Workday Integration Consultant

WPP; Chennai District; Hybrid; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

WPP in Chennai is seeking an experienced Workday integrations developer to monitor and support complex integrations, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and help drive the ongoing Workday transformation across the group.

You will design, build and document integrations (Studio, Core Connectors, RaaS, EIB, PECI/PICOF, BIRT), troubleshoot high-impact issues, and ensure data quality while aligning with business needs.

Qualifications

• Experience in designing and supporting Workday integrations (Studio, Core Connectors, RaaS, EIB).
• Knowledge of PECI/PICOF payroll integrations and BIRT reporting.
• Strong understanding of REST, SOAP, JSON and related web services.
• Ability to translate business needs into clear integration deliverables.
• Experience working with SaaS platforms and data security standards.
• Excellent cross-team collaboration and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Monitor Workday integrations and escalate high-impact issues to the correct lead.
• Develop and enhance integrations for BAU and new projects.
• Document results, update diagrams, and maintain up-to-date integration specs.
• Collaborate with IT and business teams to gather requirements for enhancements.
• Troubleshoot complex integration issues promptly and effectively.
• Ensure data quality and alignment with business processes.
• Stay current on Workday features and industry trends.

Skills

Business requirements analysis

Problem solving

Communication

Team collaboration

Tools

Workday Studio

Core Connectors

RaaS

EIB

PEC/ PICOF

BIRT

Web services (REST/SOAP)

XML/XPath/XSLT

Job description

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands.

We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth.

We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise.

Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow.

For more information, visit WPP.com.

WPP is embarking on a major 3-year transformation to simplify, modernise, and unify its technology platforms across the group. This change is critical to:

• Enable cost-effective transformation and operational efficiency
• Accelerate adoption of AI, data, and digital platforms
• Ensure consistent delivery of value and benefits across all agencies and markets

Workday is a cornerstone of this transformation, providing a single, modern system of record for people data and for driving efficiency through our operations and finance functions. By standardising core processes, improving data quality and enabling better insights, Workday supports consistent ways of working, stronger governance and future‑ready capabilities, while creating the foundation for scalable change, automation and AI‑enabled decision making across WPP.

What you'll be doing:

• Monitoring Workday integrations, keeping the integration lead updated with potential high impact issues.
• Ensuring incidents are clearly and regularly updated to allow successful handover to the next timezone taking over in progress incidents.
• Troubleshooting and resolving the most complex integration support issues in a timely manner.
• Maintaining integration support issue list with new issues found.
• Clearly document results/solutions as needed and updated existing documentation when necessary.
• Responsible for development and enhancement of integrations as assigned on BAU, potential for involvement in integration aspects of new projects from inception.
• Continually review integrations to make sure that they meet the highest standards possible.
• Accountable for maintaining up to date integrations documentation and diagrams.
• Engage positively with other IT teams and lead resolving issues across interconnected platforms.
• Working with business partners to gather requirements for enhancements to existing integrations and delivery of new integrations as requested.
• Maintain expertise on new integrations functionality/features/capabilities in Workday, wider industry, and technology trends.

What you'll need:

• Strong Workday integrations development and support experience with requirements gathering, analysis and solution design experience ideal.
• Ability to understand business needs & requirements and turn into clear deliverables.
• Experience of creating/supporting Workday integrations of multiple types: Studio, Core connectors, RaaS, EIB, Payroll integrations PECI/ PICOF, BIRT.
• Good working knowledge of web service technologies (REST, SOAP, JSON, HTTP, SSL, PGP, SAML, etc).
• Proficiency with XML, XPath and XSLT.
• Understanding of HCM/Financials functionality and Workday integration best practices.
• Any knowledge of Informatica would be an advantage.
• Excellent technical understanding of SaaS platforms including integrations, security standards and data.
• Ability to work with multiple external teams.
• Strong ability to work with other platform/product teams to achieve goals.
• Delivery and customer focused, with high energy and drive.

Who you are:

You're open: We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are open-minded: to new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.

You're optimistic: We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures for our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with conviction: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.

You're extraordinary: we are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day.

What we'll give you:

Passionate, inspired people – We aim to create a culture in which people can do extraordinary work.

Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and complete projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.

Challenging and stimulating work – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge?

#LI-Hybrid

We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.