Workday Functional Developer

FirstDay Foundation; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

FirstDay Foundation seeks a seasoned Workday Functional Developer to configure and optimize Core HCM, Recruiting, and Compensation within the Workday platform. You will help maintain daily operations, troubleshoot issues, and build robust reports to meet HR and business needs.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration with HR, Recruiting, IT, and business teams to continuously improve Workday functionality and user experience in a 100% onsite setting in San Antonio, TX.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of hands-on Workday experience in functional configuration, implementation, enhancement, and production support.
• Strong expertise in Core HCM, Recruiting, and Compensation.

Responsibilities

• Configure, maintain, test, and enhance Workday Core HCM, Recruiting, and Compensation functionality.
• Configure and support business processes related to hiring, staffing, job changes, employee lifecycle events, recruiting, and compensation.
• Develop and maintain Workday custom reports, advanced reports, matrix reports, dashboards, and calculated fields.
• Gather reporting requirements and develop accurate and effective reports for business and operational needs.
• Manage and maintain Workday help desk tickets daily, including troubleshooting, prioritization, resolution, documentation, and stakeholder communication.
• Support Workday releases, including impact analysis, testing, and adoption of applicable functionality.

Skills

Workday Core HCM

Workday Recruiting

Workday Compensation

Workday Reporting

Workday security

Production support

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Workday reporting tools

Job description

It's a great feeling to work for a company that does so much good for others around the world!

This is a 100% onsite position in San Antonio, TX. Remote/Hybrid arrangements will not be considered.

FirstDay Foundation will not be accepting employment visa sponsorship or OPT extensions for this position.

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Workday Functional Developer to support the configuration, enhancement, maintenance, and day‑to‑day operation of the organization's Workday platform. This role will focus primarily on Core HCM, Recruiting, Compensation, and Reporting, while providing ongoing production support to HR and business teams. The Workday Functional Developer will be responsible for configuring and maintaining Workday business processes, troubleshooting functional issues, developing reports and calculated fields, and supporting enhancements across the platform. The position will also manage daily Workday help desk tickets, ensuring requests and production issues are reviewed, prioritized, tracked, and resolved in a timely manner. The ideal candidate will bring 6+ years of hands‑on Workday experience with strong functional knowledge of Core HCM, Recruiting, and Compensation. The role requires experience with business process configuration, custom and advanced reporting, calculated fields, security, testing, and production support. The successful candidate will work closely with HR, Recruiting, Compensation, IT, and other business stakeholders to understand requirements, recommend solutions, and continuously improve Workday functionality and the overall user experience. Workday certification in Core HCM, Recruiting, Compensation, Reporting, or a related functional area is highly preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• Configure, maintain, test, and enhance Workday Core HCM, Recruiting, and Compensation functionality.
• Configure and support business processes related to hiring, staffing, job changes, employee lifecycle events, recruiting, and compensation.
• Support Recruiting processes including job requisitions, candidate management, offers, pre‑hire activities, and hiring workflows.
• Configure and support compensation plans, eligibility rules, compensation changes, and review processes.
• Develop and maintain Workday custom reports, advanced reports, matrix reports, dashboards, and calculated fields.
• Gather reporting requirements and develop accurate and effective reports for business and operational needs.
• Manage and maintain Workday help desk tickets on a daily basis, including troubleshooting, prioritization, resolution, documentation, and stakeholder communication.
• Perform root‑cause analysis for recurring production issues and implement sustainable solutions.
• Configure and maintain business process approvals, condition rules, validations, notifications, and routing.
• Support and troubleshoot Workday security, including security groups, domain security, business process security, and reporting access.
• Partner with HR and business stakeholders to gather requirements and translate business needs into effective Workday configurations.
• Support regression testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), production deployments, and post‑production validation.
• Support Workday semiannual releases, including impact analysis, testing, and adoption of applicable functionality.
• Maintain functional documentation, configuration documentation, test scripts, and support procedures.

Required Qualifications

• 6+ years of hands‑on Workday experience in functional configuration, implementation, enhancement, and production support.
• Strong functional expertise in Workday Core HCM, Recruiting, and Compensation.
• Strong experience with Workday Reporting, including custom reports, advanced reports, matrix reports, dashboards, and calculated fields.
• Strong understanding of Workday business process configuration and security.
• Experience managing and resolving Workday production support and help desk tickets.
• Experience with regression testing, UAT, Workday releases, and production deployments.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and root‑cause analysis skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively with technical and business stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be able to work onsite in San Antonio, TX, five days per week.

Preferred Qualifications

• Workday certification(s) highly preferred, particularly in Core HCM, Recruiting, Compensation, Reporting, or related functional areas.
• Experience supporting Workday in a complex or multi‑organization environment.
• Experience identifying opportunities to streamline and automate HR processes.
• Experience working directly with HR, Recruiting, and Compensation stakeholders.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.

English (United States)

If you like to work with people that believe they can make a difference in the world, this is the company for you!

EEO Statement

In accordance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other applicable federal and state laws (e.g., the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), it is our policy to provide equal employment opportunity and treat all employees equally regardless of race, religion, national origin, color, sex, or any other classification made unlawful or prohibited by federal, state and/or local laws, such as age, citizenship status, veteran or military status, or disability. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, promotion, demotion, compensation, training, working conditions, transfer, job assignments, benefits, layoff, and termination. Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.