Senior Staff Engineer, ERP Workday HCM – Advanced Compensation Functional Consultant

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

📋 Description

• Configure, maintain, enhance, and provide support for Workday HCM modules, particularly focusing on Advanced Compensation and associated functional areas.

• Act as the Functional Subject Matter Expert (SME) regarding Workday HCM and Compensation processes.

• Set up and support Core HCM, Compensation, Advanced Compensation, Organization Management, and Employee Lifecycle Management modules.

• Collaborate with HR, business stakeholders, and cross-functional IT teams to collect requirements and design scalable Workday solutions.

• Assess business processes and propose system enhancements to optimize Workday capabilities and operational efficiency.

• Ensure that Workday configurations are in alignment with business objectives, organizational policies, and compliance standards.

• Lead Workday release activities, which include impact assessments, testing, validation, deployment, and post-release support.

• Diagnose and resolve intricate functional, configuration, and application issues.

• Create and maintain functional and technical documentation, such as business requirements, configuration documents, technical specifications, test plans, user guides, and process documentation.

• Keep up to date with new Workday features, releases, and industry best practices, recommending the adoption of relevant capabilities.

• Manage multiple Workday enhancement projects, production support tasks, and functional initiatives, ensuring timely delivery.

• Provide leadership, guidance, and mentorship to consultants and team members.

• Conduct workshops, stakeholder discussions, solution reviews, and end-user knowledge transfer sessions.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum total experience of 8+ years.

• Extensive experience in Workday HCM configuration, maintenance, and support.

• Hands-on proficiency in Workday Advanced Compensation, Compensation, Core HCM, Organization Management, and Employee Lifecycle Management.

• Strong functional understanding of Workday HCM modules, business processes, and configuration best practices.

• Proven track record of gathering business requirements and converting them into scalable Workday solutions.

• Experience in configuring and maintaining Workday HCM modules to adapt to changing business demands.

• Solid understanding of Workday security concepts, organizational structures, and configuration frameworks.

• Experience in leading Workday enhancements, release management, testing, validation, and production support tasks.

• Experience in developing and maintaining technical and functional documentation, including technical specifications, configuration documents, test plans, process flows, and user guides.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with the capability to troubleshoot and resolve complex Workday functional issues.

• Excellent project management skills, capable of managing multiple projects and priorities concurrently.

• Strong skills in stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration.

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, able to convey technical concepts effectively to non-technical stakeholders.

• Demonstrated leadership experience with the ability to mentor, coach, and develop team members.

• Experience working within Agile development and project delivery environments.

• Workday HCM Certification is preferred.

• Experience with enterprise-scale global Workday implementations is a plus.

• Availability to work during US/UK business hour overlaps.

• Shift: 1:00 PM – 10:00 PM IST.

🏝️ Benefits

• Employees can work remotely.