Workday Specialist

About the Role

• As part of the Infosys consulting team, your primary role would be to get to the heart of customer issues, diagnose problem areas, design innovative solutions, and facilitate deployment resulting in client delight.
• You will develop a proposal by owning parts of the proposal document and by giving inputs in solution design based on areas of expertise.
• You will plan the activities of configuration, configure the product as per the design, conduct conference room pilots, and assist in resolving any queries related to requirements and solution design.
• You will conduct solution/product demonstrations, POC/Proof of Technology workshops, and prepare effort estimates that suit the customer budgetary requirements and are in line with the organization’s financial guidelines.
• Actively lead small projects and contribute to unit-level and organizational initiatives with the objective of providing high-quality, value-adding solutions to customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Configure, maintain, and optimize Workday Absence, Time Tracking, and Scheduling modules, ensuring alignment with organizational policies and regional compliance requirements.
• Set up and maintain absence plans, time entry codes, accruals, eligibility rules, work schedules, and calendar configurations.
• Serve as the subject matter expert (SME) and system administrator for Workday Adaptive Planning.
• Configure and maintain models, dimensions, accounts, and levels to support financial and workforce planning processes.
• Configure and maintain Workday Core Compensation and Advanced Compensation modules, including compensation plans, grade structures, merit matrices, and bonus plans.
• Manage the setup and administration of compensation cycles (e.g., annual merit, bonus, stock grants).
• Configure and maintain the Workday Talent and Performance modules, including goal setting, feedback, check-ins, calibration, and performance review templates.
• Support configuration and rollout of succession planning, career development plans, individual development plans, competencies, skills, and talent assessments.

Key Responsibilities (Integrations)

• Design, build, and maintain Workday integrations using tools such as Workday Studio, EIB (Enterprise Interface Builder), Core Connectors, and Cloud Connect.
• Develop and support integrations for Payroll, Benefits, Finance, Recruiting, and other functional areas.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Workday Studio
• EIB (Enterprise Interface Builder)
• Core Connectors
• Cloud Connect
• Workday Absence
• Workday Time Tracking
• Workday Scheduling
• Workday Adaptive Planning
• Workday Core Compensation
• Workday Advanced Compensation
• Workday Talent and Performance

Qualifications

• Ability to work with clients to identify business challenges and contribute to client deliverables by refining, analyzing, and structuring relevant data.
• Awareness of latest technologies and trends.
• Logical thinking and problem-solving skills along with an ability to collaborate.
• Ability to assess current processes, identify improvement areas, and suggest technology solutions.
• One or two industry domain knowledge.