Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The Squires Group, Inc. is seeking a Workday Payroll/HCM Consultant to support a large-scale Workday implementation for a complex public-sector university environment. The consultant will design and configure Workday Payroll and Core HCM solutions, translate business requirements, support testing and defect resolution, maintain implementation documentation, and collaborate with functional and technical teams.
Responsibilities
- Support the design, solutioning, configuration, and implementation of Workday Payroll and Core HCM, with support for Compensation as needed
- Work closely with the Payroll/HCM Lead and implementation team to translate business requirements into Workday solutions
- Participate in client meetings, workshops, and working sessions that drive requirements, design, and configuration decisions
- Support tenant build and configuration activities within Workday
- Develop and maintain user stories and related implementation documentation
- Identify, document, and help resolve configuration and testing defects
- Maintain and update design documents, decision documents, and RAID items as the implementation progresses
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of Configuration Workbooks and Business Process Workbooks
- Support updates to Gap Definition Documents based on evolving requirements and solution decisions
- Collaborate with functional and technical teams to identify downstream impacts and integration touchpoints related to Payroll and HCM
- Assist with testing activities, issue analysis, and defect resolution
- Help identify opportunities to improve processes and leverage Workday functionality to reduce manual or highly customized legacy processes
- Provide knowledge transfer and support to client stakeholders and project team members as needed
Skills
- Candidates must be U.S. Citizens or Green Card Holders
- Active Workday Payroll Certification
- Active Workday Core HCM Certification
- Hands-on experience supporting Workday Payroll and HCM implementations
- Experience with Workday configuration, business processes, and implementation documentation
- Strong understanding of Payroll and Core HCM business processes
- Ability to work effectively with both functional and technical project team members
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent client-facing communication skills and the ability to participate in discussions that lead to clear requirements and decisions
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliverables within a complex implementation environment
- Experience participating in a full-cycle Workday implementation
- Workday Compensation Certification
- Experience supporting a PeopleSoft-to-Workday implementation
- Experience in Higher Education, State Government, or other SLED environments
- Experience working with complex, multi-entity or multi-organization structures
- Experience with Workday Payroll configuration in a large or highly customized environment
- Experience developing or maintaining Workday configuration and business process documentation
- Experience with Workday testing, defect management, and implementation deliverables
Benefits
- Fully remote position
- Multi-year projects
- Work-life balance with quality time for family and life
- Continuous support to help meet career goals and support efforts in the field
- The Squires Group will pay you for every qualified professional that you refer and they place
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