Senior Consultant - Compensation, FSI and PS Industries

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About the Team

Workday’s Financial Services and Insurance (FSI) and Professional Services (PS) Industry team’s main purpose is to deliver Workday’s consulting services and build an outstanding customer experience by delivering engaging and innovative consulting services. In addition to bring leading practices to our customers, partners, and employees make the most of the Workday system.

About the Role

Job Description

The Compensation Senior Consultant will be responsible for ensuring the successful implementation of Workday’s HCM solution for our Financial Services, Insurance (FSI) and Professional Services (PS) customers and help establish and champion best practices for all deployments. The ideal candidate for this position should have experience within the Compensation area in the FSI or PS Industries. 

Key Areas of Responsibility:

• Become an expert in the Workday HCM and Compensation product suite
• Provide FSI and PS industry perspective for customer business requirements
• Ensure FSI and PS best practices are maintained to reflect new industry requirements and trends
• Perform the following on an engagement: understand client business requirements, configure the Workday solution, demonstrate the configurations through the development of prototype systems, assist the client in testing the Workday solution
• Serve as a mentor for new HCM and Compensation Consultants
• Ensure the client takes advantage of Workday FSI and PS best practices
• Ensure the client is referenceable once the client is in production
• Participate in update training and other events that help share one’s product skills with other consultants

About You

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of functional experience in HCM or Compensation software solutions or systems
• 3+ years Consulting experience
• Workday Deployment Experience
• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time

Other Qualifications

• Industry experience in Financial Services, Insurance or Professional Services
• Experience in Workday Compensation/Advanced Compensation
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent work experience
• Ability to learn technology quickly through instruction and self-training
• Passion for customer service.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to manage multiple projects at a time.
• Strong presentation skills, with proficiency in communicating across internal teams and customers through executive leadership
• Experience with multiple HCM, payroll and/or financial applications a plus
• Comprehensive product knowledge, including a thorough understanding of product features, benefits, applications, and market positioning, is essential.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills are a must, including active listening and the ability to tailor communication style to diverse audiences.
• Strong industry knowledge is essential, including staying abr