Description
We are looking for a Principal PATTS Consultant to ensure the successful implementation of the Workday Payroll/Absence/Time Tracking/Scheduling solution. The successful candidate will provide Workday product and implementation expertise to their engagements, working with clients to understand their business requirements and help configure and test the Workday solution.
Responsibilities:
- 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, project risks, and mitigations
- Work with Delivery Assurance to ensure compliance with agreed-upon checkpoints
- Help mentor new Consultants
- Find opportunities to position other service offerings
- Participate in update training and other events that help share your product skills with other consultants
Requirements:
- Experience (4+ years) with Payroll consulting, or 4+ years Payroll operational experience, preferably for public sector institutions
- Experience (4+ years) with Workday, SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, ADP or similar applications
- Experience (4+ years) with one or more of the following functional areas: Payroll, Time & Labor, Labor Costing, Labor Allocation, Payroll Accounting, HCM business process, Benefits, Absence Management, Compensation, Performance Management
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous experience with the operations and culture of State and Local Government entities strongly preferred
- Ability to travel up to 50% based on client and project needs, particularly for key implementation milestones
- Comfort with working on long-term projects, lasting over 12 months
- Ability and comfort with managing multiple projects simultaneously
- Open-minded and willingness to consider multiple thoughts that differ from your own
- Ability to learn technology quickly through instruction and self-training
- Comfortable in a lead role and talking to all levels of management
- Successes in completion of projects, activities and/or initiatives
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Business analysis and requirements gathering abilities
- Experience with multiple HCM applications a plus
- Proven solutions design skills, with the ability to analyze business challenges and develop effective solutions that leverage technology and optimize resources
- Exceptional relationship management skills, with a focus on building and maintaining strong relationships with clients, partners, and colleagues to foster collaboration, loyalty, and a positive work environment