Senior Workday Absence & Time Tracking Strategist

Cognizant; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Workday Absence & Time Tracking Senior Principal Consultant to lead end-to-end implementations and provide strategic guidance on workforce management processes. You will drive workshops, design solutions, and oversee configuration, testing, deployment, and post-go-live activities.

As a senior functional leader, you will mentor teams, manage risks, and collaborate across HCM, Payroll, and Integrations to deliver integrated Workday solutions that align with client goals and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Active Workday Absence and/or Time Tracking Certification required.
• 5+ years of Workday implementation experience, including multiple end-to-end deployments.
• Proven experience leading Workday Absence and Time Tracking workstreams on medium to large implementations.
• Deep functional expertise in absence management, leave administration, time tracking, scheduling, workforce compliance, and payroll-related processes.
• Experience gathering requirements, facilitating workshops, solution design, configuration, testing, and deployment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior Workday Absence and Time Tracking SME, guiding workforce management processes and best practices.
• Lead client workshops, discovery sessions, and design discussions to define scalable solutions.
• Own solution design and provide oversight across configuration, testing, deployment, and post-go-live activities.
• Act as functional lead for medium to large Workday implementations, managing decisions, risks, and dependencies.
• Advise on absence management, leave administration, time entry, time calculation, scheduling, and compliance.
• Partner with HCM, Payroll, Benefits, Integrations, Reporting, Security, Change Management, and Project Management teams.
• Support testing, data conversion, cutover, deployment, and hypercare activities.
• Mentor consultants and drive quality reviews and leadership.
• Contribute to pre-sales activities including estimations, proposals, and demonstrations.
• Support practice development through methodology improvements and knowledge sharing.
• Maintain expertise in Workday Absence, Time Tracking, and Scheduling functionality.

Skills

Leadership

Client workshops

Stakeholder management

Communication

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Workday Certification

Tools

Workday

Workday Absence

Workday Time Tracking

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Workday Absence & Time Tracking Senior Principal Consultant to lead end-to-end implementations and provide strategic guidance on workforce management processes. You will drive workshops, design solutions, and oversee configuration, testing, deployment, and post-go-live activities.

As a senior functional leader, you will mentor teams, manage risks, and collaborate across HCM, Payroll, and Integrations to deliver integrated Workday solutions that align with client goals and