Lead Workday HRIS Consultant
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What you'll do
- Serve as a functional lead and subject matter expert for Workday and HR technology initiatives.
- Provide hands-on configuration, support, testing, and troubleshooting across multiple Workday modules.
- Lead system enhancements, releases, testing activities, and continuous improvement efforts.
- Mentor HRIS team members, providing guidance on solution design, configuration, and issue resolution.
- Partner with Payroll, Compensation, Benefits, HR, and Talent teams to deliver effective Workday solutions.
- Collaborate with technical teams on requirements, integrations, testing, and deployments.
- Support Workday releases, feature adoption, and production readiness activities.
- Perform impact assessments, root cause analysis, and configuration reviews.
- Develop documentation, testing materials, and knowledge-sharing resources.
- Recommend Workday best practices and opportunities for optimization.
What they're looking for
- 7+ years of HRIS experience with strong Workday expertise.
- Experience supporting multiple Workday functional areas, including Compensation, Benefits, Time Tracking, Absence, Security, and Payroll.
- Strong understanding of Workday configuration, business processes, reporting, security, and testing methodologies.
- Experience building reports, dashboards, calculated fields, EIBs, and supporting data initiatives.
- Demonstrated ability to partner across business and technical teams.
- Experience coaching and developing HRIS analysts.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
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Full description from employer
Lead Workday HRIS Consultant
A leading Financial Services organisation seeking a Lead Workday HRIS Consultant to provide Functional leadership across the Workday platform & broader HR technology landscape.
Primary Responsibilities
- Serve as a functional lead and subject matter expert for Workday and HR technology initiatives.
- Provide hands-on configuration, support, testing, and troubleshooting across multiple Workday modules.
- Lead system enhancements, releases, testing activities, and continuous improvement efforts.
- Mentor HRIS team members, providing guidance on solution design, configuration, and issue resolution.
- Partner with Payroll, Compensation, Benefits, HR, and Talent teams to deliver effective Workday solutions.
- Collaborate with technical teams on requirements, integrations, testing, and deployments.
- Support Workday releases, feature adoption, and production readiness activities.
- Perform impact assessments, root cause analysis, and configuration reviews.
- Develop documentation, testing materials, and knowledge-sharing resources.
- Recommend Workday best practices and opportunities for optimization.
Qualifications
- 7+ years of HRIS experience with strong Workday expertise.
- Experience supporting multiple Workday functional areas, including Compensation, Benefits, Time Tracking, Absence, Security, and Payroll.
- Strong understanding of Workday configuration, business processes, reporting, security, and testing methodologies.
- Experience building reports, dashboards, calculated fields, EIBs, and supporting data initiatives.
- Demonstrated ability to partner across business and technical teams.
- Experience coaching and developing HRIS analysts.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
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