Workday Federal – Benefits Lead

Job Family

SAAS/PAAS/Cloud Consulting

Up to 50%

Ability to Obtain Public Trust

• As part of our Workday Practice, you’ll be working with an energized team of advisory professionals who deliver more than just technology.
• From initial assessments to entire transformations, you’ll deliver Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, equipping organizations with best-in-class enterprise solutions to support our clients’ mission and enable transformative growth.
• As a Workday Benefits Lead, you will oversee and ultimately be responsible for the successful implementation of the Workday Benefits solutions by providing Workday product and implementation expertise.
• You will work with our clients to understand their business and lead them through a technological transformation to harness the power of Workday.
• As a Workday Benefits Lead, your project assignments and development activities may include:
• Participating and leading in all stages of the GH+ Workday Methodology for implementing Workday Benefits performing the following on client engagements:
• Gathering, documenting, and identifying variances in industry-leading practices for client business requirements
• Configuring Workday to meet requirements
• Documenting solutions for the client to reference in the future
• Supporting the client and data conversion teams in converting legacy data into Workday
• Supporting the integration teams in helping to configure and test integrations between Workday and third-party/custom solutions
• Assisting the client in testing the Workday solution
• Transferring Workday system knowledge to the client to enable self-sufficiency and sustainability
• Communicating regularly with the project manager regarding forecasting hours, time reporting, project risks, and mitigations
• Working with Workday Delivery Assurance to ensure compliance with checkpoints
• Advising clients on industry standards and leading practices
• Recognizing business process inefficiencies and providing recommendations for improvements
• Leading junior consultants and ensuring work quality
• While delivering on client projects, the Workday Benefits Lead will take an active role in growing the capabilities of the Guidehouse Workday practice by leading the following:
• Growing your knowledge and skills as a subject matter expert in the Benefits pillar of Workday
• Providing guidance, instruction, and coaching to your peers who are new to Workday consulting
• Participating in proposal responses and business development activities to grow the Guidehouse Workday Practice
• Managing two or more junior or experienced Benefits consultants
• Creating workforce and staffing plans for specific job area
• Sets employee performance objectives, conducts performance reviews, makes recommendations on pay actions, and other personnel actions
• Sets priorities for the team to ensure task completion, coordinates work activities with other supervisors or managers

• US Citizenship and must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD Public Trust security clearance; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of clearance prior to onboarding with Guidehouse
• A Bachelor’s degree with a MINIMUM of FIVE (5) years of consulting or industry experience delivering Workday or other ERP solutions; OR a Master’s degree with a MINIMUM of THREE (3) years of consulting or industry experience delivering Workday or other ERP solutions. Years of experience can be substituted for a degree, such as NO degree with a MINIMUM of NINE (9) years of consulting or industry experience delivering Workday or other ERP solutions
• Current holder of the following Workday
  
  Certifications:
  
  Benefits, etc
• Experience with the execution of projects within a structured agile methodology
  
  Ability to translate business requirements into system requirements
• 50% travel balanced with a work from home and/or Guidehouse office, consultants may provide on-site support for key milestones as needed

• Solid knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, focused on Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and Power Point
• Strong written and oral communication skills (RFP responses, white papers, etc.) and…