Workday Consultant (Workday Payroll configurations

at Alight Solutions LLC in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Your candidacy is currently being considered for a requisition for an Alight Inc group company. As you may be aware, Alight has announced intent to divest its Payroll & Professional Services business to HIG Capital. After the transaction closes, this position will be aligned to the new Payroll & Professional Services owned by HIG Capital ('Divested Group'). By applying for this position which will be with the Divested Group company, you understand and agree to the information you submitted for your application with Alight being shared with the Divested Group company. In addition, if you are made an offer of employment, it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check consistent with the Divested Group company employment policies.

As a Workday Payroll Consultant a typical day to include the following:
Analyzes, defines and documents complex business requirements and processes relating to functional area of expertise.
Leads design and review existing or new functionality/configuration with technical and functional resources at all levels, including members of management.
Understands the scope and details of project plan and is able to identify and communicate the need for resources for tasks or assigned areas of responsibility.
Manages multiple, parallel projects/tasks using exceptional organizational and time management techniques to successfully complete tasks in a timely manner.
Manages Workday projects/tasks through the various lifecycle stages, from business need through design and delivery.
Provide guidance and thought leadership on how skillset and capability can help resolve client needs and actively participates in all phases of the Workday life cycle.
Monitors progress of tasks against plan, and reports status to leadership on project issues.
Establishes and maintains client relationships. Communicates client feedback to leadership as appropriate.
Suggests improvements and proactively addresses issues. Answers all inquiries by established deadlines.
Demonstrates knowledge relating to Workday functional area and participates in training and development initiatives to keep abreast of current trends and practices.
Contributes to knowledge management capital through activities such as sharing documented lessons learned, Q&A, documented deliverables, and regularly posting best practices and knowledge sharing information to the internal info sharing site.
Understands quality standards for own work and monitors and manages work of team members, providing feedback as appropriate.
Completes assigned tasks in prescribed timelines consistent with deliverables and asks for support and direction as appropriate.
Understands the scope and details of project plan and is able to identify and communicate the need for resources for tasks or assigned areas of responsibility.
May provide guidance, instruction, direction, and leadership to other team members.

Your Skills and Qualifications should reflect our values and will include:
3 to 5 plus years previous experience implementing Payroll systems. Such experience may include Workday, PeopleSoft, SAP, ADP, Oracle E-Business, Ultipro or other SaaS software solutions. Workday deployment experience preferred.
Previous consulting experience either as an internal consultant or with a consulting/software organization is preferred.
Possesses strong facilitation/presentation skills.
Experience in transforming business requirements into complex system configurations.
Ability to be effectively and actively engaged on multiple, parallel projects. Time management and organizational skills are required for success.
Demonstrates ability to prioritize conflicting demands with little supervision.
Demonstrates strong work ethics, setting an example for others.
Excellent oral and written communications skills.
Proficient to advanced MS Excel Skills to be used to transform data (advanced formulas).
Ability to travel up to 50%.
This opportunity does not offer sponsorship
Current Workday certification or Workday Pro Certification for Workday Payroll strongly preferred
Workday Certification is a requirement of the role. Candidates who are not certified will be considered for the role, but they will need to successfully pass Workday certification as well as on-going successful re-certification

Education:
Bachelor's degree in technical, business, or financial... For full info follow application link.

Alight Solutions provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, veteran, marital, parental, citizenship, or domestic partner status, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state or local law. Alight Solutions is committed to a diverse workforce and is an