Workday Benefits Senior Consultant

Cloudious LLC; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Alight Solutions seeks a Workday Benefits Senior Consultant to manage multiple Workday projects across HCM/Recruiting. You will lead delivery teams, ensure timely, high-quality client deliverables, and act as SME in client meetings.

You will mentor junior staff, contribute to process improvements, and coordinate resources across internal and external stakeholders. Travel up to 50% may be required in this remote opportunity.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5+ years of experience defining scope and requirements in an Internet-based tech environment.
• 2 to 3 years of leading Workday or similar ERP project implementations.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects and strong client interaction skills.
• Proven ability to mentor colleagues and drive process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Lead one or more areas of large projects or multiple projects over extended durations.
• Manage project stages from planning through testing and deployment for clients.
• Coordinate work of team members and monitor FTE, scope, budget, quality, and timeline.
• Provide proactive client interface to ensure effective delivery of Workday projects.
• Consult on dependencies and integration across Workday domains.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Tools

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Visio

Project

Job description

Workday Benefits Senior Consultant

Duration: 12 months
Contract-6 Months+
Remote Opportunity

Description

Workday Senior Consultant A Workday Senior Consultant will manage project resources and is responsible for ensuring timely and quality execution of client deliverables and consulting with clients on Workday projects.
Develops solutions to complex problems/projects across multiple domains and/or clients and is capable of leading large enterprise projects. Participates in client sales meetings as Subject Matter Expert/Advisor.
Actively develops less experienced colleagues and leads internal initiatives to improve domain.
Workday experience in the HCM and/or Recruiting modules required. The Role

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for leading one or more areas of a large project and/or multiple concurrent projects potentially over longer periods of duration.
• Responsible for managing all stages of the project for the client, from planning and design phases through testing and deployment.
• Responsible for coordinating the work of others, regardless of people management responsibilities.
• Managing project FTE, scope, budget, quality, and timeline.
• Motivates colleagues to think outside of the box and bring ideas to fruition.
• Understands agendas and others' perspectives, recognizing and effectively balancing the interests and needs of one's own group with those of the broader organization.
• Develops processes and methodology.
• Provides a proactive interface between the external clients and the internal staff to ensure effective coordination and delivery of Workday projects.
• Able to consult to dependencies and integration aspects across and within Workday.
• Champions a Workday product area within and outside of the team.
• Responsible for client delivery and project satisfaction related to domain area.
• Integrates with other areas across Alight and functions to provide a complete solution.
• Significantly contributes to and leads efforts to develop internal resources via mentoring, coaching, and directing work.
• Takes an active role in defining and leading internal initiatives for area.
• Visibility as an expert within the Workday ecosystem product groups/chats.
• Participates in client sales meetings, assisting with collateral creation where needed.
• Creates work estimates and solutions for small to large bodies of work.

The Requirements

• 3 to 5 plus years' experience required including scope and requirements definition, problem solving and process improvements in current Internet-based technology environment.
• 2 to 3 years' experience leading a project implementation of Workday, PeopleSoft, Oracle, SAP or similar applications.
• Experience leading and participating in cross-functional projects.
• Previous functional HCM or Recruiting deployment experience either as an internal consultant or with a consulting/software organization.
• Ability to recognize personal skills, abilities, limitations and strengths, taking appropriate action to pursue developmental activities to strengthen skills and experience.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and to adapt to frequent change.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project Management and Visio.
• Travel up to 50%.

Workday BENEFITS certification required

• Workday Certification is a requirement of the role. Candidates who are not certified will be considered for the role, but they will need to successfully pass Workday certification as well as on-going successful re-certification.
• This opportunity does not offer sponsorship.