Workday Consultant

Overview:

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients throughout India and world-wide. The below client is a global software and cloud solutions provider that helps organizations buy, manage, and optimize their technology through both a marketplace and a comprehensive suite of services

Job Title: Workday Consultant

Location: Bangalore

Job Type: Full Time

Work Type: Onsite

Job Description:

Key Responsibilities

Workday Configuration & Optimisation

Provide hands-on configuration across:

• Core HCM
• Advanced Compensation
• Benefits
• Leave and Absence
• Talent modules (e.g. Talent Profiles, Performance, Career Development, Talent & Succession)
• Skills Cloud
• Design, configure, and deploy Workday solutions aligned to business, reward, and talent requirements.
• Configure business processes frameworks (BPFs), condition rules, eligibility rules, calculated fields, and validations.
• Ensure configurations are scalable, auditable, and aligned to Workday best practices.

Talent & Skills Cloud Configuration

• Configure and support Workday Talent Profiles, including skills, competencies, job profiles, and worker attributes.
• Support Skills Cloud enablement and optimisation, including:
• Skills inference and skill taxonomy alignment
• Integration of skills across job profiles, roles, and talent processes
• Configure and maintain Performance, Career Development, and Talent Review frameworks.
• Support Succession Planning configuration, including pools, readiness criteria, and talent data structures.
• Partner with HR and Talent stakeholders to ensure system design supports broader talent, mobility, and workforce planning strategies.

Compensation, Benefits & Absence

• Configure and maintain advanced compensation plans, including merit, bonus, allowances, and eligibility logic.
• Support compensation review cycles and reward-led changes.
• Configure leave and absence plans, accruals, and country-specific rules.
• Configure benefits plans, enrolment rules, eligibility, and life events.
• Support issue resolution related to absence balances, benefit eligibility, and compensation calculations.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Work closely with HR, Reward, Talent, HRIS, and Payroll stakeholders to gather and refine requirements.
• Translate business needs into effective Workday configurations and clearly explain design decisions and impacts.
• Act as a trusted Workday functional advisor, providing pragmatic guidance on system capabilities and constraints.

Testing, Deployment & Documentation

• Support unit testing, UAT, deployment, and post deployment validation.
• Assist with Workday Release impact assessments, regression testing, and remediation.
• Produce and maintain clear configuration documentation, process flows, and decision logs.

Required Experience & Skills

Essential

• Strong hands-on experience as a Workday Functional Consultant or Contractor.
• Proven configuration expertise across:
• Core HCM
• Advanced Compensation
• Benefits
• Leave and Absence
• Workday Talent modules
• Skills Cloud
• Solid understanding of Workday business process design, eligibility logic, calculated fields, and security concepts (functional level).
• Experience working in multi-country or global Workday environments.
• Able to operate independently, manage competing demands, and deliver quality configuration at pace.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage confidently with senior HR, Reward, and Talent stakeholders.

Desirable / Nice to Have

• Workday Pro certifications (HCM, Compensation, Talent, or Learning).
• Experience supporting:
• Annual compensation review cycles
• Talent reviews and succession planning cycles
• Skills-based workforce or career frameworks
• Experience in post-implementation optimisation or evolving Workday roadmaps.
• Exposure to payroll or benefits vendor integrations.
• Experience in regulated or compliance driven environments.
• Familiarity with using Jira as primary Project Management tool

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.