Strategic Workday Benefits Expert

A career as a Workday Benefits Consultant at our company offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and make a meaningful impact on clients' business outcomes. In this role, you will be responsible for providing strategic support for clients' Workday technology by delivering innovative ideas and effective solutions.

• Provide expertise in the Workday HCM product suite, with deep expertise and experience in U.S. Benefits
• Lead the following as a member of a deployment team, or coach others to successfully: gather and document client business requirements, design and configure the Workday solution, demonstrate configurations through the development of prototype systems, assist in testing the Workday solution, and complete knowledge transfer to clients
• Work with confidential client/data conversion team to help convert legacy data into Workday
• Assist the integration consulting team in configuring and testing integrations between Workday and other third-party or custom solutions
• Mentor new consultants and serve as a professional role model as well as coach others on product knowledge
• Communicate clearly and concisely. Collaborate effectively and synergistically to team-based projects
• Work with team members to address complex tasks/requirements when other team members need support
• Facilitate clients' intellectual and practical adoption of Workday best practices
• Maintain clients' ongoing satisfaction, ensuring we are referenceable and referable once in production
• Provide regular status reports to the project managers keeping them apprised of overall project status
• Innovate and suggest new approaches and tools to deploy Workday efficiently and effectively
• Maintain Workday certifications and qualifications
• Ensure functional solutions are compatible with downstream data translation (assist integrators in configuring/testing integrations between Workday and external systems)
• Demonstrate computational thinking. Identify problem components, analyze patterns, remove inefficient configurations or processes, and construct algorithmic solutions scalable to ongoing client needs
• Contribute to and mold a culture of continuous education amongst your colleagues, mentees, and managers - serve as a professional role model
• Provide insightful status reports to project managers that highlight risks to project health and improvements in client adoption

• Current Workday Benefits Certification
• 4+ years configuring and implementing a combination of HCM/Benefits Solutions
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience
• Previous consulting experience with a consulting/software company
• Previous experience deploying Workday, SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, ADP, Ultimate, or similar applications
• Demonstrated project management experience
• Functional experience in one or more of the following areas: HCM/Benefits
• Ability to effectively manage against timelines and goals
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Business analysis and requirements gathering abilities
• Ability to learn technology quickly through instruction and self-training
• Experience deploying multiple HCM/Benefits projects simultaneously a plus
• Expected travel is +/-20% depending on project

This role is ideal for professionals who are passionate about staying up-to-date with the latest technology trends and have a strong desire to make a meaningful impact on clients' business outcomes. If you're looking for a challenging and rewarding career, this may be the opportunity for you.