Workday Compensation Consultant

Medasource; United States; On-site; USD 83,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

Large Healthcare System is seeking a seasoned Workday Compensation & Eligibility Consultant (Contract) to optimize compensation configurations, including allowances, premiums, and differentials. You will redefine eligibility rules to boost automation and reduce manual work across a mature Workday tenant.

You will collaborate with HRIS and business stakeholders to align job architecture, pay grades, and profiles, applying best practices to enhance system design, governance, and ongoing tenant

Qualifications

• 5–8+ years of Workday experience.
• 3–5+ years focused on Workday Compensation.
• Experience designing and maintaining eligibility rules.
• Experience with job profiles, job families, and pay grade alignment.
• Strong problem-solving and configuration skills.
• Healthcare industry experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and enhance Workday compensation configurations, including allowances, premiums, and differentials.
• Redefine and streamline eligibility rules to improve automation and reduce administrative effort.
• Evaluate and optimize calculated fields to support scalable and maintainable solutions.
• Partner with HRIS and business stakeholders to improve consistency across compensation structures.
• Support alignment of job architecture, including job profiles and pay grades.
• Apply Workday best practices to improve system design and usability.
• Contribute to ongoing tenant optimization and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Workday Compensation

Compensation configuration

Eligibility rules

Merit increase/bonuses

Job architecture

Calculated fields

Pay grade alignment

Workday governance

Job description

Overview

Workday Compensation & Eligibility Consultant (Contract)Client: Large Healthcare System Duration: ~6 monthsEstimated Hours: ~1000–1200Environment: Mature Workday tenant | Early adopter | Workday Success Plan customer

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze and enhance Workday compensation configurations, including allowances, premiums, and differentials
• Redefine and streamline eligibility rules to improve automation and reduce administrative effort
• Evaluate and optimize calculated fields to support scalable and maintainable solutions
• Partner with HRIS and business stakeholders to improve consistency across compensation structures
• Support alignment of job architecture, including job profiles and pay grades
• Apply Workday best practices to improve system design and usability
• Contribute to ongoing tenant optimization and continuous improvement initiatives

Core Workday Areas

• Compensation Plans
• Eligibility Rules
• Calculated Fields
• Job Profiles
• Pay Grades / Grade Profiles

Required Experience & Skills

• Workday Compensation
• Compensation plan configuration experience
• Allowances, premiums, and differential pay structures
• Merit and bonus cycle support
• Eligibility & Configuration
• Experience designing and maintaining eligibility rules
• Familiarity with complex worker populations and multi-factor logic
• Strong understanding of Workday data structures and dependencies
• Calculated Fields
• Building and troubleshooting calculated fields
• Designing scalable and reusable configurations
• Job Architecture
• Experience with job profiles, job families, and pay grade alignment
• Understanding of best practices in job structure design
• Workday Optimization
• Experience working in mature Workday tenants
• Exposure to tenant optimization or enhancement initiatives
• Familiarity with Workday best practices and governance

Ideal Candidate Profile

• 5–8+ years of Workday experience
• 3–5+ years focused on Workday Compensation
• Experience supporting complex Workday environments
• Strong problem-solving and configuration skills
• Healthcare industry experience is a plus