GDC India – Talent Consultant

Job summary:

Cognizant is seeking a Workday Consultant certified/experienced in Workday Talent. In this role you will work with customers during all phases of deployment as well as post-production to assist with defining requirements, complete development, and deploy solutions. To start with, work will primarily focus on Talent and is bound to expand into other HCM business process areas in future.

Key Responsibilities:

Serve as a Workday expert with knowledge of design, configuration, testing, and deployment activities.
Independently manage work on multiple projects in various phases.
Conduct sessions with customers to analyze business requirements and leverage expertise to provide recommendations and develop solutions

Duties and Tasks:

Identify strategies, risks, and options for recommending approaches towards meeting requirements for post-production customers
Coordinate with project teams to align development with customer design decisions.
Provide status updates to the customer, project team, and management on a regular basis.
Mentor other consultants and actively share product knowledge with others to grow our practice

Education and Experience Requirements:

Bachelor's/College Degree in Computer Science/Information Technology, Computer/Telecommunication Engineering or equivalent
Must have active Workday Certification in Talent
Hands-on experience on Talent implementation or support
Detailed understanding of Talent Management processes
Strong consulting and presentation skills with the ability to effectively manage customer expectations
Experience on gathering business requirements, designing, and prototyping, testing, and implementing requirements under multiple deadlines.
3+ years of experience as a certified Workday consultant

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job at Collaborative Solutions work sites as well as client sites. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Work environments may include:

Remote work and/or work from home environment (e.g. laptop, home office, etc.).
Moderate noise (e.g. business office with computers, phone, and printers, light traffic, etc.),
Confined workspaces (e.g. small cubicles, corner desks, temporary workspaces, etc.),
Warm or cool office environments. This role will work in a typical climate-controlled office environment while on Collaborative Solutions property. Most clients will have similar environments, but Collaborative Solutions cannot make any guarantees about client site environmental conditions.

Physical Requirements:

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Essential functions of this role will require the employee to regularly:

Stand, sit, and traverse an office environment;
See, speak, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, keyboard, and telephone;
Stoop or kneel to install office equipment;
Lift less than 25 pounds, such as office supplies or equipment;
Sit at a computer terminal for an extended period of time; and
Travel to client/business/event sites for work assignments.

Mental Requirements:

The mental requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Essential functions of this role will require the employee to regularly:

Understand the Workday system and be able to communicate its functionality to others,
Analyze complex problems and collaborate with others to explore alternative solutions,
Organize and prioritize own work schedule to meet multiple deadlines,
Exercise discretion and independent judgment in matters of importance, and
Make decisions which have significant impact on the immediate work unit.

Travel:

As client/role requires

Work hours:

45 hours expected per week during normal business hours, with additional overtime as clients require

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