Technical Consultant

Job Overview

The Sr Technical Consultant, HR IT role will be the delivery partner with HR Operations and HR IT staff. This partnership will enable the HR function to achieve its goals of completing a recent migration from Kronos to Workday. This will require knowledge and experience with typical business process operations to identify workable solutions and opportunities for improvement specifically related to Workday Timekeeping, Absence, and Scheduling configuration and functionality.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with HR Product Owner and IT Technical team to identify, assess, and solve complex business and technical problems related to core Workday Timekeeping, Absence and Scheduling configuration and functionality.
• Integrate input from multiple channels, including customer research, industry research/best practices and stakeholder requirements, into product priorities and requirements.
• Ensure overall design is in line with our global model, existing business rules, and is properly integrated with other applications/process.
• Design, build, launch, and assess solutions employing Lean principles.
• Collaborate with in-house application teams and third-party service providers to build knowledge and resolve incidents.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues with minimal supervision.
• Communicate status, solutions, and concerns. Disseminate information in a timely manner within the team.
  
  

Qualifications

• Management of stakeholders and their expectations.
• Ability to work with cross-functional matrixed teams to deliver on a common goal.
• Interpersonal skills and development of relationships with team members, peers, leaders, and customers.
• Ability to work collaboratively with a variety of business, data science and technical stakeholders.
• Strong working knowledge of lean product principles and software development lifecycle
• Foundational project management skills (projects involving internal and external stakeholders) with ability to meet tight deadlines and prioritize workloads.
• Ability to work in a culture that thrives on feedback and seeks opportunities to stretch outside your comfort zone, with bias for action and completion.
• Strong communication skills – written and verbal.
• Must be process oriented and able to define and implement new processes and standards.
• Sharp analytical and critical thinking skills with attention to details and ability to make tough decisions.
• Creative and innovative thinker.
• Experience in driving multicultural virtual teams across various time zones.
  
  

Education And Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related fields
• 8 years of IT experience, with a focus on multiple areas
• 5 years of experience in Global Workday HR implementation projects
• 3 years of experience in Workday US Payroll
• Experience with at least one end-to-end Workday Timekeeping, Absence, and Scheduling deployment, with preference for Static Scheduling knowledge
• Proficiency in Workday reporting
• Workday Configurations certification preferred.
  
  

Top 3-5 Must Have Non-negotiable Skills Required

• Configuration and functional knowledge of the following Workday modules:
• Scheduling
• Timekeeping
• Absence
  
  

Is a bachelor’s degree Required? Yes

How many years of recent experience does this person need to have?

• 8 years of IT experience, with a focus on multiple areas
• 5 years of experience in Global Workday HR implementation projects
• 3 years of experience in Workday US Payroll
  
  

Nice To Have Skills

• Experience with at least one end-to-end Workday Timekeeping, Absence, and Scheduling deployment, with preference for Static Scheduling knowledge
• Proficiency in Workday reporting
• Workday Configurations certification is preferred.
  
  

Additional Info

At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet . We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories . Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra. We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way.

We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years !

FastTek Global is a financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused , operating in nearly half of the states in the U.S., Europe and India.

We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest . Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.

Benefits

Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include:

• Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match
  
  

Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.

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