Workday Functional Consultant

Workday Functional (HCM) Consultant

Location: PAN India

Job summary:

Cognizant is seeking a Workday Consultant certified/experienced in Workday HCM Core/Recruiting/Compensation/Talent/Learning/Reporting/Benefit/Payroll/Time Tracking & Absences. In this role you will work with customers during all phases of deployment as well as post-production to assist with defining requirements, complete development, and deploy solutions. To start with, work will primarily focus on your respective module and is bound to expand into other HCM business process areas in future.

Key Responsibilities:

Serve as a Workday expert with knowledge of design, configuration, testing, and deployment activities.

Independently manage work on multiple projects in various phases.

Conduct sessions with customers to analyze business requirements and leverage expertise to provide recommendations and develop solutions

Duties and Tasks:

Identify strategies, risks, and options for recommending approaches towards meeting requirements for post-production customers

Coordinate with project teams to align development with customer design decisions.

Provide status updates to the customer, project team, and management on a regular basis.

Mentor other consultants and actively share product knowledge with others to grow our practice

Education and Experience Requirements:

Bachelor's/College Degree in Computer Science/Information Technology, Computer/Telecommunication Engineering or equivalent

Hands-on experience on HCM Core/Recruiting/Compensation/Talent/Learning/Reporting/Benefit/Payroll/Time Tracking & Absences implementation or support

Detailed understanding of HCM processes 

Strong consulting and presentation skills with the ability to effectively manage customer expectations

Experience on gathering business requirements, designing, and prototyping, testing, and implementing requirements under multiple deadlines.

Customer, project team, and management on a regular basis.

Mentor other consultants and actively share product knowledge with others to grow our practice