Workday HCM Certified Consultant

Workday Consultant, Cognizant Consulting

Enterprise Process, Human capital management

ABOUT US

Cognizant is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant, a member of the NASDAQ-100, is ranked 195 on the Fortune 500 and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com.

COGNIZANT CONSULTING

Within Cognizant is Cognizant Consulting, a global consulting organization delivering strategic and domain consulting through industry and technology expertise. With over 6,000 consultants worldwide, Cognizant offers high-value consulting services that improve business performance and operational productivity, lower operational expenses and enhance overall performance. Clients draw upon our deep industry expertise, program and change management capabilities, and analytical objectivity to help improve business productivity, drive technology-enabled business transformation and increase shareholder value. We provide a number of Business/IT Consulting Services including Business Strategy, IT Strategy & Roadmap Development, Process Re-Engineering & Transformation, Enterprise Architecture & Technology Selection, and Domain Solutions. The Cognizant Consulting team is a high performing organization that is continually expanding our client base and increasingly being recommended by analysts such as Forrester and Gartner. And we’re growing

The Role

Our Enterprise process, Human capital management group is looking for a Workday HCM Consultant to join our journey. We’re looking for someone who has solid understanding of Workday (Workday Time Tracking Certification, OR Workday Absence Certification).

We’re looking for Consultants who can deliver within Cognizant’s Five Pillars of Consulting: 1) Project Execution, 2) Expertise, 3) Business Development, 4) Practice Development, & 5) People Development. As a Consultant, this means creating high-quality client deliverables and taking ownership (with supervision) of producing client content and meeting client expectations; developing an expertise in your functional area, including obtaining certifications; contributing to Client Satisfaction and/or RFPs; supporting leadership and contributing to content development for service offerings; and participating in PeopleCare initiatives and exhibiting personal leadership at all times. In addition to enabling consulting excellence through the Five Pillars of Consulting, the specific requirements for this position are below.

Our solutions are in demand and we’re passionate about making a difference. If you have experience with the above, are a selfless leader, and are committed to client-facing environment; if you want to grow your career with a team that wants to build something great together, we want to hear from you Apply now

Responsibilities

• Exercise responsibility for one or more components of a consulting engagement
• Support or drive data-driven identification and analysis of solution requirement
• Conduct workshops with clients to elicit requirements as the basis for creating business requirements documents and user stories
• Monitor solution quality compliance to standards and conduct or facilitate structured solution walkthroughs
• Conduct user acceptance testing and issue tracking / resolution
• Support solution change or enhancement requests
• Prepare and deliver solution training workshops and collateral for clients
• Perform other project tasks as needed, such as competitive research, storyline development, and report preparation (e.g., acceptance, QA).
• These associates develop a profound understanding of the Cognizant way, productive project collaboration skills and practice deliverables, collegial support and information-sharing practices, and exquisite client sensibilities.

Qualifications

• 9+ years working in technology, consulting, professional services, or solution development within Workday
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant business or technical discipline; work-in-progress on a Masters or MBA
• Broad understanding of core business processes, technology challenges, and technical/business solutions associated with an industry
• Certifications in Workday HCM / Talent Management
• Experience implementing Workday Talent Management configurations for customers of all sizes, of increasing complexity levels
• Experience in gathering requirements, design, prototype, and testing of Workday Time Tracking and Absence solutions according to customer requirements
• Passion for exceptional customer service and customer collaboration
• Ability to manage multiple projects and initiatives simultaneously for the client, for Cognizant
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral
• Ability to interact and collaborate effectively with clients and co-workers in a positive manner that engenders confidence and trust
• Good problem solver with ability to consider alternative and diverse perspectives customer expectations

Work Authorization

• Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship (H-1B, L-1B, L-1A, etc.)