Lead Software Engineer - Workday
Description
1. Roles and Responsibilities
- Lead Workday technical solutions across HCM and Financial Management modules.
- Gather business requirements and convert them into scalable Workday solution designs.
- Work hands-on with Core HCM, Compensation, Benefits, Absence, Core Financials, Procurement, Accounts Payable/Receivable, and Expenses.
- Develop and maintain Workday integrations using EIB, Core Connectors, Workday Studio, and Object Transporter.
- Manage Workday business processes, security, reporting, and calculated fields.
- Analyze the impact of new requirements on existing configurations, integrations, reports, and security.
- Manage and prioritize the technical backlog, enhancements, defects, and technical debt.
- Lead Workday biannual release planning, impact analysis, and regression testing.
- Manage test planning, UAT, defect resolution, deployment, and production support.
- Build advanced reports, dashboards, and analytics for HR and Finance teams.
- Ensure data quality, governance, and master data management.
- Troubleshoot complex technical issues and perform root-cause analysis.
- Maintain technical documentation and follow Workday best practices.
- Mentor junior team members and provide technical leadership.
- Collaborate with HR, Finance, Product Owners, developers, and business stakeholders to deliver solutions.
2. Candidate Profile and Experience
- 7+ years of experience, with strong hands-on Workday techno-functional expertise.
- Experience across Workday HCM and Financial Management modules.
- Strong skills in solution design, requirements analysis, and technical implementation.
- Hands-on experience with Workday integrations, EIB, Core Connectors, and Workday Studio.
- Good understanding of Workday Business Process Framework, security, reporting, and calculated fields.
- Experience in Workday implementations, enhancements, integrations, and production support.
- Knowledge of functional testing, integration testing, regression testing, and UAT.
- Experience with Workday biannual releases and change management.
- Strong understanding of HR and Finance processes, data governance, and integrations.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, problem-solving, and leadership skills.
- Ability to mentor team members and work in an Agile or product-oriented environment.
3. Required Skill Set
- Workday HCM: Core HCM, Compensation, Benefits, Absence
- Workday Financial Management: Core Financials, Procurement, AP/AR, Expenses
- Workday Integrations: EIB, Core Connectors, Workday Studio
- Object Transporter and Configuration Migration
- Business Process Framework
- Workday Security Architecture and Role-Based Security
- Reporting, Calculated Fields, Advanced, Matrix, and Composite Reports
- Dashboards and HR/Finance Analytics
- Biannual Release Management and Regression Testing
- Implementation, Deployment, and Production Support
- Data Quality, Governance, and Master Data Management
- Root-Cause Analysis and Complex Issue Resolution
- Technical Leadership and Mentoring
- Workday Extend or Advanced Development Capabilities
- Workday Prism Analytics and Accounting Center
- Workday Orchestrate and Advanced Integration Patterns