Principal Consultant, Workday Compensation & Benefits

Owens & Minor; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Owens & Minor, a global healthcare solutions company, seeks a highly analytical Senior Workday Compensation & Performance specialist to join our HR technology team. You will serve as the SME for Workday Compensation (Core & Advanced) and Payroll configurations, leading design, configuration, testing, and optimization of these modules.

The role bridges HR strategy with technical execution, supporting the annual merit cycle, payroll audits, and ongoing system enhancements across our global

Qualifications

• Experience configuring Workday Compensation (Core & Advanced).
• Experience managing annual compensation cycles including merit, bonus, and stock.
• Strong data integrity and payroll auditing skills.
• Knowledge of job architecture and security configurations in Workday.

Responsibilities

• Lead Workday Compensation configuration, testing, and maintenance.
• Manage Annual Compensation Review processes using Workday tools.
• Maintain job catalog, profiles, and EEO classifications.
• Troubleshoot complex compensation issues and proration scenarios.
• Configure Benefits and Absence Management workflows.
• Develop reports and dashboards for compensation analytics and audits.
• Coordinate data exchanges and EIB loads as needed.

Skills

Workday HCM

Compensation configuration

Payroll configurations

Data analysis

Tools

Workday

Job description

Owens & Minor is a global healthcare solutions company providing essential products, services and technology solutions that support care delivery in leading hospitals, health systems and research centers around the world. For over 140 years, Owens & Minor has delivered comfort and confidence behind the scenes, so healthcare stays at the forefront, helping to make each day better for the hospitals, healthcare partners, and communities we serve. Powered by more than 14,000 teammates worldwide, Owens & Minor exists because every day, everywhere, Life Takes Care.

Global Reach with a Local Touch

• 140+ years serving healthcare
• Over 14,000 teammates worldwide
• Serving healthcare partners in 80 countries
• Manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Honduras, Mexico, Thailand and Ireland
• Portfolio of 300 propriety and branded product offerings
• 1,000 branded medical product suppliers

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly analytical and technical Senior Workday Compensation & Performance to join our team. In this dual-focused role, you will act as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Workday Compensation (Core and Advanced) and Payroll configurations. You will lead the configuration, maintenance, and optimization of these modules while ensuring data integrity, system efficiency, and compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements.

The ideal candidate bridges the gap between functional HR strategy and technical system execution, playing a pivotal role in the annual merit cycle, payroll processing audits, and ongoing system enhancements.

Key Responsibilities

Workday Compensation (Core & Advanced)

• System Configuration: Lead the design, configuration, and testing of Workday Compensation business processes, including compensation packages, eligibility rules, salary plans, and grade profiles.
• Annual Cycles: Manage the end-to-end technical execution of the Annual Compensation Review (Merit, Bonus, and Stock) using Workday Advanced Compensation. Configuration includes merit matrices, bonus plan calculations, and statements.
• Job Architecture: Maintain the job catalog, including job profiles, job families, and EEO classifications, ensuring alignment with organizational structure.
• Troubleshooting: Resolve complex compensation issues related to proration, eligibility, and retro-activity.

2. Workday Benefits Configuration

• Life & disability
• Flexible spending accounts
• Configure benefit eligibility rules and event rules.
• Manage open enrollment setup and testing.
• Configure benefit business processes and life event workflows.
• Support carrier integrations and benefits vendor file audits (EIB/API).

Workday Absence Management

• Configure absence plans including:
• Time off
• Leave of absence (LOA)
• Set up accrual calculations, carryover rules, and eligibility.
• Configure leave workflows and approval routing.
• Ensure compliance alignment with regional leave regulations.

Reporting, Analytics & Integrations

• Report Writing: Design and maintain complex custom reports and dashboards (using Report Writer and Calculated Fields) to support compensation analysis, payroll auditing, and executive decision-making.
• Data Integrity: Perform regular data audits to ensure accuracy across compensation and payroll data fields; execute EIB loads for mass data updates.
• Release Management: Lead