Workday Consultant

Centific; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Centific is seeking a Workday SME to lead HCM, Recruiting, and Absence modules across multiple regions, including Europe, India, China, and APAC. You will own business processes, security, integrations, and production support, while partnering with HR and stakeholders to deliver robust reporting and data integrity.

The role requires strong experience in Workday Studio, EIB, and web services, plus proven ability to manage releases, perform testing, and support organizational changes.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Workday SME for HCM, Recruiting, and Absence.
• Strong knowledge of Workday modules incl. Business Processes, Supervisory Organizations, Onboarding, Job Requisitions, Offer Management, and Candidate Lifecycle.
• Experience in multi-country rollouts (Europe, India, China & APAC).
• Ability to document new processes and update existing docs with enhancements.
• Primary contact for Workday SME community; troubleshoot, build reports, and support org restructures.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with HR and stakeholders to develop Workday reports (Standard, Advanced, Matrix, Composite, Trending, Calculated Fields).
• Support Workday production issues, enhancements, regression testing, and release management.
• Perform Workday admin tasks: security, BP configuration, domain/role security, EIB loads, mass updates, password resets, cost centers, tenant config.
• Participate in UT, SIT, UAT, and Production validation.
• Assist in data conversion and migration from legacy HR systems.
• Adapt to changing priorities with strong interpersonal, analytical, and teamwork skills.

Skills

Workday HCM

Workday Studio

Core Connectors

EIB

WWS

Reporting (Advanced, Matrix, Composite

Business Process Framework

Security / Access Management

Data Conversion / Migration

Problem Solving / Troubleshooting

Tools

XML

XSLT

XPath

SOAP/REST APIs

SFTP

Workday Connectors

Job description

Job Description

• Serve as the SME for Workday HCM, Recruiting, and Absence.
• Good knowledge of Workday HCM, Recruiting, and Absence including Business Processes, Supervisory Organizations, Organizations & Hierarchies, Onboarding, Job Requisitions, Offer Management, and Candidate Lifecycle.
• Should have experience in multiple country rollouts (Europe, India, China, and APAC).
• Create documentation for new processes and update existing documentation based on enhancements made to existing processes.
• Act as the primary contact for the Workday SME community by troubleshooting issues, answering questions, creating and modifying reports, and supporting organizational restructures.
• Collaborate with the Workday Community and business stakeholders to resolve system issues and stay current with Workday releases and new features.
• Perform Workday administrative functions including security maintenance, business process configuration, domain and role-based security, EIB data loads, mass updates, password resets, creating cost centers, and tenant configuration.
• Regularly perform data audits, validation, and data quality reviews, and coordinate with business teams for corrections.
• Collaborate with HR and functional stakeholders to develop Workday reports using Standard Reports, Advanced Reports, Matrix Reports, Composite Reports, Trending Reports, and Calculated Fields.
• Support Workday production issues, enhancement requests, regression testing, and release management activities.
• Participate in end-to-end testing including Unit Testing (UT), System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and Production validation.
• Having experience in data conversion and data migration from legacy HR systems.
• Flexibility to meet continuously changing priorities and challenges.
• Excellent interpersonal, analytical, problem-solving, and teamwork skills.

Preferred Technical Skills

• Experience in Workday Studio, Core Connectors, Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB), and Workday Web Services (WWS).
• Good knowledge of XML, XSLT, XPath, SOAP/REST APIs, and file transformation.
• Experience building and supporting inbound and outbound integrations using SFTP, web services, and Workday-delivered connectors.
• Strong experience with Calculated Fields, Report Writer, Advanced, Matrix, Composite, and BIRT Reports.
• Hands-on experience with Business Process Framework, notifications, condition rules, validations, and approvals.
• Experience configuring Domain and Business Process Security, Security Groups, and role-based access.
• Experience with Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB) for mass data loads, data extraction, and maintenance.
• Knowledge of Workday Release Management, feature adoption, regression testing, and production deployments.
• Experience troubleshooting integration failures, monitoring integration events, and resolving data issues.Familiarity with HR integrations involving Payroll, Benefits, Active Directory/Azure AD, SFTP, and third-party vendors.