Senior Workday Reporting & Prism Analytics Lead

Collaborative Solutions; United States; Remote; USD 133,000 - 186,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Workday Reporting & Prism Analytics Senior Principal Consultant to lead design, delivery and success of reporting solutions in the UK. You will guide analytics strategy, data governance and self-service capabilities while mentoring teams and supporting business development.

You will drive complex solution discussions, oversee configuration, testing and deployment, and act as a functional lead across medium to large implementations.

Qualifications

• Active Workday Reporting Certification required.
• Workday Prism Analytics Certification highly desirable.
• 7+ years of Workday implementation experience, including multiple end-to-end deployments.
• Proven experience leading Reporting and Prism Analytics workstreams on medium to large implementations.
• Deep expertise in Workday Report Writer, Calculated Fields, Composite Reports, Matrix Reports, Dashboards, Discovery Boards, and Prism Analytics.
• Experience designing data models, analytics solutions, and executive reporting frameworks.
• Experience gathering requirements, facilitating workshops, solution design, configuration, testing, and deployment.
• Experience supporting pre-sales activities, including estimations, proposals, and solution presentations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior Workday Reporting and Prism Analytics subject matter expert, providing guidance on reporting strategy, analytics, and Workday best practices.
• Lead client workshops, discovery sessions, and design discussions to define scalable reporting and analytics solutions aligned to business requirements.
• Own solution design and provide oversight across configuration, testing, deployment, and post-go-live transition activities.
• Act as the functional lead for medium to large Workday Reporting and Prism implementations, managing key solution decisions, risks, and dependencies.
• Design and deliver advanced reporting solutions using Workday Report Writer, Calculated Fields, Composite Reports, Matrix Reports, Dashboards, Discovery Boards, and Prism Analytics.
• Advise clients on reporting strategy, data governance, report rationalisation, analytics adoption, and self-service reporting capabilities.
• Partner with HCM, Financials, Integrations, Security, Data Conversion, and Change Management teams to deliver integrated solutions.
• Support data extraction, transformation, validation, and modelling activities within Prism Analytics.
• Support testing, deployment, cutover, and post-go-live activities throughout the project lifecycle.
• Mentor and coach consultants and senior consultants, providing quality reviews and functional leadership.
• Support business development activities including solutioning, estimations, proposals, demonstrations, and customer presentations.
• Contribute to practice development through methodology improvements, internal training, asset creation, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Maintain expertise in Workday Reporting, Prism Analytics, and emerging analytics capabilities.

Skills

Workday Reporting

Prism Analytics

Reporting strategy

Stakeholder mgmt

Leadership & mentoring

Workshop facilitation

Data modelling

Solution design

Pre-sales support

Executive reporting

SC Clearance eligible

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Workday Report Writer

Prism Analytics

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Workday Reporting & Prism Analytics Senior Principal Consultant to lead design, delivery and success of reporting solutions in the UK. You will guide analytics strategy, data governance and self-service capabilities while mentoring teams and supporting business development.

You will drive complex solution discussions, oversee configuration, testing and deployment, and act as a functional lead across medium to large implementations.