Applications Consultant

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Michigan.

📋 Description

• Functions as a team leader and senior technical member in the planning, design, development, implementation, and support of complex to moderately complex new or revised processes, systems, or networks.

• Serves as a recognized authority in one or more technical specialties and/or mission-critical application systems, providing leadership in design, development, and application integration.

• Ensures that functional and technical designs align with customer requirements.

• Gains an understanding of the Auto Club Group's business strategy and competitive landscape, translating and implementing these business strategies into technology solutions.

• Offers a high level of technical and/or application expertise along with design/programming leadership.

• Collaborates with the Security team to develop proper audit controls and procedures that ensure the protection and integrity of company resources.

• Creates work plans, estimates project timelines, and ensures that project team(s) and/or deliverables stay on schedule and within budget.

• Designs, builds, tests, and deploys complex integrations between Workday and third-party systems using Workday Studio, Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB), Core Connectors, and Web Services (REST/SOAP).

• Develops and maintains data pipelines, datasets, and transformations in Workday Prism Analytics to integrate data from various sources and support advanced reporting needs.

• Possesses in-depth knowledge of both Workday HCM (Core HR, Benefits, Payroll, etc.) and Financial Management (Financial Accounting, Procurement, Expenses, Projects) modules.

• Configures Workday business processes, security roles, calculated fields, and custom objects to meet business requirements.

• Creates and maintains custom, advanced, and matrix reports using Workday Report Writer, and develops interactive dashboards and Discovery Boards to provide key business insights.

• Investigates, analyzes, and resolves technical issues within the Workday platform, delivering ongoing production support and ensuring data integrity.

• Works closely with cross-functional HR, Finance, and IT teams to gather requirements, define technical specifications, and ensure successful project delivery.

• Engages in Workday's semi-annual release cycles, including impact analysis, testing, and deployment of new features and functionalities.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or an equivalent level of work experience.

• Experience in designing, developing, implementing, or supporting complex to moderately complex information systems.

• Knowledge in building or supporting mainframe or distributed systems.

• Proficiency in identifying, analyzing, and resolving complex business and technical issues.

• Experience in technology assessment, recommendations, and selection.

• Capability to provide technical consultation and leadership to project teams.

• Experience in staffing, coordinating, and leading large project teams or various smaller project teams.

• Skills in budgeting and expense control.

• Knowledge of mainframe, distributed, and/or web-based system design and development.

• Proficiency with database management systems.

• Familiarity with programming languages.

• Skills in prototyping.

• Knowledge of database design.

• Proficiency in project management tools and techniques.

• Understanding of multi-platform capabilities.

• Skills in user interaction.

• Proficiency with HTML and web development tools.

• Familiarity with system development tools (e.g., Endevor, IMS Expert, Xpediter, SQA Team Test, Eclipse).

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical plans offering multiple coverage options, including HSA eligibility.

• Coverage for prescription drugs.

• Benefits for dental and vision care.

• Access to the Employee Assistance Program (confidential support services).

• Basic life insurance paid for by the company.

• Optional supplemental life insurance and dependent coverage available.

• Coverage for short-term and long-term disability.

• Options for critical illness, accident, and pet insurance.

• A 401(k) plan designed to support long-term financial objectives.

• An automatic 3% deferral upon eligibility; employees may contribute between 1% to 50% of eligible earnings, either pre or post-tax.

• A company match of 50% on employee contributions up to 6% of pay, payable to employees after the end of the year, with immediate vesting.

• An additional company contribution of 4% of pay each pay period into your account; fully vested after three (3) years of service.

• Options for Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA).

• Accrual-based Paid Time Off (PTO), increasing with tenure, eligible after 90 days of employment.

• New full-time employees receive up to 12 PTO days annually; accrual based on their start date.

• Full-time employees are eligible for 10 company-paid holidays each year, in addition to 1 mental health day, 2 floating holidays, and 1 volunteer day.

• Paid leave programs available, including parental, bereavement, jury duty, and military leave.

• Tuition assistance up to $5,250 annually, with 80% covered by ACG.

• Support for professional certification with 100% reimbursement for eligible programs.

• Opportunities for career development and advancement.

• Complimentary AAA membership, including roadside assistance and travel discounts.

• Adoption assistance program.