Workday Federal – Benefits Lead

Job Family:

SAAS/PAAS/Cloud Consulting

Travel Required:

Up to 50%

Clearance Required:

Ability to Obtain Public Trust

What You Will Do:

• As part of our Workday Practice, you’ll be working with an energized team of advisory professionals who deliver more than just technology.

• From initial assessments to entire transformations, you’ll deliver Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, equipping organizations with best-in-class enterprise solutions to support our clients’ mission and enable transformative growth.

• As a Workday Benefits Lead, you will oversee and ultimately be responsible for the successful implementation of the Workday Benefits solutions by providing Workday product and implementation expertise.

• You will work with our clients to understand their business and lead them through a technological transformation to harness the power of Workday.

• As a Workday Benefits Lead, your project assignments and development activities may include:

• Participating and leading in all stages of the GH+ Workday Methodology for implementing Workday Benefits performing the following on client engagements:

• Gathering, documenting, and identifying variances in industry-leading practices for client business requirements

• Configuring Workday to meet requirements

• Documenting solutions for the client to reference in the future

• Supporting the client and data conversion teams in converting legacy data into Workday

• Supporting the integration teams in helping to configure and test integrations between Workday and third-party/custom solutions

• Assisting the client in testing the Workday solution

• Transferring Workday system knowledge to the client to enable self-sufficiency and sustainability

• Communicating regularly with the project manager regarding forecasting hours, time reporting, project risks, and mitigations

• Working with Workday Delivery Assurance to ensure compliance with checkpoints

• Advising clients on industry standards and leading practices

• Recognizing business process inefficiencies and providing recommendations for improvements

• Leading junior consultants and ensuring work quality

• While delivering on client projects, the Workday Benefits Lead will take an active role in growing the capabilities of the Guidehouse Workday practice by leading the following:

• Growing your knowledge and skills as a subject matter expert in the Benefits pillar of Workday

• Providing guidance, instruction, and coaching to your peers who are new to Workday consulting

• Participating in proposal responses and business development activities to grow the Guidehouse Workday Practice

• Managing two or more junior or experienced Benefits consultants

• Creating workforce and staffing plans for specific job area

• Sets employee performance objectives, conducts performance reviews, makes recommendations on pay actions, and other personnel actions

• Sets priorities for the team to ensure task completion, coordinates work activities with other supervisors or managers

What You Will Need:

• US Citizenship and must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD Public Trust security clearance; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of clearance prior to onboarding with Guidehouse

• A Bachelor's degree with a MINIMUM of FIVE (5) years of consulting or industry experience delivering Workday or other ERP solutions; OR a Master's degree with a MINIMUM of THREE (3) years of consulting or industry experience delivering Workday or other ERP solutions. Years of experience can be substituted for a degree, such as NO degree with a MINIMUM of NINE (9) years of consulting or industry experience delivering Workday or other ERP solutions

• Current holder of the following Workday Certifications: Benefits, etc

• Experience with the execution of projects within a structured agile methodology

• Ability to translate business requirements into system requirements

• 50% travel balanced with a work from home and/or Guidehouse office, consultants may provide on-site support for key milestones as needed

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Solid knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, focused on Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and PowerPoint

• Strong written and oral communication skills (RFP responses, white papers, etc.) and presentation skills such as Workday demonstrations and client presentations

• Previous consulting experience