Workday Absence Management and Time Tracking Consultant

Job Description: As the Workday Absence Management and Time Tracking Consultant, your main focus will be on configuring and optimizing the absence and time tracking module within Workday. Your responsibilities will include configuring and supporting Workday Absence Management and Time Off modules, such as absence plans, accruals, holiday schedules, time-off policies, and maintaining rules for absence tracking, eligibility, and balances. Additionally, you will support the time tracking module by setting up time entry rules, work schedules, time reporting, time approval processes, and maintaining configurations for overtime, shift differentials, and break times. You will be expected to own the Workday absence and time tracking module, leading the designing, solutioning, implementation, configuration, testing, and ongoing management. Leveraging your expert-level knowledge, you will lead efforts to deliver initiatives, projects, and module enhancements identified in the absence and time tracking module optimization roadmap. You will also manage half-yearly Workday release enhancements and resolve Service NAB tickets for all absence and time tracking-related issues, system enhancements, and process improvement initiatives. In addition, you will serve as a subject matter expert for Workday absence and time tracking, providing training to absence partners, managers, and other stakeholders on how to effectively use the absence and time tracking module in Workday. You will be responsible for employee/config data gathering, transformation, mapping, and cleansing, and monitoring mass data loads using tools like EIB to ensure data accuracy, error handling, and post-load validation and support. Implementing testing efforts within P&C Systems for smooth user acceptance testing (UAT) and Integrated testing is also part of your role. To excel in this position, you must stay up to date with Workday updates, releases, and industry best practices to enhance system capabilities. Additionally, you will mentor and guide junior colleagues in their role in configuration and testing. Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in computer science, business administration, or related field, or equivalent work experience. - Minimum of 5 to 7 years of Workday experience with expertise in Workday absence management and time tracking, along with knowledge in areas like HCM, compensation, benefits, talent, recruiting, and recruitment. - Must be Workday Absence/Time Tracking certified. - Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot Workday technical issues. - Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with escalation and conflict resolution abilities. - Works under general direction and must be able to work independently.,