Workday Integrations/Extend Principal Consultant (Continuous Value Services)
Join our dedicated team of experienced post-production Workday professionals and become part of our dynamic, fast-paced, Integrations Continuous Value Services (CVS) consulting practice. The ideal candidate for the Workday Integrations/Extend CVS Principal Consultant position is passionate about client success. You love the challenge of solving complex inter-system problems and want to develop SaaS, SOA, web service expertise. You will enable our customers to maximize their investment in Workday by optimizing integration operations, augmenting existing system functionality, and deploying new integrations to solve their evolving needs. As a Workday Integration CVS Consultant, you will bring your technical skills, ability to keep the business context in sight and roll-up-your-sleeves work ethic to a team with a positive, can-do attitude, a collaborative culture, and a passion for helping our customers to be successful.
Responsibilities:
- Execute the day-to-day activities of Workday integrations/Extend support for a variety of customer contracts in roles that may include staff augmentation, ad-hoc support, and project delivery.
- Track issues and risks, communicate status and escalate concerns to project management.
- Facilitate knowledge transfer and educate clients on developing and operating interfaces to and from a SaaS platform.
- Provide subject matter expertise on Workday best practices.
- Evaluate, communicate, and coordinate the technical impacts of integration configuration decisions.
- Become a Workday Integrations expert with deep knowledge of core functionality, while building an understanding of Financials, Learning, Compensation, Payroll, Benefits, and Talent modules, as well as future product direction.
- Mentor other consultants: actively share product knowledge with others to grow our practice.
- Work directly with key business and IT stakeholders to establish requirements, consider design alternatives, facilitate discussions, and ultimately configure, test and deploy integrations solutions.
Skills & Requirements
- Ideally 3-5 years of consulting experience
- Passion for exceptional customer service
- Excellent troubleshooting skills
- Holds active Workday Integration and Extend Certification (Workday Studio strongly preferred)
- Project experience in a technical or techno-functional role using SOA tools.
- Demonstrated proficiency with web service technologies (REST, JSON, SOAP, HTTP, SSL, PGP, SAML, etc.)
- B.A. / B.S., Management Information Systems, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, or other engineering discipline preferred
- Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively manage customer expectations
- Strong detail orientation, organization, and analytical skills
- Outstanding Excel skills
- Ability to effectively manage multiple clients and operate in a dynamic, growing, ecosystem with minimal supervision
- This opportunity is expected to be 100% remote
Salary and Other Compensation
Applications will be accepted until 07/1/2025
The annual salary for this position is between $109,459 - $144,424 depending on the experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program , based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.
Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:
- Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
- Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
- 401(k) plan and contributions
- Long-term/Short-term Disability
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
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:
- Work as One: We think beyond roles, relying on each other’s strengths to win as a team.
- Raise the Bar: We always aim for excellence in how we work and what we deliver.
- Dare to Innovate: We push boundaries and take chances to reimagine what’s possible.
- Do the Right Thing: We all lead with integrity and always make the ethical choice.
- Own It: We own the outcomes for our company, colleagues, and community.
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What We Do
Collaborative Solutions, a Cognizant Company, is a leading global finance and HR transformation consultancy that leverages world-class cloud solutions to help deliver successful client outcomes for Fortune Global 500 companies, large and medium-sized organizations across industries. As the longest-tenured Workday Services Partner and client, its full lifecycle services—complete with an in-house Advisory Services practice and proven proprietary tools—have helped more than 1,000 clients transform their businesses.
