Workday Principal Consultant Recruiting and Admissions at Collaborative Solutions, LLC

At Cognizant, we are passionate about customer satisfaction and strive to be collaborative with our clients and each other every step of the way.  Join our dedicated team of experienced Workday implementation professionals and become part of our dynamic, fast-paced, higher education transformation consulting practice.  We are currently seeking thought leaders in the Workday Student Recruiting and Admissions space to deliver superior results to our clients. Principal Consultants at this level will be expected to: 

Responsibilities:

• Execute the day-to-day activities of a Workday Student Recruiting and Admissions consultant

• Serve as a functional expert with deep knowledge of current functionality, design concepts, touchpoints with relevant functional areas and in consideration of future product direction

• Conduct sessions with customers to analyze business requirements, provide solutions to complex business problems, and transfer knowledge

• Develop solutions, reports, dashboards, and analytics to align with customer requirements

• Actively share product knowledge with others to grow our practice

• Support Workday Delivery Assurance Reviews to achieve design and build sign-off

• Identify strategies, risks, and options for recommending approaches towards meeting requirements for customers

• Provide subject matter expertise on Workday best practices

• Support business development activities such as identification, proposal development, and other pursuit activities

Skills & Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

• Experience developing Recruiting and Admissions specific reports on Workday

• Project leadership in support of overall direction and delivery of analytic solutions

• Experience gathering requirements, designing, prototyping, testing and deploying solutions to meet customer requirements

• Subject Matter Expertise in Recruiting and Admissions

• Passion for exceptional customer service

• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively manage customer expectations

• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, particularly Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

• Minimal travel required, but must be willing to travel on-site if needed

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Why choose Cognizant:

• Entrepreneurial environment that welcomes your ideas
• Opportunity to do great work
• Outreach programs that support communities and tap into your volunteer spirit
• Learning opportunities to help current needs and advancement
• Global operations, with opportunities in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific
• An abundance of Affinity groups to meet your needs

Cognizant Core Values:

• Start with a point of view: I apply my expertise to gain trust and to lead our clients forward.
• Seek data, build knowledge: I use facts to guide my actions and decisions.
• Always strive, never settle: I act with agility and creativity, determined to stay one step ahead.
• Work as one: I deliver solutions that draw upon the full power and scale of Cognizant.
• Create conditions for everyone to thrive: I include, enable, and invest in everyone around me.
• Do the right thing, the right way: I always make the ethical choice.