Senior Staff Engineer, ERP Workday HCM (Advanced Compensation Functional Consultant)

REQUIREMENTS:

• Total Experience 8+ years
• Strong experience in Workday HCM configuration, maintenance, and support.
• Hands-on expertise in Workday Advanced Compensation, Compensation, Core HCM, Organization Management, and Employee Lifecycle Management.
• Strong functional knowledge of Workday HCM modules, business processes, and configuration best practices.
• Proven experience gathering business requirements and translating them into scalable Workday solutions.
• Experience configuring and maintaining Workday HCM modules to support evolving business needs.
• Strong understanding of Workday security concepts, organizational structures, and configuration frameworks.
• Experience leading Workday enhancements, release management, testing, validation, and production support activities.
• Experience developing and maintaining technical and functional documentation, including technical specifications, configuration documents, test plans, process flows, and user guides.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex Workday functional issues.
• Excellent project management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate technical concepts effectively to non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated leadership experience with the ability to mentor, coach, and develop team members.
• Experience working in Agile development and project delivery environments.
• Workday HCM Certification is preferred.
• Experience supporting enterprise-scale global Workday implementations is an advantage.
• Availability to work during US/UK business hour overlap.
• Shift: 1:00 PM – 10:00 PM IST.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Configure, maintain, enhance, and support Workday HCM modules with a focus on Advanced Compensation and related functional areas.
• Serve as the Functional Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Workday HCM and Compensation processes.
• Configure and support Core HCM, Compensation, Advanced Compensation, Organization Management, and Employee Lifecycle Management modules.
• Collaborate with HR, business stakeholders, and cross-functional IT teams to gather requirements and design scalable Workday solutions.
• Analyze business processes and recommend system improvements to maximize Workday capabilities and operational efficiency.
• Ensure Workday configurations align with business objectives, organizational policies, and compliance requirements.
• Lead Workday release activities, including impact assessments, testing, validation, deployment, and post-release support.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex functional, configuration, and application issues.
• Develop and maintain functional and technical documentation, including business requirements, configuration documents, technical specifications, test plans, user guides, and process documentation.
• Stay current with new Workday features, releases, and industry best practices, and recommend adoption of relevant capabilities.
• Manage multiple Workday enhancement projects, production support activities, and functional initiatives while ensuring timely delivery.
• Provide leadership, guidance, and mentorship to consultants and team members.
• Facilitate workshops, stakeholder discussions, solution reviews, and end-user knowledge transfer sessions.

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.