Functional Consultant

Russell Tobin; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 83,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

401(k) retirement savings

Employee discounts

Job summary

Russell Tobin in Minneapolis is seeking an experienced Global HR Systems Functional Lead to drive a large-scale Workday implementation across Europe, APAC, and North America. You will partner with HR, Payroll, Talent, Technology, and regional stakeholders to ensure successful delivery.

The role requires leading workshops, translating business needs into functional requirements, and coordinating with Workday consultants through the full lifecycle of the program.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in business analysis, functional consulting, or HR systems implementation.
• Experience facilitating requirements workshops with global stakeholders.
• Ability to translate business processes into functional system requirements.
• Experience supporting HR, Talent, Recruiting, Payroll, or Workforce initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirements workshops with global HR, Payroll, Talent, Recruiting, and stakeholders.
• Analyze current-state HR processes and identify country-specific requirements.
• Translate needs into clear, configuration-ready Workday requirements.
• Create and maintain BRDs, process flows, user stories, and logs.
• Coordinate with Workday consultants, integrators, QA, and project teams.
• Support testing activities including UAT planning and defect triage.
• Track risks, issues, dependencies, and align multiple workstreams.

Skills

Business Analysis

Functional Consulting

HR Systems implementation

Requirements workshops

Stakeholder management

Documentation

Communication

Workday

Tools

Workday

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Global HR Systems Functional Lead to support a large-scale international Workday implementation. This role will serve as the primary business process and requirements lead, partnering with HR, Payroll, Talent, Technology, and regional stakeholders across Europe, APAC, and North America.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead requirements gathering workshops with global HR, Payroll, Talent, Recruiting, and business stakeholders.
• Analyze current-state HR processes and identify country-specific business and regulatory requirements.
• Translate business needs into clear, configuration-ready functional requirements for Workday implementation teams.
• Create and maintain business requirements documents, process flows, user stories, decision logs, traceability matrices, and country-specific documentation.
• Coordinate with Workday functional consultants, integration teams, QA, and project stakeholders throughout the implementation lifecycle.
• Support testing activities, including UAT planning, test scenarios, defect triage, and deployment readiness.
• Track risks, issues, dependencies, and ensure alignment across multiple workstreams.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of Business Analysis, Functional Consulting, or HR Systems implementation experience.
• Proven experience facilitating requirements workshops with global stakeholders.
• Strong background in translating business processes into functional system requirements.
• Experience supporting HR, Talent, Recruiting, Payroll, or Workforce Management initiatives.
• Excellent documentation, stakeholder management, facilitation, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting Workday implementations or HR transformation programs.
• Knowledge of Workday modules including Core HCM, Recruiting, Onboarding, Talent, Compensation, Payroll, Time & Absence, and Learning.
• Experience working with multi-country HR processes across Europe and APAC.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies.

*** Pay Range- $60.00-$64.00/hour

Benefits Info

• Russell Tobin offers eligible employee’s comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors.