Sr Data Conversion Consultant Higher Education

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About the Team

We place great value on career growth learning and collaboration. Employees are our #1 value! We are an agile organisation constantly looking for ways to improve with a focus on the value we deliver to our customers. We work closely with people to acquire fast feedback and achieve the right outcomes.

A Senior Technical Consultant is a member of Workdays Global Professional Services organization dedicated to the implementation of our cloud-based software within the APAC Technical Services Organisation. We help customers make the most of the Workday platform!

The APAC Technical Services team is responsible for the Data Conversion Integration and Extend workstreams on Workday implementation projects. As a diverse group driven by a passion for the success of our customers we provide leadership and technical expertise to efficiently guide customers through their deployments. Its an exciting fast-paced and rewarding work environment!

About the Role

As a Senior Data Conversion Consultant you will play a key role in delivering successful Workday Student deployments by leading data conversion activities across the full project lifecycle. You will partner with customers project managers functional consultants and technical teams to define the conversion approach understand legacy student data support data mapping and transformation and load accurate high-quality data into Workday Student.

This role focuses on complex Student domain data including academic structures student records admissions curriculum programs of study enrollment academic history and student financials. You will help customers understand Workday Student data requirements assess data readiness identify quality risks resolve conversion challenges and support validation and reconciliation through mock loads testing cutover and production deployment.

Success in this role requires strong technical problem-solving skills practical data conversion experience and the ability to explain complex data topics clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. You will be expected to manage issues proactively communicate risks and recommendations and drive work to completion. As a senior consultant you may also contribute to delivery best practices reusable assets knowledge sharing and mentoring to support high-quality customer outcomes.

About You

We are looking for hardworking creative consultants who are passionate about what they do! You should excel at explaining complex concepts in simple terms and understanding customer procedures. You are curious about how things work and love solving puzzles.

You should be an innovative self-starter who can drive ideas from concept through implementation.

Basic Qualifications

• 6 years of data migration integration development report building or software development OR

• 6 years of experience with technical consulting requirements gathering or solution design OR

• 6 years of Human Resource Payroll Financials Supply Chain or Student domain experience

Other Qualifications

• Experience with Workday Student or higher education student information systems is strongly preferred.

• Experience in leading a Data Conversion workstream on a software implementation project.

• Proficiency with data tooling such as ETL tools SQL/MySQL XML Microsoft Excel stored procedures or similar technologies.

• Experience leading customer data requirements sessions or technical workshops.

• Participation in a minimum of 1 full life cycle software implementation

• Understanding of the complete software implementation lifecycle including data requirements gathering data mapping data transformation data migration data validation data reconciliation testing cutover and move to production.

• Experience using GitHub Python and/or Ruby

• Prior experience with Workday data conversion technologies such as iLoad EIB Advanced Load

• Experience with AI products prompt engineering and agent development

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