[Hiring] Business Analyst, Solutions Support @Southland Industries

Role Description

The Support Analyst is responsible for coordinating and managing the day-to-day support operations for the organization's COINS ERP system, Workday HCM, Payroll solution, and related business applications. This role serves as the primary intake point for support requests and is responsible for monitoring the team's support queue, triaging incidents and service requests, assigning work to the appropriate resources, and ensuring issues are resolved within established service levels.

The Support Analyst works closely with business users, Corporate Payroll, HRIS, Finance & Accounting, Technology & Innovation teams, vendors, and Business Analysts to ensure application issues are addressed efficiently and communicated effectively. This position plays a critical role in maintaining operational stability, improving support processes, and providing a high level of customer service across the organization.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, customer-focused, and process-oriented, with experience supporting enterprise applications such as Workday, Payroll, ERP, or HR systems. They possess strong problem-solving skills, excellent communication abilities, and a passion for delivering exceptional support services.

This position reports to the Director of Business Technology Operations.

Qualifications

• Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business Administration, Human Resources, Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 2+ years of experience supporting ERP, Payroll, HRIS, Workday, or other enterprise business applications.
• Experience working with ticketing systems such as Freshservice, ServiceNow, Jira, Zendesk, or similar platforms.
• Strong understanding of incident management, support processes, ticket triage, escalation procedures, and service management best practices.
• Excellent customer service, communication, and relationship-building skills.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience supporting Payroll, HR, Finance, or ERP-related business processes preferred.
• Ability to troubleshoot application issues and effectively coordinate resolution activities.
• Experience creating process documentation, support procedures, and knowledge base articles.
• Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving and issue-management capabilities.
• Familiarity with ITIL principles and service management practices is preferred.
• Experience with Workday, payroll systems, ERP platforms, or enterprise applications is highly desirable.

Requirements

• Serve as the primary coordinator for the ERP, Workday, and Payroll application support queue.
• Monitor incoming incidents, service requests, enhancement requests, and user inquiries.
• Triage support tickets based on business impact, urgency, priority, and complexity.
• Assign tickets to the appropriate Business Analyst, technical resource, vendor, or support team.
• Track open issues through resolution and ensure timely follow-up with stakeholders.
• Escalate critical business issues and coordinate resolution activities.
• Monitor ticket aging, backlog, and service level compliance.
• Provide first and second-level support for ERP, Workday, Payroll, and related business applications.
• Troubleshoot user-reported issues and gather information required for issue resolution.
• Assist users with system functionality, reporting, security access, and business process questions.
• Coordinate issue resolution efforts between business users, IT teams, and software vendors.
• Verify and validate issue resolutions prior to ticket closure.
• Ensure support tickets are properly documented, categorized, prioritized, and maintained.
• Maintain knowledge articles, support procedures, and user documentation.
• Identify recurring issues and recommend process improvements or system enhancements.
• Assist with support metrics, service reporting, and operational performance tracking.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on improving service quality and user satisfaction.
• Partner with Payroll, HRIS, Finance, and Operations teams to understand business issues and support needs.
• Serve as a liaison between end users and application support teams.
• Communicate ticket status, issue impacts, and resolution timelines to stakeholders.
• Participate in testing activities related to system fixes, enhancements, upgrades, and vendor releases.
• Support organizational change activities by helping users understand application changes and new functionality.

Benefits

• As a 100% employee-owned company, we offer a comprehensive benefits package for you and your family:
• 401(k) plan with 50% company match (no cap) and immediate 100% vesting
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance (100% paid for employee)
• Annual bonus program based upon performance, achievement, and company profitability
• Term life, AD&D insurance, and voluntary life insurance
• Disability income protection insurance
• Pre-tax flexible spending plans (health and dependent care)
• Paid parental leave
• Paid holidays, vacation, and personal time
• Training/professional development opportunities and company-paid memberships for professional associations and licenses
• Wellness benefits