Senior Specialist, Workday HCM Core

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KPMG is currently seeking a Senior Specialist, Workday HCM Core to join our Managed Services practice.

Responsibilities:

• Execution of the day-to-day activities of Workday managed services engagements for a variety of post-production clients including enhancement and optimization initiatives, break/fix support, release management, new feature deployments, process improvement and road mapping activities
• Ensure client satisfaction and timely delivery and collaborate with clients to strategize and drive goals forward post-production.
• Support cross functional teams to resolve issues and deliver solutions. Lead the analysis, design, configuration, and delivery of the Workday solution.
• Coordinate work handoffs with offshore team including traceability of client updates and work in progress. Act as point of contact for client to discuss support needs during US business hours.
• Act as functional subject matter expert during sales and proposal activities as well as on KPMG Value Optimizations, assessing tenant to identify optimization opportunities for clients to realize value out of Workday investment.
• Mentor and upskill junior resources both onshore and offshore
  
  

Qualifications:

• A minimum three years of recent client facing experience in area of Workday Human Capital Management. Experience should include support of Workday clients for a managed services organization and/or participation in at least one full-scale implementation of Workday HCM including security domain, policy, role and group design.
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university; MBA or MIS from an accredited college/university is preferred
• Required Workday certification/skills in Core HCM. Please note that any candidate hired by KPMG into this position that doesn't currently hold the aforementioned certification will be required to secure them within three months from the commencement of employment
• Preferred additional Workday certification/skills in at least one of the following: Core Compensation, Advanced Compensation, Talent & Performance, Advanced Reporting, Learning, People Experience
• Understanding of ITIL framework, ITSM and service desk management with strong verbal and written communication skills
• Experience in process reengineering, designing and implementing business performance management applications including budgeting, forecasting, planning, consolidation, and reporting
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa)
  
  

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