Director, Workday Consulting

Are you ready to accelerate your career? Join Cielo as a Director, Workday Consulting! A career at Cielo will give you the opportunity to work with the industry’s smartest people and to take ownership of your success!  

Cielo is a brand that reflects our big idea – that talent is rising – and with it our opportunity to rise above. We create careers for ambitious people by moving beyond traditional assumptions of what it means to work in talent acquisition.

Cielo is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, or any other status protected by state or local law for an individual who falls within the jurisdiction of such law. Applicants who require an accommodation throughout the application and interview process should request this in advance by contacting Cielo Talent Acquisition at +1 877 797 3379 or at talent.acquisition@cielotalent.com

The Director, Workday Consulting is a senior-level Workday leader with responsibility for platform strategy, configuration, integrations, and team delivery across Workday HCM and Financials. This role serves as the architectural authority for Workday, leads a high-performing support team, and partners with stakeholders to drive scalable, compliant, and optimized enterprise solutions. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide project and team oversight of Workday HCM (Core HCM, Talent, Compensation, Benefits, Time Tracking, Absence, Recruiting) and Financials/FDM modules (GL, AP, AR, Assets, Expenses, Procurement, Projects/Grants, Reporting) for all active projects.
• Act as the Workday architectural expert, advising on system design, configuration strategy, security, and cross-module impacts.
• Lead and develop a team of Workday Specialists and analysts; ensure project health, performance monitoring, and timely delivery.
• Configure and optimize Workday business processes, calculations, validations, integrations, and organizational structures for clients.
• Oversee integrations, EIBs, reporting, audits, data validation, and error resolution.
• Lead Workday-related projects end to end, including new modules, enhancements, and upgrades; facilitate stakeholder workshops and communications.

Service Delivery Expertise

• Lead, develop, and mentor a team in the delivery of technical and functional consulting expertise, effectively managing team and individual performance.
• Initiate and focus team efforts to gather and analyze data to formulate best-practice recommendations specific to client needs.
• Effectively managing projects and the client engagement, achieving project results based upon the agreed upon SOW.
• Collaborate with Sales to create project resource plans, deliverables, and timelines to meet client needs, managing multiple clients.
• Measure project progress with a focus on project deliverables, providing solutions for complex situations ensuring timely and on budget results.
• Solicit client feedback on project team performance, making adjustments in support of measurable, continuous improvement.

Market Expertise

• Expand and identify business opportunities, developing and strengthening client relationships
• Develop and deliver innovative strategies and tools to target new and existing clients
• Provide strategic oversight and consulting services on all assigned engagements.
• Practice intellectual generosity, sharing knowledge and experiences, both internally and externally
• Expand and identify existing and new business opportunities by strengthening client relationships.
• Self-sufficient in scoping, converting and delivering all aspects of consulting projects with full accountability for commercial, service and reputational excellence.
• Practice intellectual generosity by sharing and contributing knowledge and experiences, both internally and externally.
• Promote Cielo at professional business activities, conferences, and seminars.

 Cultural Expertise

• Provide and accept feedback while looking for opportunities to learn and help others
• Build trust and remain open-minded while purposely making good things happen 
• Effectively manage projects, providing solutions design, and implementing and generating project results for the organization.
• Demonstrate the highest level of ethical behavior and personal integrity
• Engage in positive and proactive communication with peers and colleagues, building effective relationships within and across the business

Position Requirements

Education:

• Workday HCM Core Certification (required)
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field strongly preferred. High School Diploma or equivalent required.

Experience:

• 6+ years of progressive enterprise Workday experience, including administration, governance, and cross-functional ownership.
• 3+ years of experience in a supervisory or lead role managing teams or complex initiatives.
• Experience with data modeling, data architecture, entity relationships, transformation logic, and ETL concepts.
• Proven success leading complex Workday implementations, enhancements, or enterprise-wide initiatives.
• Experience in a consulting environment and/or internal Workday support organization.

Technical Skills

• Expert-level knowledge of Workday configuration, security frameworks, integrations, and business process governance.
• Strong understanding of Workday HCM and Financials architecture, reporting, and analytics.
• Experience developing report strategies, dashboards, and analytics frameworks.
• Oversight of integrations, including EIB and interface governance.
• Ability to align business and technical requirements at an enterprise level.
• Experience working with AMS providers and Workday to resolve issues and maximize platform value.

Certifications

• Workday HCM Core Certification (required).
• Additional Workday module certifications desired.

Behavioral Competencies

• Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritize, multitask, meet deadlines, and work independently and collaboratively.
• Sound judgment, discretion, and commitment to confidentiality (including HIPAA/PHI and technology security requirements).
• Reliable and predictable attendance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Workday Studio, REST/SOAP APIs, PECI/PICOF payroll integrations, or Reports as a Service (RaaS).
• Experience with Workday Prism Analytics.

Exposure:

• Understanding of the full life cycle of project/program execution following established project management methodology.
• Demonstrate expert knowledge of talent acquisition platforms, tools, products, and other complimentary technologies to support these platforms.
• Deep subject matter expertise in a variety of workstreams (change management, risk assessment, compliance, sponsorship modeling, user acceptance testing, end-to-end testing, end user training, communications, resistance management, launch planning, and configuration).
• Commercially astute.
• Proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Smartsheet, Lucidchart, and other related software.

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