Workday Configuration Consultant

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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

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: 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.