Workday Principal Consultant (Continuous Value Services)

The CVS Principal Consultant will guide clients through the transformation, 
implementation and operation phases of a Workday implementation or project.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify strategies, risks, and options, recommend approaches and mitigations to meet client/functional requirements.

• Work alongside the other functional teams and vendors to configure and test to ensure no impact to their production environment.

• Perform multiple tasks under limited direction, while regularly keeping the client, your project team, and your Engagement Manager abreast of changes or progress related to the project.

• Become a Workday functional expert with deep knowledge of current functionality, design concepts, touch points with HCM, Payroll, FIN and future product direction.

• Act as a mentor to fellow consultants and analysts, including providing support for shadow assignments

• Drive the project or ticket by driving decisions and recommending best practices related to functionality.

• Actively participate in update training and internal opportunities to share one’s skills and learnings with others within the organization.

• Execute the day-to-day activities of Workday project or tickets for a variety of clients including process design, package implementation lifecycle support, and project reviews.

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

Skills and Requirements:

• Experience implementing enterprise management solutions (i.e.Workday, PeopleSoft, SAP, etc.)

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

• Subject Matter Expertise in the respective functional area.

• Passion for exceptional client service.

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

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

• Current Workday core certification or ability to acquire it within 28 days of offer

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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.