Project Team Outlines Key Differences Between Workday and Banner

As announced in September, SLU has selected Workday to replace Banner as our new administrative system. The move to Workday will provide more modern tools while enabling improvements to SLU’s business processes.

SLU’s goal in making this change is to strengthen the University by implementing innovative, best-in-class technologies and processes that better support and align with its excellence in teaching, research and patient care.

Below are examples of how Human Resources expects how Workday will help streamline HR processes and reduce redundancy. Additional improvements will be communicated in the coming months as the project team continues with the project. Improvements to finance business processes are expected to be identified in early fall.

Performance Reviews

Current State	Future State
Self- evaluation completed on paper documents	Self- evaluation stored within Workday
Employee job performance evaluated on nine core values	Streamlined and simplified to three core values
Peer-to-peer feedback only available via SLU Sparks	Feedback to colleagues can be provided any time

Recruitment Process

Current State	Future State
Lengthy SLU job application process	Quicker and easier application process with the ability to autofill from uploaded resume
One job posting website for both internal and external positions	Internal job application site to enhance career development

HR Business Processes

Current State	Future State
Position changes handled by EPAF forms	Simplified business process within Workday – EPAF forms are eliminated
Mix of paper and online benefit election forms	All benefit elections completed online
To generate reports requires combining data from multiple sources	All data for reporting purposes will be housed within Workday

For more information about the Workday project, visit Workday@SLU or email the Workday Project Manager, Jackie Manikam.