Senior Associate- Workday

Senior Associate - Workday Practice

What can you expect?

We are looking to hire a Senior Associate - Workday Practice Consultant in Digital Solutions, Career; India COE and expect the candidate to:

• Make a lasting impact on a fast-growing organization dedicated to excellence
• Align with global Career Digital organizations business & financial goals
• Lead Large Enterprise & Medium Enterprise global implementations across more than one functional area (HCM, Compensationss, DC)
• Manage workload for the project team, assist in all the phases of delivery lifecycle, collate and report status / impediments with the project team across functional areas
• Coordinate with the functional leads from other streams, people managers, project delivery teams (EM/PM and Clients) for project delivery
• Multi-task and engage on multiple projects & internal initiatives
• Provide leadership and key stakeholders with the information and venues to make effective, timely decisions
• Manage client relationships
• Provide leadership and key stakeholders with the information and venues to make effective, timely decisions

What is in it for you?

• Diverse and global teams across geographies
• Holidays (As Per the location)
• Shared Transport (Provided the address falls in service zone)
• Diversify your development experience and learn various designs and architectures

We will count on you for:

• Mentor and Coach consultants in the team leading Launch implementations
• Help develop / mentor / groom consultants in the team for leading projects
• Being flexible to work in multiple time zones, multiple teams
• Drive Ops excellence culture and lead transformational project(s) with clear visible and measurable impact
• Responsible for driving IP development, improvement initiatives, new tools / methodology and ensuring results with a confined focus on timelines and quality

What you need to have:

• Excellent Functional knowledge across CORE functional areas
• Led multiple Medium & Large global implementations
• Good technical exposure
• Excellent inter personal skills
• Excellent communications
• Adaptability to learn new skills
• Self-driven

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Review project health status for projects being led/delivered by different leads on the Deployment team responsible for
• Lead/Management - Manage workload for the Deployment team, assist team in all the phases of delivery lifecycle, collate and report status/impediments with the greater project team
• Responsible for coordination with Functional Directors, EM/PM, Clients, onsite leads and other functional stream leads as well for Project Planning & Delivery
• Participate in new talent recruitment and mentor junior team members on technical as well as non-technical/softer competencies
• Design Workday solution, prepare design & propose the Workday solution; handover to junior consultants for solution building
• Lead DA reviews
• Define the scope of the project in collaboration with required stakeholders, and manage the project/process to agreed plan
• Task estimation, prioritization, risk identification and tracking to closure within defined project timelines/plan
• Manage team development by ensuring that project tasks are in line with plan. Monthly connects with all team members using 1:1 meetings covering issues, R&R, skill matrix, track IDP progress
• Work with no supervision, provide constant feedback on project status and deadlines to all relevant stakeholders
• Manage requirements scope and architect the solution in discussion with various stakeholders. Escalate any issues as appropriate.
• Research and analyze existing business processes and evaluate alternative methods to recommend the most efficient and cost-effective solution for system design.
• Act as project lead and may direct the work of other developers/analysts, testers.
• Support UAT activities by providing input to test cases recommended for configuration changes
• Flexible working in different shifts/locations including on-call support
• Prepare retention strategies and control attrition in the team
• Work with recruitment teams to shortlist, interview and select staff with appropriate skills for project activities
• Takes timely, appropriate actions that address stakeholder needs/expectations
• Identify and manage issue resolution including escalation as needed
• Develop & manage communication plans with stakeholders aimed at improved collaboration

Knowledge and Skills:

• Experience in multiple HCM functional areas, including experience in defining how multiple HCM modules work together. Self-motivated and ability to learn quickly through individual research and self-training.
• Experience in the development and implementation of process and systems changes.
• Ability to absorb new technologies and features quickly.
• Ability to train users in a classroom setting
• Effective knowledge transfer skills in non-classroom environment. • Passion for customer service.
• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills. Ability to maintain a home office for remote work.