Workday Data Senior Principal Consultant

Position Overview

• Location Type: [Not specified]
• Job Type: Full time
• Salary: $128,093 - $192,140 annually

The Workday Data Senior Principal Consultant will "bridge the gap" between business and technical teams by solving complex Workday intersystem problems. They will guide clients through the transformation, implementation, and operation phases of a Workday implementation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Must be certified in Workday
• 4+ years of Workday functional implementation experience required
• 5 years Human Resources, Payroll, Student or Financial software experience required
• Experience with data conversion, data mining, and data loading
• Demonstrated functional experience in Human Resources, Payroll, Student or Financials Management
• Willingness to travel on-site if needed

Responsibilities

• Be a Workday product expert with knowledge of design, configuration, testing and implementation.
• Reinforce company policies and procedures to others.
• Drive and make decisions regarding tactical direction of project workstreams.
• Identify dependencies and support interplay between different workstreams within a project.
• Lead, mentor, and oversee the work of other Consultants within their projects.
• Design and generate data tracking and monitoring tools, and develop reports with accurate, easy to read, useful information.
• Identify strategies, risks, and options, recommend approaches and mitigations to meet client requirements.
• Coordinate and lead cross-functional discussions related to the execution of a Workday tenant build.
• Use technical aptitude to map data sources into Workday using Workday delivered and Cognizant built tools for the data conversion process.
• Guide clients through the data extract and cleansing process.
• Load customer data, migrate configuration from tenant to tenant, identify risks and issues to the overall conversion process, troubleshoot load issues, and document issues.
• Create scripts to transform and load data and create strategies to improve and normalize client data.
• Lead the validation of data loaded into Workday. Work with the customer to ensure they understand the data validation process.
• Regularly engage and support the client through all phases of the project, ensuring a smooth transfer from legacy systems to the Workday solutions.
• Perform multiple tasks under limited direction, while regularly keeping the client, project team, and Engagement Manager abreast of changes or progress related to the project.
• Take a leadership position on a project.
• Use technical aptitude to convert and map data sources into data conversion templates via all Workday load methods.
• Act as a mentor to fellow consultants and analysts, including providing support for shadow assignments.
• Actively participate in update training and internal opportunities to share one’s skills and learnings with others within the organization.
• Additional duties as assigned by manager.

Application Instructions

• Applications will be accepted until 08/26/2025

Company Information

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Salary and Other Compensation

• The annual salary for this position is between $128,093 - $192,140 depending on the experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
• This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.

Benefits

Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• 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

Disclaimer

The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.