Workday HCM Core Functional

Programmers.io; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An IT recruitment company is looking for a Delivery Manager to establish a tier 2 team for Workday functional needs. Candidates should have Workday PRO certification and experience with integrations and foundational HCM principles. The role focuses on managing lower-complexity builds with some oversight and providing recommendations to teams. This contract position is suited for a mid-senior level professional with strong payroll and time tracking knowledge.

Qualifications

• Must have Workday Pro certification in relevant tracks.
• Experience with integrations including EIBs, Core Connectors, and APIs.
• Knowledge of HCM principles focusing on Reporting and Business Processes.
• Familiarity with time-off plan configuration and payroll processing.

Responsibilities

• Establish a tier 2 team to manage build capacities for Workday.
• Provide oversight with lower-complexity builds in specific domains.
• Train resources on Workday tooling.
• Advise the Tier 1 Team on transaction corrections.

Skills

Workday PRO certification

Understanding of integrations

Foundational HCM principles

Onboarding processes

Time-off plan configuration

Payroll processing knowledge

Job description

Delivery Manager @ Programmers.io | IT Recruitment

Workday Functional

Goal: Establish a “tier 2” team to provide additional build capacity for Workday functional needs. Resources would be able to manage lower‑complexity builds with minimal oversight in specific domains. Additionally, they will require only light training on Workday tooling beyond what is specific to the Client environment.

Skillset Definition

General Preferred Qualifications

• Workday PRO certification in relevant tracks
• Working understanding of integrations (EIBs, Core Connectors, Public APIs)

HCM Requirements

• Understanding of foundational HCM principles including Business Processes, Reporting, Calculated Fields, Security, & Notifications
• Demonstrated knowledge of Workday Docs, letter templates, Questionnaire, Survey, Reference Letters and custom alerts
• Advanced hand‑on process with Onboarding, Change Job, and Termination business processes
• Ability to create Calculated Fields and Custom reports
• Strong Understanding of building, maintaining and interpreting Security Group Permissions
• Be able to provide recommendations to Tier 1 Team to fix incorrect transactions

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)

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Information Technology

Industries

IT Services and IT Consulting