Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Avaap is seeking an experienced Workday Student Data Conversion Senior Consultant to join our growing practice. This role will focus specifically on leading and supporting data conversion activities for Workday Student implementations, helping colleges and universities successfully migrate complex academic and student-related data into Workday.
Responsibilities
- Support Workday Student implementation teams by delivering high-quality data conversion services across the full project lifecycle
- Collect, analyze, transform, and validate student-related data from legacy SIS and ERP platforms into Workday
- Partner with functional and integration consultants to establish and execute conversion strategies
- Support conversion activities for areas such as: Student Records, Academic Foundation, Curriculum Management, Admissions & Recruiting, Student Financials, Financial Aid
- Assist clients with data extraction, cleansing, transformation, and reconciliation activities
- Identify and resolve data quality issues across multiple conversion cycles
- Execute tenant-to-tenant configuration and data migration activities
- Collaborate effectively with both technical and functional project resources
- Mentor associate-level consultants and contribute to team knowledge sharing and process improvements
- Support continuous improvement initiatives to optimize conversion methodologies and tooling
Skills
- Prior Workday Data Conversion experience
- Experience supporting at least 4 full lifecycle Workday implementations in a Data Conversion role
- Prior experience with higher education or student information system (SIS) data conversions
- Experience with ETL tools, XML, Microsoft Excel, and Workday load automation tools
- Strong understanding of data mapping, transformation, and validation processes
- Experience troubleshooting and resolving complex data quality issues
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work independently in fast-paced consulting environments
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
- Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills along with the ability to communicate effectively
- Must be able to perform work indoors and remain stationary at a computer
- Ability to work in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment
- Passion for exceptional customer service and collaboration
- Ability to work remotely or out of one of Avaap's physical office locations
- Current permanent U.S. work authorization required
- Workday Student and/or Workday Data Conversion Certification required
- Experience with Workday Student implementations
- Experience working with legacy SIS platforms such as Banner, PeopleSoft Campus Solutions, Colleague, or Jenzabar
- SQL and/or Python experience
- Workday Reporting, Integrations, or Prism Analytics experience
- Experience automating or streamlining conversion processes
Benefits
- Open PTO
- Competitive vision, dental, and medical, including fertility coverage
- Paid parental leave
- 401(k) match
- Company-paid disability and life benefits
- Employee Assistance Program, including behavioral health services
- Fitness stipend
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