Workday Solutions Consultant #88644
Request ID: 88644-1
Start/End Dates: 6/2/2025 - 12/2/2025
Work Location: 81 Bay 31st Floor
Job Title: IT - Business consultant - intermediate (Workday Solutions Consultant)
Position Title: Business consultant - intermediate (Workday Solutions Consultant)
Line of Business: People, culture and brand - focus is on Workday data quality reporting
Target Start Date: ASAP
Contract Duration: 6 months
Extension/FTE: Potential for extension, not for conversion
Hybrid Work: In office each Monday and 1st Friday of every month (Open to considering candidates outside of Toronto, those candidates would be remote)
OT: no
Location Address: 81 Bay 34th Floor
Schedule Hours: Mon - Friday, 9-5 - 37.5 hrs per week
Reason: Workload
Project: Workday Data Quality and Governance
Team details: Highly flexible, collaborative team within AGILE environment. The immediate team is new and made up of the hiring manager/1 full time employees.
Selling point of the position: Strong opportunity for developing your skills within a highly motivated and technical team. Data Quality and Governance is a relatively new and growing area within CIBC. The incumbent to this position will have the opportunity to help create critical reporting data that will help ensure our broader Workday Dataset is of high quality for key decision making processes throughout CIBC.
Who will the candidate be working with on a Daily basis: Working directly with the hiring manager on requirements and various HR Partners as required.
Job Description:
As a Senior Consultant, Workday Solutions you will provide technical and functional support for the design, delivery, configuration, testing and support of our Workday Data Quality and Governance reporting. Working at times collaboratively with partners across HR, related business groups, Technology and external vendors, you will deliver key reporting for the Workday Solutions team. You will help ensure the on-going solutioning and delivery of Data Quality Reporting from the Workday application.
At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. You’ll have the flexibility to manage your work activities within a hybrid work arrangement where you’ll spend at least 1 day per week on-site, while other days will be remote.
How You’ll Succeed
• Design, Configure and Optimize – Collaborate with various HR and business functions, subject matter experts, vendors and stakeholders to optimize Workday Data Quality Reporting, including the design, development, testing, implementation and maintenance of reports in Workday. Identify opportunities to unlock the value of Data Quality Reporting through Workdays built in functionality.
• Consultation and Advice– Leverage your deep understanding of Workday functionality and system experience design to build reporting aligned to various Data Quality Dimensions. (Accuracy, Completeness, Validity, Consistency, Currency, Integrity, Timeliness and Uniqueness). Understand the current state and future objective of Data Governance and support leaders and partners to assess potential options and change impacts.
• Change Management – As a champion for change, consult with the Workday Solutions team to support change management and process improvement initiatives that will equip HR and the Data Governance functions with the knowledge necessary to support Workday Data Governance.
• Relationship Building and Management- Build and leverage strong relationships with internal and external partners to provide consultative advice and work collaboratively to find solutions, turning good ideas into great outcomes. Become a trusted advisor. Lead or participate in collaborative project teams on key initiatives. Proactively engage and communicate with key stakeholders, networks and partners to get diverse perspectives, share information and build alignment on strategies and plans.
Must haves:
1. 4+ years of Workday Reporting experience and knowledge of the HR function
2. Completed Workday 6 day Intro course for reporting (unless Workday experience is extensive)
3. Extensive Workday Reporting knowledge (Development of Matrix Reporting, Creation of custom calculated fields, Creation of Worksheets, Creation of Workday Dashboard and Discovery Boards)
4. Excel knowledge of V and X looksups, If Statements, Pivot Tables, Graphing/Charts, Trendlines
Nice to have:
• Workday Reporting certification
• HCM Workday Knowledge
Soft Skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Good communication skills
Deadline Wed May 16 at 11am