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Job Title: Workday HCM/Payroll Consultant
Duration/Terms: 3 months (with potential for extension)
Job Location: San Leandro CA Hybrid
Job Description:
The Client is in the process of implementing Workday HCM and Payroll as part of a major ERP modernization initiative. We are seeking a versatile Workday consultant with deep expertise in HCM business processes U.S. Payroll configuration and Workday security administration ideally with experience in the public sector.
This role will assist during the end-to-end and parallel testing phases provide troubleshooting support and help with security configuration and validation while also contributing to documentation and change readiness efforts.
Our client is seeking an expert-level Workday Implementation Consultant to support a multi-phase deployment in partnership with Cognizant covering both HR/Payroll and Financials. The HR/Payroll phase is scheduled to go live in February with the Financials phase following in September. This consultant will play a critical role in reviewing and validating configurations provided by Cognizant guiding internal teams through unit end-to-end and parallel testing cycles and helping troubleshoot issues during test execution. The internal team has struggled with testing particularly in identifying the root causes of failures so this person must be comfortable coaching and enabling team members to resolve issues effectively. Experience working with a Big 5 consulting partner is highly preferred as is strong Workday configuration knowledge. Familiarity with Cognizants test templates and the ability to help teams interpret and execute them is essential. Any hands-on experience with Workday Financials is a major plus.
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