Senior Workday Functional Architect/Sr. Lead

Programmers.io; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Programmers.io seeks a Senior Workday Functional Architect to lead configuration of Workday modules (Core HCM, Absence, Time Tracking, Payroll) for our clients, onsite in Menlo Park. You will manage data migrations, security, and deliver advanced reporting while driving process improvements across cross-functional teams.

The role requires deep Workday expertise, strong collaboration with Payroll, Recruiting, and IAM teams, and participation in Workday releases and updates.

Qualifications

• Extensive Workday HCM knowledge including Core HCM, Absence and Time Tracking, Payroll.
• Hands-on with time-off plan configuration and complex accruals.
• Experience with payroll components, regulatory rules, and external payroll inputs.

Responsibilities

• Configure Workday modules to align with client workflows.
• Assist with data migration and ensure data accuracy.
• Identify and implement business process improvements on Workday platform.
• Develop and maintain reports and dashboards using Workday reporting tools.
• Manage Workday security roles and policies.
• Collaborate with Payroll, Recruiting, Absence, IAM teams.
• Support Workday releases, analyze impacts, and implement updates.
• Perform data loading via EIBs and tenant management.

Skills

Workday Modules

Data Migration

Process Improvement

Workday Reporting

Security Framework

EIBs

Time & Absence

Payroll

API Capabilities

Tools

Workday Drive

Workday Docs

Letter Templates

Questionnaire

Survey

Reference Letters

Advanced/Matrix/Composite Reports

Job description

Job Title: Senior Workday Functional Architect

Location: Menlo Park, CA (Onsite Only)

Responsibilities

• Configurations: Configure Workday modules (Core HCM, Absence and Time tracking, Payroll) to align with client workflows.
• Data management: Assist with data migration and ensure data accuracy
• Process improvement: Identify and implement improvements to business processes using the Workday platform
• Demonstrated knowledge of Workday Drive, Workday Docs, letter templates, Questionnaire, Survey, Reference Letters etc.
• Advanced hand-on process with Hire, Onboarding, Change Job, and Termination business processes. Should have worked on Notification and Alerts configuration.
• Develop and maintain reports and dashboards using Workday reporting tools (Advanced, Matrix, Composite reports).
• Manage and maintain Workday security framework (roles, domains, business process security policies).
• Be able to provide recommendations to Tier 1 Team to fix incorrect transactions
• Participate in Workday releases, analyze impacts, and implement updates.
• Perform data loading via EIBs. Support data migration, tenant setup, and tenant management activities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Payroll, Recruiting, Absence, IAM etc.

Time & Absence Requirements

• Understanding of foundational HCM principles including Business Processes, Reporting, Calculated Fields, Security, & Notifications
• Advanced hand-on experience with time-off plan configuration including complex accruals, carryovers, shadow plans and touchpoints with leaves and time tracking.
• Advanced hands-on experience with leave configuration including balance periods, cascading leaves, intermittent leaves, and complex eligibility and validation rules.
• Experience with ancillary absence processes such as automated leave return, automatic balance adjustments and transfers, Sell Time Off and others.
• Experience with Workday time-tracking configuration, time submissions, and employee work schedules.
• Experience with reporting using the available Absence and Time Tracking data sources.
• Knowledge of Workday’s API capabilities for the Absence and Time Tracking modules.

Payroll Requirements

• Understanding of foundational HCM principles including Business Processes, Reporting, Calculated Fields, Security, & Notifications
• Workday Payroll processing knowledge including calculation, complete, and settle steps
• Experience with building payroll components (Earnings, Deductions, Account Posting Rules, Run Categories, Payment Election Rules)
• Experience with third party payroll configuration (External Earnings, External Deductions, External Inputs)
• Experience with reporting data sources for Payroll (Payroll Results) and Accounting (Journal Lines)
• Knowledge of payroll regulatory rules and their impact on payroll configuration
• Knowledge of payroll touchpoints (Time Tracking, Absence, HCM, Compensation, Benefits)

Workday Functional Skill Matrix

• If we have a candidate who is 'Expert' in "Time and Absence" module but has scored 'Moderate' in "Core HCM" module, we should evaluate them.
• If we have a candidate who is 'Expert' in "Payroll" module but has scored 'Moderate' in "Core HCM" module, we should evaluate them.
• We might get candidate who is 'Expert' in "Time and Absence" and "Payroll" but have moderate configuration experience in "Core HCM". We might evaluate them as well.
• It is difficult to find candidate who is 'Expert' in all 3 modules "Core HCM", "Time and Absence" and "Payroll", as these are vast.