Workday HCM Principal Consultant (Application Managed Services)

The Workday HCM Integrations Principal Consultant – Global AMS (Global Application Managed Services) is a well experienced post-production Workday professional who is dynamic, fast-paced, and familiar with the managed services construct. As a Workday AMS Principal Consultant, you will bring your functional and business skills, ability to keep the business context in sight, and roll-up-your-sleeves work ethic to a team with a positive, can-do attitude, a collaborative culture, and a passion for helping our clients to be successful.

Responsibilities:

• Onshore lead who leads functional workstream for the assigned set of accounts (HCM Core and\or Comp\Talent certification is preferred. Prior experience in these process areas configuring\supporting Workday is Mandatory - either on client side or partner side)
• Apply and execute various AMS methodologies\activities in these Workday HCM engagements.
• Should collaboratively work with the GDC team on day -day activities, incidents, root cause analysis and other work requests.
• Provides on-call support and holiday coverage as required.
• A lead who drives the team on trend analysis, service improvements and value additions and contributes to asset and tools development for the practice.
• An Expert in process monitoring and guide the team to implement the industry best practices.
• A lead who is well versed in estimation and should be provide effective participation and contribution on new proposals and RFP’s.
• Execute the day-to-day activities of Workday FINS projects assigned.
• Provide subject matter expertise on Workday best practice.
• Lead a team of Workday consultants across multiple engagements.
• Conduct sessions with customers to analyze business requirements and provide solutions to complex business problems.
• Mentor other consultants and actively share product knowledge with others to grow our practice.

Skills & Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 5-7 years of Corporate Applications portfolio experience and at least 3-5 years’ experience in client facing roles handling managed services in a global delivery model
• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in Workday HCM modules
• Workday HCM certification is mandatory.
• Able to multitask and perform a variety of duties.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Willingness to go the extra mile to solve customer problems.
• Good Analytical skills with ability to solve complex incidents, provide suggestions\best practices.

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Why choose Cognizant:

• Entrepreneurial environment that welcomes your ideas
• Opportunity to do great work
• Outreach programs that support communities and tap into your volunteer spirit
• Learning opportunities to help current needs and advancement
• Global operations, with opportunities in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific
• An abundance of Affinity groups to meet your needs

Cognizant Core Values:

• Start with a point of view: I apply my expertise to gain trust and to lead our clients forward.
• Seek data, build knowledge: I use facts to guide my actions and decisions.
• Always strive, never settle: I act with agility and creativity, determined to stay one step ahead.
• Work as one: I deliver solutions that draw upon the full power and scale of Cognizant.
• Create conditions for everyone to thrive: I include, enable, and invest in everyone around me.
• Do the right thing, the right way: I always make the ethical choice.