Impactful Workday HCM Consultant

Kognitiv Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Kognitiv Inc. is seeking a Business Consultant to deliver Workday Post Production support across HCM modules, align client needs with Workday configurations, and design tailored solutions.

You’ll partner with clients and internal teams to ensure value from Workday investments and drive high satisfaction. The role requires strong communication, expertise in HCM configuration, and the ability to work across multiple projects with limited supervision in a remote-enabled, fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 2+ years’ experience leading and deploying Workday implementations, supporting Workday Post Production / AMS Services, or as a client of Workday.
• Experience configuring Workday Core HCM and Security as well as developing Custom Reports, Dashboards and Calculated Fields.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with customers and colleagues in a remote working environment.
• Some consulting skills e.g., presenting to business partners, creating documentation and technical guides, participating in workshops, explaining functionality or solutions to guide stakeholders, etc.
• Experience implementing complex, practical business solutions under competing deadlines and priorities.
• Demonstrated commitment and achievement to delivery excellence and client satisfaction; strong client focus with the ability to understand client needs and build relationships.
• Ability to prioritize and organize work to ensure overall timeliness and quality standards with little supervision.
• Proven experience demonstrating initiative and curiosity to build skills in other areas both within and outside of Workday.
• Ability to be effectively and actively engaged on multiple, parallel projects and deliverables.
• Capable of working within remote teams and alongside clients, as well as on individual tasks with no supervision.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills required.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and to adapt to frequent change.
• Ability to meet travel requirements (<5% a year)

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, test, and implement client business requirements in Workday HCM module(s).
• Conduct working sessions with clients to gather, understand, and analyze business requirements. Assess actual client needs and propose recommendations and/or alternative solutions to meet client goals. Identify process improvements and implement system enhancements.
• Assist clients in testing Workday configuration, provide knowledge transfer to clients and develop documentation as applicable.
• Troubleshoot business processes, calculated fields, business logic, file loads and configuration.
• Use the company’s methodology and processes to implement solutions successfully while remaining agile and flexible to clients’ changing needs.
• Strive to innovate and suggest new approaches to deploy Workday efficiently and effectively.
• Work in a fast-paced environment that requires tasks to be completed quickly and accurately.
• Consult, execute, and prioritize conflicting demands on deliverables/projects across multiple, concurrent clients without supervision.
• Frequently discuss and communicate to clients’ lessons learned from previous experience, Workday best practices, and Kognitiv’s point of view. Ensure clients understand and take advantage of best practices.
• Complete deliverables within prescribed timelines. Ask for support and direction and/or report status/escalate to appropriate team members as necessary.
• Perform research on problems, identify the true cause, and present/implement corrective measures to the client. Seek opinions and feedback on alternative solutions from team members to solve client needs.
• Contribute to the organization’s knowledge management repository through formal and informal avenues (ex: Q&A, documented deliverables, facilitation of Workday knowledge sharing sessions, regularly posting best practices, etc).
• Provide guidance and coaching to team members in area(s) of expertise.
• Collaborate effectively on team-based projects.
• Meet key performance indicators set for this role (ex: utilization target, service level agreements, customer satisfaction scores, etc).
• Demonstrate Kognitiv’s core value, “act like an owner”, in all aspects of work.

Skills

Workday HCM

Post Production

Client communication

Excel expertise

Security configuration

Dashboards

Tools

Excel

Job description

Kognitiv Inc. is seeking a Business Consultant to deliver Workday Post Production support across HCM modules, align client needs with Workday configurations, and design tailored solutions.

You’ll partner with clients and internal teams to ensure value from Workday investments and drive high satisfaction. The role requires strong communication, expertise in HCM configuration, and the ability to work across multiple projects with limited supervision in a remote-enabled, fast-paced environment.