Workday Functional Consultant
Sunnyvale, CA - USA
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Workday Functional Consultant with strong expertise in Workday HCM business processes and functional configuration along with exposure to Workday integrations. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in configuring Workday modules gathering business requirements supporting HR processes and developing basic integrations using Workday Studio EIBs and Core Connectors.
This role is primarily functional (70%) with 30% integration responsibilities working closely with HR IT and business stakeholders to deliver scalable and secure Workday solutions.
- Configure and support Workday HCM modules based on business requirements.
- Analyze document and translate business requirements into Workday functional solutions.
- Configure business processes security roles organizations supervisory structures and tenant settings.
- Support Workday functional enhancements releases and change requests.
- Collaborate with HR Payroll Benefits and Talent teams to optimize Workday processes.
- Design develop and maintain Workday integrations using Workday Studio EIBs Core Connectors and Workday Web Services (SOAP/REST).
- Build inbound and outbound integrations between Workday and third-party applications.
- Perform data transformation using XML XSLT CSV and JSON.
- Develop integration mappings and support interface troubleshooting.
- Perform unit system and user acceptance testing (UAT).
- Troubleshoot functional and integration issues and provide timely resolutions.
- Monitor integration performance and optimize existing interfaces.
- Support Workday production issues and participate in release activities.
- Configure and maintain Workday security roles and permissions.
- Ensure integrations comply with security governance and data privacy standards.
- Support audit requests and maintain documentation for compliance purposes.
- Prepare Functional Design Documents (FDD) Integration Design Documents (IDD) and technical documentation.
- Work closely with HR IT vendors and cross-functional teams to deliver Workday solutions.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies and change management activities.
- Workday HCM
- Business Process Configuration
- Workday Security
- Organizations & Supervisory Structures
- Functional Requirement Gathering
- Tenant Configuration
- Functional Testing (SIT/UAT)
- Workday Studio
- Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB)
- Core Connectors
- Workday Web Services (SOAP/REST)
- Workday Integration Cloud
- XML
- XSLT
- JSON
- CSV
- REST APIs
- SOAP APIs
- Integration Testing
- Troubleshooting
- Performance Optimization
- Functional Design Documents (FDD)
- Integration Design Documents (IDD)
- Technical Documentation
- Process Documentation
- Workday HCM Certification
- Workday Integration Certification
- Experience with Payroll Benefits Talent or Recruiting modules
- Exposure to CI/CD and integration deployment
- Agile/Scrum methodology experience
- 4-6 years of Workday functional consulting experience.
- Strong experience in Workday HCM configuration and business process management.
- Hands-on experience with Workday Studio EIBs Core Connectors and Workday Web Services.
- Experience working with XML XSLT JSON and CSV data transformations.
- Strong troubleshooting analytical and communication skills.
- Experience collaborating with HR IT and external vendors.