Workday Recruiting Functional Consultant

Key Responsibilities

• System Configuration & Design:
• Design, configure, and maintain Workday Recruiting processes, including Job Requisitions, Candidate Management, Interview Scheduling, Offer Letter Generation, Background Checks, and Onboarding integration.
• Configure custom business processes (BPs), condition rules, notifications, and security groups within Workday Recruiting.
• Business Analysis & Requirements Gathering:
• Partner with HR Operations and Talent Acquisition teams to gather business requirements, document process flows, and recommend Workday best practices.
• Conduct gap analyses between current recruitment processes and standard Workday functionality.
• Testing & Deployment:
• Prepare test scenarios, test scripts, and lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for system updates, bi-annual Workday releases, and process changes.
• Manage end-to-end deployment activities and provide post-go-live hypercare support.
• Reporting & Analytics:
• Build and maintain standard/custom Workday reports, matrix reports, and dashboards related to recruiting metrics (e.g., Time to Hire, Cost per Hire, Source of Hire, Pipeline analytics).
• Integrations & Third-Party Vendors:
• Collaborate with technical teams to support integrations with third-party vendors (e.g., job boards, assessment tools, background check partners, e-signature tools).

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Experience:
• 7+ years of hands-on experience in Workday HCM implementation, configuration, and support, with a primary focus on Workday Recruiting.
• Proven experience executing full life-cycle implementations or major optimization projects for Workday Recruiting.
• Technical & Functional Knowledge:
• Deep knowledge of Workday Recruiting business processes, candidate portals, referral workflows, and security configuration.
• Strong skills in Workday Reporting (Custom Reports, Calculated Fields).
• Familiarity with Workday HCM Core fundamentals.