Workday Advanced Compensation Consultant (Contract Role)

Kognitiv Inc. is a fast growing, boutique consulting and technology firm focused in the Workday ecosystem. We provide services to customers across the entire Workday lifecycle - from pre-implementation to ongoing, post go live support. We have an innovative business model focused on providing customers the right support at the right time based on their unique business needs.

Our contractor partnerships are key in providing top support to our customers. We aim to build long term relationships with contractors in our network and provide consistent work opportunities across multiple clients. Contractors within the Kognitiv network have access to our resources and tools to ensure success on all client engagements.

Workday Advanced Compensation Senior Business Consultants work in partnership with clients and internal teams to ensure maximum value out of a client's Workday investment. The role is responsible for implementing Workday Post Production support initiatives across Workday HCM module(s), whether independently, as a team member, or in a leadership capacity. Senior Business Consultants drive high client satisfaction through building relationships with clients and delivering impeccable customer service.

Responsibilities

• Meet key performance indicators set for this role (ex: utilization target, service level agreements, customer satisfaction scores, etc).
• Gain an intermediate understanding of touch points, dependencies, and integration aspects across different Workday area(s).
• Implement and configure Workday Advanced Compensation solutions for a global customer base. Design, configure, test, and deploy business requirements across multiple Workday HCM module(s) while remaining flexible to clients' changing needs.
• Lead, consult, execute, and prioritize conflicting demands on medium to high complexity projects across multiple, concurrent clients without supervision for area(s) of expertise.
• Conduct working sessions with clients to gather, understand, and analyze business requirements. Assess actual client needs and propose recommendations and⁄or alternative solutions to meet client goals. Advise clients on best practices, recognize, and recommend process improvements, and implement system enhancements
• Contribute to the organization's knowledge management repository through formal and informal avenues (ex: Q&A, documented deliverables, facilitation of Workday knowledge sharing sessions, regularly posting best practices, etc).
• Perform research on problems, identify the true cause, and present/implement corrective measures to the client. Seek opinions and feedback on alternative solutions from team members to solve client needs.
• Strive to innovate and suggest new approaches to deploy Workday efficiently and effectively.
• Act as a mentor and coach for less experienced team members.
• Manage the project scope, quality, and timeline for area(s) of expertise. Provide guidance, instruction, direction, and coaching to team members. Review team members' work as necessary to ensure quality.
• Frequently discusses, and can articulate to clients, lessons learned from previous client experience, Workday best practices, as well as Kognitiv's point of view. Ensure customers understand and take advantage of Kognitiv and Workday best practices.
• Demonstrate Kognitiv's core value, "act like an owner", in all aspects of work.

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of Workday Core HCM, Advanced Compensation, Security and Reporting.
• Willingness and ability to mentor and⁄or manage other consultants.
• Ability to lead medium to large projects (acquisition, phase X, etc) for the full project lifecycle in areas(s) of expertise– from initial scoping/planning, discovery, design, testing, and go live.
• Ability to prioritize and organize work to ensure overall timeliness and quality standards with no supervision. Ability to effectively manage against timelines, deadlines, and goals.
• 4+ years' experience leading and deploying Workday Advanced Compensation implementations, supporting Workday Post Production / AMS Services, or as a client of Workday.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and to adapt to frequent change.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with customers and colleagues in a remote working environment.
• Strong consulting skills and a proven ability to influence a wide variety of audiences. Proven consultative skills to guide client and internal discussions to agreement of solutions in a timely manner.
• Ability to meet travel requirements (<5% a year).
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills required.
• Ability to be effectively and actively engaged on multiple, parallel projects of all sizes in both supporting and leadership roles.
• Demonstrated commitment and achievement to delivery excellence and client satisfaction; strong client focus with the ability to understand client needs and build relationships.

Kognitiv is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. Kognitiv will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of the law, including any applicable fair chance law.
Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with Kognitiv (i.e., H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant status).
Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Kognitiv or an affiliated Kognitiv business may not be eligible for consideration.