Sr Solutions Architect (Workday HCM, Time Tracking and Absence)
Job Description
Job DescriptionJob Title: Sr Solutions Architect (Workday HCM, Time Tracking and Absence)
Location: Peachtree Corners, GA - Hybrid
Duration: 06 Months
Primary Function of Position:
Client is seeking a Sr. Solutions Architect with deep expertise in Workday to support, enhance, and scale our global HR systems. This role focuses on designing and delivering effective, user-centered solutions in Workday
As a trusted partner to stakeholders across HR, IT, and the business, you'll drive improvements in workflows, employee data management, reporting, and system automation. You will serve as a key contributor to Workday roadmap initiatives, guiding both strategic projects and day-to-day system operations.
Key Responsibilities
• Act as a trusted advisor to HR, Payroll, IT and business leaders, lead the end-to-end solution architecture for Workday HCM, Time Tracking, and Absence modules
• Design cross-module integrations and ensure alignment between HCM, Payroll, Time Tracking, Absence, and downstream systems
• Assess current systems and utilization; identify and recommend improvements such as training, customization, and enhancements to maximize value and efficiency of the people reporting.
• Build and execute detailed implementation plans including discovery, design, QA/test, deploy and support leveraging agile methodologies. Develop detailed test plans, test scripts, and execute testing to deliver a thorough, bug free reporting solution.
• Ensure product in development matches the specified requirements by being the key point of liaison for all involved teams.
• Manage Workday releases and upgrades by performing thorough testing and validating reporting functionality.
• Responsible for identifying risks during product development as well as developing mitigation efforts to address data quality, as needed.
• Partner with IT to ensure system and data compliance with data security and privacy requirements.
• Provide on-going feedback to teams and peers across organizations and teams in order to help drive product adoption.
• Support technical troubleshooting and issues with vendors and technology partners.
• Collaborate with our internal employee support teams and project management teams on process documentation, communication and training.
• Partner with Finance and IT to provide documentation for internal and SOX control
Skills, Experience, Education & Training:
Minimum Qualifications:
• Minimum 12 years of experience with proven results in developing business requirements, deploying applicable technologies and business process re-engineering
• Minimum 10 years hands-on Workday configuration experience, including business processes, condition rules, custom fields, and security.
• Minimum 4 years developing and coaching technical or operational teams. May be required to supervise other analysts.
• Ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization including senior leadership.
• Proven track record in managing at least one full-cycle Workday Time Tracking and Absence implementation for global company
• Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems, Business, or related technical fields, or relevant experience
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with other technology such as AI for HR, content/knowledge and case management
• Experience with process development in the HR technology space or custom application development
• Solid experience in Scrum or similar Agile development methodology
• Comfortable operating in fast-changing environments and creating clarity out of ambiguity
• Management consulting experience
• Recent HR technology full life cycle implementation
• Process orientation and project management skills, experience with multiple project methodologies including Agile / iterative development
• Workday Certification and/or Lean Six Sigma certification
• Custom reports & calculated fields
• Ability to influence without positional power
• Experience with Product Development in the HR Technology space or custom application development.
• Familiarity with US and Global data privacy laws, GDPR and Sarbanes Oxley compliance.
• Strong customer orientation and superb communication skills, with ability to communicate clearly with both technical and functional audiences. Strong personal and technical social skills.
• Experience with global / international company with employee populations across Americas, Europe, and Asia
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Company DescriptionFounded in 2002 by three former Monster.com executives; TalentBurst is an award-winning full-service Staffing Firm working directly with Fortune 500 companies in the US and Canada. We specialize in Contract and Contract to Permanent roles across many industries and have direct/contractual relationships with all our clients. Please visit our website www.talentburst.com or come meet us at our offices in Natick, MA, Miami, FL, Christiansburg, VA, Vineland, NJ, Houston, TX & downtown San Francisco, CA
Company Description
Founded in 2002 by three former Monster.com executives; TalentBurst is an award-winning full-service Staffing Firm working directly with Fortune 500 companies in the US and Canada. We specialize in Contract and Contract to Permanent roles across many industries and have direct/contractual relationships with all our clients. Please visit our website www.talentburst.com or come meet us at our offices in Natick, MA, Miami, FL, Christiansburg, VA, Vineland, NJ, Houston, TX & downtown San Francisco, CA