key Skills and Experience

• Strong Workday functional configuration and production support experience
• Experience with Workday business processes, security, reporting, and calculated fields
• Experience supporting Workday integrations, including issue diagnosis, monitoring, data mapping, and release/change impact
• Understanding of Workday integration technologies such as EIBs, Core Connectors, APIs, XML/XSLT and SFTP
• Strong testing, release management, and incident/problem management experience in a complex enterprise environment
• Proven experience supporting HR systems
• Good understanding of HR business processes
• Ability to diagnose and solve complex technical issues
• Experience with system integrations
• Ability to interrogate data from databases and generate reports
• Previous experience in establishing and effectively maintaining collaborative stakeholder relationships
• Experience with meeting and workshop facilitation
• Experience working in an Agile environment
• Be an exceptional communicator with strong customer service skills
• Demonstrate initiative and the ability to work without direct supervision

Highly regarded

• Experience with Workday Studio
• Experience leading and driving Agile ways of working within a team

If you have the key skills and experience listed above, we would love to hear from you! Please apply via the link below.

Our digital vision presents exciting opportunities to further develop our customer and product experience. Make an impact on the Air New Zealand brand by helping to unleash digital across the business. So, what are you waiting for? Take flight and come and join a great team!



Applications close Sunday 5 July 2026. 

At Air New Zealand, we are proudly committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and believe in creating a truly inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves and thrive. Our people are our greatest asset – because while everything else we do in our operation can be replicated by our competitors, it is our people that truly set us apart. We are firm believers in celebrating the differences and diversity of thought our people bring to their roles. We encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds, including those with a disability, additional health and mental health needs, and/or are neurodiverse to apply for our roles.

If you have encountered any accessibility barriers and require further information or reasonable accommodations to our recruitment process, please reach out to the recruiter listed on this job advert so they are able to support you to freely participate equitably in our recruitment and selection process.

Whāia te pae tawhiti kia tata. Ko te pae tata whakamaua, kia tina.

"Seek to bring distant horizons closer. Once near, seize them and make them your reality."