Principal HCM Consultant, State & Local Government

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About the Team

About the Role

We are looking for a seasoned HR expert who will fill the role of a HCM Consultant on State and Local Government implementations. Preferred experience and ability to implement these functional areas: Benefits Talent and/or Recruiting.

The HCM Consultant will be responsible for ensuring the successful implementation of Workdays Human Capital Management solution. The HCM Consultant will provide Workday product and implementation expertise to their engagements. They will work with their clients to understand their business requirements and help configure and test the Workday solution. The Consultant will take direction from and provide status to the Engagement Manager assigned to their project while working collaboratively with their project teammates.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

• Become an expert in the Workday HCM product suite focusing on the Benefits Talent and/or Recruiting functional areas.

• Understand Workdays Implementation Methodology and use it on all engagements

• Perform the following on a customer engagement:

  • Elicit and document customer business requirements

  • Configure the Workday solution to meet requirements

  • Document solutions for the client to reference in the future

  • Support the client and data conversion teams in converting legacy data into Workday

  • Support the integration teams in helping to configure and test integrations between Workday and third party/custom solutions

  • Assist the client in testing the Workday solution

  • Transfer Workday system knowledge to the customer to ensure customer satisfaction in their production environment.

  • Communicate regularly with the project engagement manager regarding forecasting hours time reporting projects risks and mitigations.

• Mentor consultants who are new to the Benefits Talent and/or Recruiting functional areas.

• Participate in update training and other events that help share ones product skills with other consultants.

• Engage with other members of the State & Local Government consulting team to identify areas for improvement and lead internal initiatives.

About You

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The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidates compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including but not limited to geography experience skills job duties and business need among other things. For more information regarding Workdays comprehensive benefits please click here.

Additional Considerations:

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