Sr. Workday Consultant (Core HCM, Payroll)

Role: Sr. Workday Consultant (Core HCM, Payroll)
Experience: 8+ Years
Work Location: San Ramon, CA (Onsite Only – No Remote)

Skills

• Modules: Core HCM, Security, Time Tracking, Absence, Compensation, Payroll, Talent & Performance, Recruiting, Learning

• Functional Areas: Time Tracking – Time Off Plans, Time Offs, Accruals, Holiday Calendars, Work Schedule Calendars, Period Schedules, Balance Periods, Absence Tables, Leave of Absence Configurations, Rules

• Reporting: Workday BIRT, Advanced Reports, Matrix, Calculated Fields, PRISM

• Integrations: PECI/WECI, EIB, Workday Studio, Core Connectors

• Tools: JIRA, ServiceNow, Tableau, SharePoint, Confluence, Adept, iManage

Job Description

• Extensive experience leading Workday projects end-to-end, covering scoping, configuration, testing, and deployment.

• Provided global support through incident and change management systems.

• Designed and configured Workday Security, Condition Rules, and Calculated Fields.

• Led implementations for Core HCM, Time Tracking, Absence, Compensation, Talent & Performance, and Recruiting modules.

• Engaged with HR leaders and business partners to define system requirements and align tactical and strategic operations.

• Analyzed HR/Payroll legislative changes and assessed system impacts to ensure tax and regulatory compliance.

• Designed and developed business requirements, functional specifications, test strategies, and documentation.

• Streamlined and enhanced the existing Workday system by optimizing business processes, refining security models, and improving organizational hierarchies and modules, ensuring seamless data flow and maintenance of the Workday platform.

• Ensured data integrity and compliance with corporate security standards, including GDPR and SOX.

• Implemented global Onboarding process ensuring process automation, reducing manual intervention, and improving the new hire experience.

• Configured and maintained Talent and Performance templates and reviews.

• Provided expertise in system integrations, facilitating seamless data exchange between Workday and third-party applications.

• Participated in testing for semi-annual Workday updates.

• Configured goal settings and performance/talent reviews for organizations’ Annual/Mid-Year/Year-End Talent and Performance processes.

• Workday Certifications: Workday HCM Core Certified, Workday Payroll Certified (preferred).