Senior Consultant – Workday HCM, Integrations & Functional Configuration

Workday Senior Consultant – HCM & Integrations:

Job Description: 

Role Overview: We are looking for an 5+ years Workday Senior Consultant with strong expertise in Workday HCM, reporting, and integrations. The candidate should be capable of independently managing functional and technical requirements, troubleshooting complex issues, and engaging with senior business stakeholders to deliver scalable and reliable Workday solutions.

Key Responsibilities

1. Configure, enhance, and support Workday Core HCM, Core Compensation, Absence, and Talent – Performance Management.
2. Develop and maintain advanced reports, calculated fields, and integrations using EIB (inbound/outbound), RaaS, WQL, and integration security.
3. Troubleshoot integration failures, production issues, and business process or security-related challenges.
4. Support Workday releases, regression testing, and continuous improvement initiatives.
5. Engage with senior business stakeholders and HR teams to gather requirements, clarify business needs, recommend solutions, and manage expectations.
6. Own requests end to end, including requirement analysis, solution design, testing, implementation, documentation, and resolution.
7. Proactively communicate progress, risks, dependencies, and timelines while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Required Skills – Expert Level

1. Core HCM
2. Integrations: EIB (inbound/outbound), RaaS and Integration Security
3. Advanced Reporting
4. Core Compensation
5. Absence Management
6.Talent – Performance Management, Promotions etc.

Preferred Skills

1.Recruiting – Job Requisition
2.Advanced Compensation, Workday Security, and Release Management
3.SOAP/Core Connectors, REST APIs, PECI, and XSLT
4.Workday Studio, Time Tracking, Composite Reports, ASOR, and Orchestration
5.Basic understanding of custom integrations build using GCP, Node.js, or Python
6.Integration architecture and solution design.

Experience & Competencies

1. Strong hands-on experience in Workday functional configuration and integrations.
2. Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, including confidence in engaging with senior business stakeholders.
3. Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving capabilities.
4. Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and take ownership of solutions from requirements through delivery.
5. Strong collaboration, documentation, and expectation-management skills.

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