Kainos · 1 month ago
Workday Time Tracking & Absence Consultant
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
2+ years expKainos is a problem-solving and innovative company focused on creating real impact through digital services and Workday solutions. As a Workday Time Tracking & Absence Consultant, you will implement and configure Workday solutions for clients, lead project workstreams, and provide guidance to customers while supporting junior team members.
ConsultingFinancial ServicesHealth CareInformation TechnologySoftware
Responsibilities
Implement and configure enterprise-scale Workday solutions for our global customer base
Lead a project workstream
Build relationships with our customers
Shape and deliver solutions that are aligned to customer needs, fit for purpose, and commercially viable
Provide excellent guidance to customers, understanding their business and requirements
Support more junior members of the team and share your knowledge with them
Able to lead a functional workstream on a prime implementation throughout the full project lifecycle
Willing and able to act as a role model within the capability and mentor and/or line manage more junior consultants
Willing and able to support the sales process including the production of estimates for the delivery of work packages
Able to implement improvements in tools and/or processes to help the practice
Able to rotate through various Workday delivery services, specifically Consulting and Application Management Services
Able, if required, to travel to customer sites in the same region
Agreeing, setting and reviewing your and your team’s goals aligned to Kainos, Workday BU and your Capability
Providing support so that your and your team’s goals can be achieved
Reviewing and refining goals for relevance and to keep performance on track
Reviewing performance against goals and provide feedback
Conducting 1:1 monthly and/or project completion feedback meetings
Requesting and providing regular feedback in Workday
Completing End of Year reviews and agreeing the outcomes for the year
Identifying training to support your and your team’s development
Pursuing and supporting your and your team members’ career paths and progression
Reviewing weekly workload forecasting (staff allocations and timesheet checks) and utilization
Actively being involved in recruitment/interviews
Reviewing attrition and retention metrics
Qualification
Required
At least 2-3 years of Workday Time Tracking and Absence implementation experience
At least 2 years of Workday Time Tracking and Absence configuration experience in the last 3 years
Certification in Workday Time Tracking and Absence
Strong understanding of Workday products either Time Tracking or Absence as well as any other specialist Capability
Excellent customer focus, able to assess customer needs, build relationships and manage customer expectations. You will know when to push back, when to escalate, and when to go above and beyond to satisfy a customer
Strong communicator, able to communicate with customers and colleagues with impact, credibility and empathy, including in a remote working situation. Sound ability to formally present to senior Client audiences
Strong commercial awareness and full understanding of project and business dynamics
Broad business and technology understanding and a good awareness of industry trends in either Human Resource management, Financials or Enterprise Resource Planning or Payroll
Ability to work to tight deadlines and make sensible decisions under pressure taking a balanced view of Customer demands and Kainos commercials
Ability to widen and maintain a network of external contacts
Strong consulting skills e.g. presenting, leading workshops, demonstrating and explaining complex functionality or solutions to customers
Able to lead a functional workstream on a prime implementation throughout the full project lifecycle
Able to become an acknowledged subject matter expert e.g. Workday Product Lead
Willing and able to act as a role model within the capability and mentor and/or line manage more junior consultants
Willing and able to support the sales process including the production of estimates for the delivery of work packages
Able to implement improvements in tools and/or processes to help the practice
Commercial understanding of utilization within a services organization and the importance of these targets
Able to rotate through various Workday delivery services, specifically Consulting and Application Management Services
For Application Management Services, able to deliver work to meet defined Service Level Agreements
Able, if required, to travel to customer sites in the same region (minimal out of region travel may also be required)
Preferred
Workday Time Tracking and Absence Management Certification required
Previous Workday Your Way, Launch or Launch Express experience
Prior experience with Kronos, ADP or other software is a plus
Professional qualifications in your area of expertise
Experience in post deployment services
Company
Kainos
Kainos provides digital services, software solutions, and IT consulting to help organizations transform operations and customer.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2015-07-10IPO
1986-04-14Series Unknown
Leadership Team
Brendan Mooney
CEO
Richard McCann
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
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