Workday Absence & Time Tracking Lead Consultant

Albida Consulting Ltd; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Albida Consulting Ltd in South Africa is seeking a Workday Absence and Time Tracking Consultant to lead configuration, design, and delivery for clients implementing these modules. You will collaborate with HR, payroll, and operations leaders to translate business requirements into effective Workday solutions, drive workshops and UAT, and mentor junior consultants.

You will work across multiple client engagements, delivering robust configurations, integration design, and test scripts while

Qualifications

• 3+ years' hands-on Workday configuration experience in Absence Management and/or Time Tracking.
• At least one full lifecycle implementation (design through go-live).
• Strong understanding of accrual calculations, overtime rules, and complex scheduling patterns.
• Experience gathering requirements directly from client stakeholders, not just internal teams.
• Comfortable working across multiple concurrent client engagements.
• Clear written and verbal communication — presenting to executive sponsors.
• Workday Pro Certification in Absence Management and/or Time Tracking preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery sessions to capture absence and time tracking requirements across client organisations.
• Configure Workday Absence Management: accrual rules, eligibility rules, absence plans, and calendars.
• Configure Workday Time Tracking: time entry templates, time calculations, overtime rules, and scheduling.
• Design and build integrations between Time Tracking, Absence, and downstream Payroll.
• Run workshops, prototype reviews, and UAT sessions with client teams.
• Produce functional specifications, configuration workbooks, and test scripts.
• Troubleshoot production issues and recommend fixes within Workday best practice.
• Support go-live and hypercare phases, including data validation and cutover planning.
• Mentor junior consultants and contribute to Albida's delivery methodology.

Skills

Workday Absence Management

Workday Time Tracking

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder communication

UAT facilitation

Solution design

Mentoring junior consultants

Education

Workday Pro Certification in Absence Management/Time Tracking

Job description

Albida Consulting Ltd in South Africa is seeking a Workday Absence and Time Tracking Consultant to lead configuration, design, and delivery for clients implementing these modules. You will collaborate with HR, payroll, and operations leaders to translate business requirements into effective Workday solutions, drive workshops and UAT, and mentor junior consultants.

You will work across multiple client engagements, delivering robust configurations, integration design, and test scripts while