Workday Time Tracking & Absence Management Specialist

Zoho; India; Remote; INR 1,400,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Zoho seeks an experienced Workday Time Tracking & Absence Management Specialist to design, configure, and optimize global workforce tracking. The specialist will translate regional labor laws and complex leave rules into automated cloud solutions across multiple countries.

Responsibilities include configuring time tracking components, managing absence architectures, building rate rules, and ensuring cross-module data integrity with payroll and third-party clocks.

Qualifications

• 4 to 8 years in workforce management tech, with 4+ years designing and implementing Workday Time Tracking or Absence systems.
• Strong technical mastery of Workday Time Calculation rules, eligibility logic, balances, and calculated fields.
• Deep understanding of global labor laws, leave tracking, and complex shift patterns.
• Mandatory certification: Workday Certified Time Tracking OR Workday Certified Absence Management.

Responsibilities

• Configure and manage Workday Time Tracking components including time entry templates and clock-in/out rules.
• Design and maintain Absence Management architectures with accruals and balance tracking.
• Construct complex time calculation tags and rate rules for shift differentials and overtime.
• Build BP routing paths with validation rules for time-entry anomalies and approvals.
• Ensure compliance with regional labor laws and corporate leave policies.
• Coordinate cross-module data integrations to payroll and external time clocks.
• Lead biannual platform release testing and regression checks to prevent production errors.

Skills

Workday Time Tracking

Absence Management

Time calculation rules

Data integration

Cross-module workflows

Regression testing

Tools

Workday

Job description

Workday Time Tracking & Absence Management Specialist

Workday Time Tracking & Absence Management Specialist

• Employment Type: Contract
  
• Work Mode: Remote
  
• Location: Offshore
  
• Total Experience Required: 4 to 8 years
  
• Relevant Experience Required: 4+ years of dedicated configuration and implementation experience within Workday Time Tracking and Absence Management modules
  
• Mandatory Certification: Workday Certified Time Tracking or Workday Certified Absence Management
  

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Workday Time Tracking & Absence Management Specialist to design, configure, and optimize our global workforce tracking infrastructure. The ideal candidate will translate complex regional labor laws, intricate shift differential matrices, overtime calculations, and multi-country leave accrual rules into highly accurate, automated cloud solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Configure and manage Workday Time Tracking components, including time entry templates, time card calculation rules, period schedules, and clock-in/out rounding rules.
  
• Design and maintain Absence Management architectures, structuring time off plans, leave of absence types, accrual calculations, and balance tracking rules.
  
• Construct complex time calculation tags and rate rules, automating shift differentials, statutory holiday premiums, and multi-tiered overtime thresholds.
  
• Build advanced business process (BP) routing paths, configuring conditional validation rules to catch time-entry anomalies, missing manager approvals, and scheduling overlaps.
  
• Govern compliance and localized rules, updating validation rules in response to changes in regional labor laws, collective bargaining agreements, and corporate leave policies.
  
• Orchestrate cross-module data integration lines, ensuring that calculated time blocks pass cleanly to Workday Payroll or external third-party time clock hardware.
  
• Lead update evaluation runs for biannual platform releases, running regression tests on complex calculation profiles inside sandboxes to prevent production calculation errors.
  

Requirements

• 4 to 8 years of workforce management technology experience, with 4+ dedicated years actively designing, building, and maintaining Workday Time Tracking or Absence systems.
  
• Strong technical mastery of Workday Time Calculation rules, eligibility criteria logic, balance calculations, and calculated fields.
  
• Deep structural understanding of global labor laws, statutory time tracking regulations, complex shift patterns, and continuous or intermittent leave tracking.
  
• Mandatory certification: Workday Certified Time Tracking OR Workday Certified Absence Management.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Workday Certified Core HCM certification.
  
• Prior experience managing complex scheduling integrations or deploying mobile time-tracking interfaces for high-volume, global physical workforces.