Lead Workday HRIS Consultant

Primary Responsibilities

• Serve as a functional lead and subject matter expert for Workday and HR technology initiatives.
• Provide hands-on configuration, support, testing, and troubleshooting across multiple Workday modules.
• Lead system enhancements, releases, testing activities, and continuous improvement efforts.
• Mentor HRIS team members, providing guidance on solution design, configuration, and issue resolution.
• Partner with Payroll, Compensation, Benefits, HR, and Talent teams to deliver effective Workday solutions.
• Collaborate with technical teams on requirements, integrations, testing, and deployments.
• Support Workday releases, feature adoption, and production readiness activities.
• Perform impact assessments, root cause analysis, and configuration reviews.
• Develop documentation, testing materials, and knowledge-sharing resources.
• Recommend Workday best practices and opportunities for optimization.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of HRIS experience with strong Workday expertise.
• Experience supporting multiple Workday functional areas, including Compensation, Benefits, Time Tracking, Absence, Security, and Payroll.
• Strong understanding of Workday configuration, business processes, reporting, security, and testing methodologies.
• Experience building reports, dashboards, calculated fields, EIBs, and supporting data initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to partner across business and technical teams.
• Experience coaching and developing HRIS analysts.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.