Kainos · 1 day ago
Workday Time Tracking & Absence Senior Lead Consultant
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
2+ years expKainos is a company focused on creating real impact through innovation and collaboration. They are seeking a Workday Time Tracking & Absence Senior Lead Consultant to implement and configure Workday solutions for global customers, while also mentoring junior team members and building strong customer relationships.
ConsultingFinancial ServicesHealth CareInformation TechnologySoftware
Responsibilities
Implement and configure enterprise-scale Workday solutions for our global customer base
Typically leading 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
Assess customer needs, build relationships and manage customer expectations
Communicate with customers and colleagues with impact, credibility and empathy
Formally present to senior Client audiences
Work to tight deadlines and make sensible decisions under pressure
Widen and maintain a network of external contacts
Lead a functional workstream on a prime implementation throughout the full project lifecycle
Become an acknowledged subject matter expert e.g. Workday Product Lead
Act as a role model within the capability and mentor and/or line manage more junior consultants
Support the sales process including the production of estimates for the delivery of work packages
Implement improvements in tools and/or processes to help the practice
Deliver work to meet defined Service Level Agreements
Travel to customer sites in the same region (minimal out of region travel may also be required)
Agree, set and review team goals aligned to Kainos, Workday BU and your Capability
Provide support for team goals achievement
Review and refine goals for relevance and performance tracking
Review performance against goals and provide feedback
Conduct 1:1 monthly and/or project completion feedback meetings
Request and provide regular feedback in Workday
Complete End of Year reviews and agree outcomes for the year
Identify training to support team development
Pursue and support team members’ career paths and progression
Review weekly workload forecasting and utilization
Be involved in recruitment/interviews
Review 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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