Workday Staff Specialist – Core HCM, Compensation & Benefits

Job Summary:

Workday Functional Specialist

The ideal candidate will collaborate with global HR stakeholders and IT teams to align technology with business needs, ensuring seamless delivery and compliance across multiple HR functions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Benefits Configuration & Management:

• Design and configure benefit plans, eligibility rules, open enrollment events, rates, and vendor integrations.
• Support year-round benefits administration and compliance (e.g., India statutory benefits, global plans).

• Payroll Interface & Support:

• Work on payroll configuration touchpoints, eligibility rules, and validation logic.
• Coordinate payroll interface requirements and ensure accurate data flow between Workday and payroll systems.

• Advanced Compensation:

• Configure compensation plans, salary structures, merit & bonus cycles, grade profiles.
• Manage annual compensation review cycles, bonus planning, and modeling.

• Talent Management:

• Configure and maintain talent review processes, succession planning, goal alignment, and development frameworks.
• Support performance reviews and feedback mechanisms aligned with business goals.

• Recruitment & Onboarding:

• Design recruitment workflows, job requisitions, offer templates, and onboarding tasks.
• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition and Hiring Managers to optimize hiring experiences.

• System Optimization & Support:

• Handle security roles, condition rules, reporting (basic & advanced), and integrations related to assigned modules.
• Conduct impact analysis and apply updates during Workday releases.
• Develop configuration documentation, test scripts, and support UAT.

Required Qualifications:

• Total Experience 15 years with min 7+ years of Workday functional experience across

  Benefits, Payroll, Compensation, Talent, and Recruitment

  .
• Proven ability to configure and maintain multiple Workday modules independently.
• Strong understanding of

  Workday business process framework

  , eligibility rules, condition logic, and HR data architecture.
• Excellent communication skills to gather requirements, present solutions, and lead system-related discussions.
• Hands-on experience in supporting

  end-to-end testing

  , UAT, and post-production support.
• Workday certification(s) in any of the above modules is an added advantage.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working on

  global HR implementations or multi-country rollouts

  .
• Prior experience in a

  consulting environment

  or large enterprise HR tech team.
• Knowledge of

  EIBs

  ,

  calculated fields

  ,

  compliance mandates

  , and

  reporting tools

  is desirable.