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Job Description: Workday Functional Consultant End-to-End Implementation

Job Title: Workday Functional Consultant
Experience: 510 years (relevant experience)
Employment Type: Contract
Work Mode: Remote
Domain: Enterprise HR Transformation / HCM
Implementation Experience: At least 12 end-to-end Workday implementations preferred

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Workday Functional Consultant with strong expertise in implementing, configuring, and optimizing Workday solutions across the complete implementation lifecycle. The candidate will work closely with HR, business stakeholders, technical teams, and implementation partners to deliver successful Workday deployments, from requirements gathering and solution design through configuration, testing, deployment, and post-go-live support.

The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience with Workday configuration, business process design, data migration, integrations coordination, testing, and stakeholder management.

Key Responsibilities

1. End-to-End Implementation

• Participate in the complete Workday implementation lifecycle, including requirements gathering, discovery, solution design, configuration, testing, deployment, and hypercare.

• Conduct workshops with HR, payroll, finance, and business stakeholders to understand business requirements.

• Translate business requirements into scalable Workday functional solutions.

• Support fit-gap analysis and recommend Workday standard functionality and best practices.

• Prepare functional design documents, configuration workbooks, and implementation deliverables.

2. Workday Functional Configuration

• Configure Workday business processes, workflows, approval chains, notifications, security roles, and organizational structures.

• Implement and maintain Workday modules based on project requirements.

• Configure supervisory organizations, staffing models, job profiles, positions, compensation structures, and eligibility rules, as applicable.

• Develop and maintain reports, calculated fields, dashboards, and business process conditions.

• Ensure configurations comply with organizational policies and applicable regulatory requirements.

3. Module-Specific Expertise

Candidates should have hands-on experience in one or more of the following Workday modules:

• Workday HCM: Core HR, organizational management, staffing, job and position management.

• Workday Recruiting: Recruitment workflows, requisitions, candidate management, and hiring processes.

• Workday Compensation: Compensation plans, salary structures, and compensation review processes.

• Workday Absence and Time Tracking: Leave plans, absence management, and time entry.

• Workday Benefits: Benefit plans, eligibility, and enrollment.

• Workday Payroll: Payroll configuration, payroll processing, and statutory requirements, where applicable.

• Workday Talent Management: Performance, goals, succession planning, and talent processes.

4. Data Migration and Integrations

• Support data cleansing, mapping, transformation, validation, and migration into Workday.

• Participate in data conversion activities using Workday data loading tools and templates, including EIBs where applicable.

• Collaborate with integration teams on inbound and outbound integrations.

• Validate migrated employee, organizational, compensation, and other relevant data.

• Coordinate with technical teams on integration requirements, defects, and reconciliation.

5. Testing and Quality Assurance

• Prepare and execute functional test scenarios and test scripts.

• Support unit testing, system integration testing (SIT), user acceptance testing (UAT), and regression testing.

• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve configuration-related issues.

• Manage defects and coordinate resolution with business and technical teams.

• Support end-to-end business process validation before deployment.

6. Deployment and Post-Go-Live Support

• Support cutover planning, production deployment, and go-live readiness assessments.

• Prepare end-user documentation, process guides, and training materials.

• Provide hypercare and post-production support.

• Troubleshoot functional issues and implement approved configuration changes.

• Support transition to business-as-usual operations and continuous improvement.

7. Stakeholder and Project Management

• Work collaboratively with HR leaders, process owners, project managers, and technical teams.

• Provide regular updates on deliverables, risks, dependencies, and implementation progress.

• Maintain functional documentation and ensure traceability of requirements.

• Support change management, user training, and business adoption activities.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related discipline.

• 510 years of relevant functional consulting or HR systems implementation experience.

• Hands-on experience with at least one complete Workday implementation lifecycle.

• Strong knowledge of Workday HCM and/or relevant functional modules.

• Experience with business process configuration, security concepts, reporting, and data migration.

• Understanding of integrations, EIBs, and data conversion processes.

• Experience with testing methodologies, defect management, and deployment activities.

• Excellent analytical, communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a project environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Workday certification in the relevant functional area, where applicable.

• Experience implementing Workday in a global or multi-country environment.

• Exposure to HR transformation and process standardization initiatives.

• Experience working with Agile or structured implementation methodologies.

• Knowledge of post-implementation optimization and Workday release management.

Key Success Criteria

• Successful delivery of assigned Workday implementation milestones.

• Accurate and timely functional configuration and data validation.

• Successful completion of SIT, UAT, and deployment activities.

• Effective resolution of functional defects and business process issues.

• Positive stakeholder feedback and smooth transition to post-go-live support.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is a hands-on Workday Functional Consultant who can independently manage functional workstreams, engage business stakeholders, translate requirements into Workday configurations, and contribute throughout the entire implementation lifecyclefrom initial discovery to go-live and stabilization.

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