Senior Workday Student Consultant (Records & Admissions)

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Sydney; Remote; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work option

Global opportunities

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Principal Consultant for its Workday Student Practice in Australia and New Zealand. You will lead design and configuration across Student Records and Admissions, including TAC processes, international pathways and government reporting, while guiding client teams and mentoring junior consultants.

This role requires senior expertise in student lifecycle regulations and processes, with a focus on aligning Workday Student configurations to regional policy, reporting

Qualifications

• Senior practitioner with deep knowledge of student records, student administration, admissions or student systems.
• Understanding of academic structure, enrolment, progression, completion and graduation in student records.
• Familiarity with TAC processes and data exchange with institutions.
• Experience with CRMs for student recruitment and integrations to SIS.
• Knowledge of USI, PRISMS, TAC and related regulatory obligations.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery and design sessions for academic structure, student records, enrolment, unit and course changes, progression, leave of absence, withdrawal, completion and graduation.
• Lead Admissions design across TAC and direct entry channels, including international student pathways and offer processes.
• Configure Student Records and Admissions processes, rules, eligibility, holds and statuses.
• Design TAC applications, offers and responses, aligning with integrations and technical teams.
• Coach and mentor other consultants; manage workstreams and stakeholder expectations.
• Prepare and execute testing, data conversion, training and go-live readiness.

Skills

Senior practitioner

Student records

Requirements gathering

Workshop facilitation

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Consulting leadership

Tools

Workday Student

Salesforce CRM

Microsoft Dynamics 365

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Principal Consultant for its Workday Student Practice in Australia and New Zealand. You will lead design and configuration across Student Records and Admissions, including TAC processes, international pathways and government reporting, while guiding client teams and mentoring junior consultants.

This role requires senior expertise in student lifecycle regulations and processes, with a focus on aligning Workday Student configurations to regional policy, reporting