Workday Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking Senior Principal Consultant–Global AMS (Application Managed Services)

Cognizant

94d • $128,093 - $192,140

About The Position

The Workday Payroll, Absence, Time Tracking Senior Principal Consultant – Global Application Managed Services (AMS) is a well experienced post-production professional who is dynamic, fast-paced, and familiar with the managed services construct. As a Workday Senior Principal Consultant (Payroll, Absence, Time Tracking), you will bring your functional skills, ability to keep the business context in sight, and roll-up-your-sleeves work ethic to a team with a positive, can-do attitude, a collaborative culture, and a passion for helping our clients to be successful.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree (preferably in Computer Science or Engineering) or equivalent experience.
• Certification in Workday Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking is required.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in Workday Payroll, Absence, & Time Tracking.
• Able to multitask and perform a variety of duties.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Willingness to go the extra mile to solve customer problems.
• Good Analytical skills with ability to solve complex incidents, provide suggestions/best practices.

Responsibilities

• Onshore functional lead who leads HCM workstream for the assigned set of accounts in the Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking track.
• Apply and execute various AMS & Implementation methodologies/activities in these AMS engagements.
• Collaboratively work with the GDC team on day-to-day activities, incidents, root cause analysis and other work requests.
• Provide on-call support and holiday coverage as required.
• Deep knowledge in SLA constructs and adherence.
• Coordinate with external and internal stakeholders to create high business impact.
• Contribute to the operational efficiency of the Workday practice.
• Proactively identify and develop reporting dashboards to improve Workday utilization, creating solutions that support metrics for HCM and the business at large.
• Work with clients to identify/resolve all issues that could impact project scope and/or timeframe.
• Maintain the Workday platform with a focus on reporting (including scheduled reports), business process maintenance, security administration, data loads and data audits.
• Ensure system design fits the needs of the user.
• Comfortable with leading multiple tasks and projects simultaneously, prioritize tasks effectively, and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Ensure team delivers the project deliverables on time and do consistent timely reminders with vendors and project team.
• Drive continual business processes improvements throughout the organization.
• Lead a team of Workday consultants across multiple engagements.

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees