Workday Functional Consultant

Position Title: Workday Functional Consultant

Experience: 6+ yrs

Type: Permanent – Full time

Location: Hyderabad

1) Mandatory Skills: Core HCM, Advance Compensation, Benefits 

Job Summary:

The Sr. Consultant, HRIS plays a critical leadership role within the People Analytics & Technology team by designing, implementing, and supporting Workday solutions. This role will support HRIS operations and system optimization, ensuring the efficient use of technology to enhance employee and HR team experiences. This role will provide hands-on support in Workday HCM configuration and integrations to other HR technologies.

Key Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Serve as the primary liaison between People Team stakeholders and HRIS analysts, ensuring that business needs are met effectively and efficiently.

Workday expertise in Core HCM, compensation, absence, Performance and Reporting.

Experience with configuring custom reporting, and calculated field configuration for the Learning and Performance modules.

Support roadmap for HRIS enhancements, including Workday module expansions, and process automation.

Plan, test, and implement system updates, new functionalities, and feature releases.

Provide cross-functional HRIS support to gather requirements, prioritize enhancements, and ensure timely project delivery.  

Provide technical expertise to support the people technology strategy, modernizing organization’s HR technologies.

Work with key stakeholders to evaluate and improve HR technology solutions to enhance user experience and drive business outcomes.

Build and maintain strong relationships with Workday, identifying ways to better utilize our HRIS technology.

Monitor system performance, resolve system & reporting issues, and ensure HR technology solutions are meeting business objectives.

Ensure smooth integration and compliance of HR systems.

Experience:

6+ years of experience in HR technology, with a strong focus on Workday HCM, Compensation, benefits,  Performance, talent and Reporting configuration.

Strong vendor management skills, including the ability to evaluate & optimize HR technologies.

Excellent project management skills, with experience leading cross-functional HRIS workgroups.

Strong leadership and coaching skills, with experience managing HR technology teams.

Proven track record of successfully leading HRIS projects and system implementations.