Principal HCM Consultant, State & Local Government

About The Team

It's fun to work in a company where people truly believe in what they're doing. At Workday, we're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business of enterprise applications. We work hard, and we're serious about what we do. But we like to have a good time, too. In fact, we run our company with that principle in mind every day:
One of our core values is fun.

We are looking for a seasoned HR expert who will fill the role of a HCM Consultant on State and Local Government implementations. Preferred experience and ability to implement these functional areas:
Benefits, Talent, and/or Recruiting.

The HCM Consultant will be responsible for ensuring the successful implementation of Workday's Human Capital Management solution. The HCM Consultant will provide Workday product and implementation expertise to their engagements. They will work with their clients to understand their business requirements and help configure and test the Workday solution. The Consultant will take direction from and provide status to the Engagement Manager assigned to their project while working collaboratively with their project teammates.

• Elicit and document customer business requirements
• Configure the Workday solution to meet requirements
• Document solutions for the client to reference in the future
• Support the client and data conversion teams in converting legacy data into Workday
• Support the integration teams in helping to configure and test integrations between Workday and third party/custom solutions
• Assist the client in testing the Workday solution
• Transfer Workday system knowledge to the customer to ensure customer satisfaction in their production environment.
• Communicate regularly with the project engagement manager regarding forecasting hours, time reporting, projects risks, and mitigations.
• Mentor consultants who are new to the Benefits, Talent, and/or Recruiting functional areas.
• Participate in update training and other events that help share one's product skills with other consultants.
• Engage with other members of the State & Local Government consulting team to identify areas for improvement and lead internal initiatives.

Basic Qualifications:
Principal HCM Consultant (P5):

• 6+ years of experience implementing and configuring Workday HCM
• Previous experience (6+ years) with the operations and culture of State and Local Government (or similar) entities
• Multiple years (8+ years) of HR experience (employee relations, personnel/human resources, talent management, recruiting, etc.)
• 8+ years of experience with at least one of the following human resources areas:
• Talent development
• Learning
• Recruiting

Other

Qualifications:

• Self-motivator who does not hesitate to take initiative.
• Ability and comfort with managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Comfort with working on long term projects, lasting over 12 months.
• Experience in working with diverse communities, worker populations and businesses to understand common business practices, challenges and change impacts to proposed approaches.
• Proven track record of accomplishments in identifying efficiencies and opportunities
• Successes in completion of projects, activities and/or initiatives
• Demonstrated project management experience
• Comfortable in a lead role and talking to all levels of management.
• Open-minded and willingness to consider multiple thoughts that differ from their own.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Business analysis and requirements gathering abilities
• Passion for customer service
• Functional and technical experience
• Ability to learn technology quickly through instruction and self-training
• Experience with multiple HCM applications a plus
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience
• Comprehensive product knowledge, including a thorough understanding of product features, benefits, applications, and market positioning
• Strong industry knowledge is essential,…