Lead Workday HCM

We are seeking an experienced Workday HCM Consultant specializing in Absence Management, Time Tracking, and Payroll to support the configuration, implementation, integration, and optimization of Workday HCM solutions.

The ideal candidate will have strong functional knowledge of absence management, time-tracking processes, payroll structures, and regulatory compliance. This individual will collaborate with business stakeholders to translate HR and payroll requirements into effective system configurations, lead workshops and training sessions, and provide post-go-live support to ensure accurate time recording, leave management, and payroll processing.

Key Responsibilities

• Configure, implement, and support Workday Absence Management, Time Tracking, and Payroll modules.

• Design and optimize time-management processes to support accurate employee time recording, attendance, and approval workflows.

• Configure absence plans, leave types, eligibility rules, accruals, carryover rules, and absence-related business processes.

• Support payroll configuration, payroll structures, earnings, deductions, and related processing requirements.

• Ensure Workday configurations align with client policies, business requirements, and applicable regulatory requirements.

• Collaborate with HR, payroll, finance, and technical teams to gather requirements and deliver effective HCM solutions.

• Analyze existing business processes and recommend improvements to time tracking, leave administration, and payroll operations.

• Support integrations between Workday and payroll, time-management, and other enterprise systems.

• Lead client workshops, requirement-gathering sessions, configuration reviews, and functional demonstrations.

• Develop training materials and conduct end-user training to ensure effective use of Workday HCM modules.

• Provide post-go-live support, including data validation, issue investigation, troubleshooting, and configuration adjustments.

• Participate in functional testing, integration testing, user acceptance testing (UAT), and regression testing.

• Investigate and resolve system configuration issues, payroll discrepancies, time-entry errors, and absence-management problems.

• Maintain functional documentation, configuration workbooks, process flows, test scenarios, and user guides.

• Communicate complex HCM concepts clearly to technical teams, HR professionals, payroll specialists, and business users.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Workday HCM Absence Management and Time Tracking.

• Functional knowledge of Workday Payroll or experience supporting payroll-related processes and integrations.

• Understanding of time-tracking methodologies, attendance management, time-entry rules, and approval workflows.

• Experience configuring absence plans, leave eligibility, accruals, and absence business processes.

• Knowledge of payroll processing, earnings, deductions, and payroll data validation.

• Understanding of global payroll requirements and regional employment regulations, as applicable to the client.

• Experience gathering business requirements and translating them into Workday configurations.

• Experience supporting implementation, testing, deployment, and post-production activities.

• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.

• Excellent communication, presentation, workshop facilitation, and end-user training skills.

• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and explain complex functional concepts to diverse audiences.

Preferred Skills

• Workday certification in HCM, Absence Management, Time Tracking, or Payroll, as applicable.

• Experience with global or multi-country HCM and payroll implementations.

• Familiarity with Workday integrations, including EIBs, Core Connectors, or other integration technologies.

• Experience with data conversion, data validation, and reconciliation during implementation and post-go-live support.

• Knowledge of HR and payroll compliance requirements across multiple jurisdictions.

• Experience with Agile delivery methodologies and structured implementation approaches.

Key Competencies

• Workday HCM functional configuration

• Absence Management and leave administration

• Time Tracking and attendance processes

• Payroll configuration and processing support

• Regulatory compliance and policy alignment

• Functional testing and data validation

• Production support and issue resolution

• Client workshops and end-user training

• Stakeholder management and communication