Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Collaborative Solutions, LLC is seeking a Workday Payroll Principal Consultant for their Continuous Value Services team. This role is ideal for problem solvers who prioritize customer satisfaction and manage competing priorities in post-production support with Workday Payroll.
Responsibilities
- Identify strategies, risks, and options while recommending approaches and mitigations to meet client/functional requirements
- Work alongside the other functional teams and vendors to configure and test to ensure no impact to their production environment
- Perform multiple tasks under limited direction, while regularly keeping the client, your project team, and your Engagement Manager abreast of changes or progress related to the project
- Become a Workday Payroll functional expert with deep knowledge of current functionality, design concepts, and touch points across HCM, Finance, Time Tracking, Absence, Integrations, and future product direction
- Act as a mentor to fellow consultants and analysts, including providing support for shadow assignments
- Drive the project or ticket by driving decisions and recommending best practices related to functionality
- Meet utilization goals and contribute to the post-production internal initiatives to help drive client success and efficiencies
- Actively participate in update training and internal opportunities to share one’s skills and learnings with others within the organization
- Execute the day-to-day activities of Workday project or tickets for a variety of clients including process design, package implementation lifecycle support, and project reviews
- Support business development activities such as identification, proposal development, and other pursuit activities
- Additional duties as assigned by manager
Skills
- 2+ years Workday experience in an implementation or post-production environment support capacity
- Experience gathering requirements, designing, prototyping, testing, and deploying solutions to meet client requirements
- Subject Matter Expertise in Payroll
- Proactive problem-solving abilities with the capability to identify issues, analyze options, and implement effective solutions
- Passion for exceptional client service
- Proven experience managing multiple clients simultaneously, balancing competing priorities, and delivering consistent results
- Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively manage client expectations and clearly convey complex information to clients and team members
- Commitment to staying current with Workday updates, trends, and best practices through ongoing training and development
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
- Minimal travel required, but must be willing to travel on-site if needed
- Current Workday certification in Workday Payroll highly preferred or prior Workday experience in Payroll
- Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) or Fundamental Payroll Professional (FPP) Certification Preferred
Benefits
- Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program , based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.
- Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
- Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
- 401(k) plan and contributions
- Long-term/Short-term Disability
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Company Overview
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