Workday Functional Consultant

Job Description:

Key Responsibilities

  • Support current clients in Workday modules specifically in Business Process and Configurations, Time Off, Time Tracking, Compensation, Benefits and Absence

  • Lead the work stream of Workday implementations, driving towards decisions and recommending best practices related to Workday functionality

  • Actively participate in all stages of a Workday implementation

  • Identify and assist with the development of Workday service offerings

  • Coordinate with consultants from offshore locations

  • Work as a part of a project team to support architecture, scoping, implementation and post-production phases of the projects

  • Work with the Customer to identify data to be converted from legacy systems

  • Support the data cleaning, conversion and respective validation processes

  • Configure Workday according to customer requirements

  • Test business processes and Workday configuration

  • Develop and deliver customer-specific training and documentation

  • Work independently. Take direction and provide status to the Engagement Manager assigned to their project

  • Coordinate assigned deliverable schedules to ensure client’s timelines are met

  • Contribute to business development by solutioning new deals and presenting solutions and offerings to prospects.

Preferred Skills

  • Workday HCM Certified, ideally with a strong background in Workday security/cross-functional architecture and testing strategies

  • Additional Workday Certification(s) or Specialization (Benefits, Compensation, Recruiting, Absence, Talent Optimization, Time Tracking)

  • Experience on at least one end to end Workday implementation project

  • Excellent English communication skills delivering to functional and management audiences, as well as to external Clients

  • Practical experience gained on Workday implementation projects

  • Practical experience gained on HR data migration and/or integrations projects (e.g. during “to Cloud” transformation projects)

  • Strong consulting skills, handling customer expectations

  • Strong analytical mindset and usage of analytics and reporting tools (eg. pivot tables)

  • Excellent presentation skills including creating infographic PowerPoint materials

Additional Expectations

  • Ability to work in a diverse, fast paced environment and effectively collaborate across teams

  • Project Management skills or PM experience

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