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About The Role

We are seeking a skilled Workday Benefits and Absence Architect to lead the architecture, configuration, and optimization of the Workday Benefits and Absence ecosystem. This role will focus on designing scalable solutions, managing complex benefit and leave configurations, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, and supporting seamless integrations with HCM, Payroll, and external vendors.

Key Responsibilities

Owns the architecture and configuration for Workday Benefits and Absence ecosystems ensuring that designs are scalable for a growing company
Create and maintain complex eligibility rules for benefit groups, benefit plans, leave plans, and time off plans for the company and acquired companies
Design and configure absence plans ensuring alignment with policy and compliance requirements at the state and federal levels
Configure a variety of benefit plans including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life and disability insurance, and 401(k)
Support the Benefits team with compliance reporting such as ACA, COBRA, and FMLA
Partner developers and benefit vendors set up new integrations and maintain existing integrations that impact the benefits and absence ecosystems
Partner with payroll teams to test downstream impacts and ensure accurate payroll
Lead regression testing for Benefits and Absence after new Workday releases
Create custom reports including but not limited to standard, advanced, composite, and matrix reports
Support Workday tenant maintenance, enhancements, and troubleshooting for Benefits and Absence functional areas and provide support in related functional area as needed
Assist HCM Manager with preparing change management plans and creating guides for end users
Test AI features such as Workday's Employee Self Service agent and assist with overall innovation enhancements

Education And Experience

5-8 years of Workday Benefits & Absence configuration experience
In depth knowledge of the touchpoints between Benefits, Absence, HCM, and Payroll
Understanding of FMLA and State Leave programs
Workday Benefits Certification
Workday Absence Certification
Experience with time tracking integration
Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Computer Science or related degree

Location: Pune

Workday Benefit and Absence Architect