Workday Benefits Consultant

amgen; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Amgen is hiring a Senior Associate IS Business Systems Analyst to design, configure, and support Workday Benefits. You will work with cross-functional teams across HR, Benefits, and Payroll to deliver scalable solutions and ensure successful enrollment processes.

The role focuses on benefits eligibility, enrollment events, reporting, and end-to-end Workday configurations, with emphasis on accuracy, testing, and documentation.

Qualifications

• Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT or related field.
• 5–9 years of Workday HCM and Benefits experience.
• Strong knowledge of Benefits Eligibility, Plans, Enrollment, and Reporting.
• Experience with Benefits, Absence and Payroll modules and payroll impacts.
• Excellent analytical and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, and maintain Workday Benefit plans and rules.
• Configure benefits business processes, approvals, and notifications.
• Collaborate with Product, HR, Benefits, Payroll and stakeholders.
• Analyze requirements and translate into Workday solutions.
• Support open enrollment, life events, and enrollment activities.
• Coordinate with Payroll, Time & Absence, Compensation, HR teams.
• Lead testing: unit, integration, UAT, regression.
• Partner with vendors and integration teams for carrier feeds.
• Create and maintain configuration docs and process flows.

Skills

Workday HCM

Workday Benefits

Benefits Eligibility

Enrollment Events

Benefits Reporting

Payroll Modules

HR Applications

Education

Master’s / Bachelor’s in CS/IT

Job description

Career Category

Information Systems

Job Description

Sr Associate IS Bus Sys Analyst – Workday Benefits

Join Amgen’s mission of Serving Patients

Amgen harnesses the best of biology and technology to fight the world’s toughest diseases, and make people’s lives easier, fuller and longer. We discover, develop, manufacture and deliver innovative medicines to help millions of patients. Amgen helped establish the biotechnology industry more than 40 years ago and remains on the cutting-edge of innovation, using technology and human genetic data to push beyond what’s known today.

What You Will Do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. As a Senior Associate IS Business Systems Analyst at Amgen, you will typically focus on designing, configuring, supporting, and optimizing Workday Benefits processes besides maintaining project documentation activities such as benefits eligibility, benefit plans, enrollment events, business processes, reporting, configuration workbooks, testing, and issue resolution. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather and document system requirements, perform system testing, troubleshoot issues, and provide end-user support.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, configure, and maintain Workday Benefit plans, eligibility rules, enrollment events, coverage options, rates, and benefit groups
• Configure and support benefits-related business processes, approvals, notifications, and security as per business need
• Collaborate with Product Managers, HR, Benefits, Payroll and business stakeholders to ensure quality and delivery of Workday solutions
• Analyze business requirements and translate them into scalable Workday solutions
• Support open enrollment, life event processing, new hire enrollment, and benefits administration activities
• Collaborate with Payroll, Time & Absence, Compensation, and HR teams to ensure seamless end-to-end processes
• Manage testing activities, including unit testing, integration testing, UAT, and regression testing
• Partner with business, third-party vendors and integration teams to support carrier feeds and benefits-related integrations
• Create and maintain configuration documentation, process flows, and support procedures

What We Expect of You

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The collaborative and detail-oriented professional we seek is a technical problem-solver and service-minded administrator with these qualifications:

Basic Qualifications

• Master’s / Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT or related field experience
• Experience of 5 - 9 years in configuring, enhancing, and maintaining Workday HCM and Benefits module
• Strong understanding of Benefits Eligibility, Benefit Plans, Enrollment Events, Coverage Rules, Benefit Groups, Benefits Business Processes, Benefits Reporting
• Experience with Benefits, Absence and Payroll modules including knowledge of payroll impacts, deductions, and benefits integrations
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Workday Benefits Certification
• Experience supporting global benefits programs and comp lex eligibility rules
• Experience with HR applications and network technologies in the Human Resources domain
• Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional, matrixed organization

What You Can Expect of Us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards Plans that are aligned with local industry standards.