Workday Consultant

DIGIT Group; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

DIGIT Group is seeking an experienced Workday Consultant to lead HRIS and Payroll implementations, bridging business requirements and system configuration.

You will document current and future state processes, support testing, and collaborate with HR, Finance and IT teams as well as external partners.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in Workday, strong stakeholder skills, and a proven ability to translate complex HR processes into structured Workday solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Workday consulting or similar role.
• Experience with Core HCM, Payroll, Absence and Time Tracking modules.
• Experience producing functional requirements, designs and test artefacts.
• Ability to simplify and standardize processes through system design.
• Experience with change management and stakeholder engagement.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Support end-to-end Workday implementation delivery.
• Translate business needs into HRIS solutions.
• Document current-state and future-state HR and Payroll processes across Workday domains.
• Develop testing approaches and coordinate hands-on testing.
• Provide Workday functional expertise and best-practice recommendations.

Skills

Workday

HRIS

HCM

Payroll

Testing

Stakeholder management

Job description

Our client is a blue chip corporate and is seeking an experienced Workday Consultant/Specialist with Workday HCM and/or Payroll implementation experience. This role will be critical in documenting current and future state processes, translating business requirements into system workflows, supporting system configuration, and coordinating testing activities. You will work alongside the internal HR and Finance Functional Leads, including Payroll, Core HCM, Advanced Compensation, Absence, Time Tracking, Learning, Talent and Recruitment, as well as the IT team and external implementation partners.

This role is ideal for a Workday Consultant who is comfortable operating at the intersection of business analysis, functional consulting, configuration support, testing leadership and stakeholder engagement. The role requires someone who can convert complex HR and Payroll processes into structured, system-ready solutions while providing practical Workday expertise and best-practice recommendations.

Key responsibilities

Support the end-to-end delivery of a Workday implementation, as a delivery enabler.

Translate business needs into effective HRIS solutions.

Support the documentation of current-state and future-state HR and Payroll-related processes across multiple Workday domains, particularly Core HCM, Payroll, Advanced Compensation, Absence and Time Tracking.

Support the development of high-quality functional requirements, solution designs, workflows, and configuration approaches, ensuring alignment to business strategy, compliance, and best practice.

Support data migration activities, including strategy, data mapping, validation, reconciliation, and resolution of complex data issues.

Develop and coordinate the testing approach, conduct and support hands-on testing activities, validating Workday configuration, integrations, data migration

Provide Workday functional expertise and best-practice recommendations to support decision-making, improve user experience and increase system effectiveness across HR and payroll processes.

About you

5+ years' experience as a Workday Consultant or similar role, including significant experience supporting Workday implementations.

Hands-on experience with Workday, with exposure to multiple modules such as Core HCM, Payroll, Advanced Compensation, Absence and Time Tracking.

Experience producing high-quality functional requirements, solution designs, process maps, workflow documentation, configuration documentation and test artefacts.

Proven ability to identify opportunities to simplify, standardise, and improve business processes through system and process design.

Experience contributing to and shaping change management, communication, and adoption strategies for enterprise systems.

Exceptional stakeholder management and problem-solving skills