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Prudential Financial · 2 hours ago

Lead, Platform Engineer- Workday

Newark, NJ

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$138K/yr - $206K/yr

4+ years exp

Prudential Financial is a leading financial services institution seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to join their Global Technology team. This role involves managing Workday application configurations, ensuring alignment with corporate policies, and collaborating with various teams to enhance business processes and technology integration.

Asset ManagementFinanceFinancial ExchangesFinancial ServicesHealth CareInsuranceRetirement

Hiring Manager

Imani McClendon

Responsibilities

Take ownership of end-to-end configuration administration within Workday

Ensure business processes are efficient, compliant, and aligned with the organization's objectives

Offer expert advice and consultancy to HR as needed

Oversee the review and approval of requests and changes

Create, document, and maintain proper SOX and/or internal controls

Work collaboratively with internal project teams and external partner resources

Evaluate the feasibility of configuration changes and their impact on HR business processes or integrations

Develop and execute test plans based on business requirements, tracking defects and fixes, and managing issues to resolution

Participate in weekly meetings with project teams, leading design discussions and best practice sharing

Regularly update the project plan and risk/issues logs

Ensure consistent and clear communication among all project stakeholders

Address incident tickets and change requests in line with change management, change control, and incident management policies, protocols, and SLAs

Qualification

Workday configurationWorkday HCMWorkday PayrollWorkday ReportingAgilityCommunication skillsCollaborationAdaptability

Required

A Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field

Over 4 years of professional Workday configuration experience

Experience with Workday Payroll, Time, Reporting, Learning, or other Workday modules is advantageous

A results-oriented mindset with strong independence, collaboration, agility, and adaptability

Demonstrated success in service delivery, enhancing customer experience, optimizing processes, and leveraging new technology solutions

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present complex ideas clearly and concisely to both technical and non-technical audiences

Ability to organize tasks, effectively respond, and prioritize assignments

Experience working on highly cross-functional, geographically distributed project teams

Capability to collaborate with project team members at all levels

Benefits

Market competitive base salaries, with a yearly bonus potential at every level.

Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO), and leave of absences, such as parental and military leave.

401(k) plan with company match (up to 4%).

Company-funded pension plan.

Wellness Programs including up to $1,600 a year for reimbursement of items purchased to support personal wellbeing needs.

Work/Life Resources to help support topics such as parenting, housing, senior care, finances, pets, legal matters, education, emotional and mental health, and career development.

Education Benefit to help finance traditional college enrollment toward obtaining an approved degree and many accredited certificate programs.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Shares can be purchased at 85% of the lower of two prices (Beginning or End of the purchase period), after one year of service.

Company

Prudential Financial

Prudential Financial specializes in the fields of investment management, life insurance, and retirement benefits. It is a sub-organization of Prudential Financial.

Founded in 1875

Newark, New Jersey, USA

10001+ employees