Workday Recruiting Functional Consultant

Key Responsibilities

• System Configuration & Design:

  • Design, configure, and maintain Workday Recruiting processes, including Job Requisitions, Candidate Management, Interview Scheduling, Offer Letter Generation, Background Checks, and Onboarding integration.

  • Configure custom business processes (BPs), condition rules, notifications, and security groups within Workday Recruiting.

• Business Analysis & Requirements Gathering:

  • Partner with HR Operations and Talent Acquisition teams to gather business requirements, document process flows, and recommend Workday best practices.

  • Conduct gap analyses between current recruitment processes and standard Workday functionality.

• Testing & Deployment:

  • Prepare test scenarios, test scripts, and lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for system updates, bi-annual Workday releases, and process changes.

  • Manage end-to-end deployment activities and provide post-go-live hypercare support.

• Reporting & Analytics:

  • Build and maintain standard/custom Workday reports, matrix reports, and dashboards related to recruiting metrics (e.g., Time to Hire, Cost per Hire, Source of Hire, Pipeline analytics).

• Integrations & Third-Party Vendors:

  • Collaborate with technical teams to support integrations with third-party vendors (e.g., job boards, assessment tools, background check partners, e-signature tools).

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Experience:

  • 7+ years of hands-on experience in Workday HCM implementation, configuration, and support, with a primary focus on Workday Recruiting.

  • Proven experience executing full life-cycle implementations or major optimization projects for Workday Recruiting.

• Technical & Functional Knowledge:

  • Deep knowledge of Workday Recruiting business processes, candidate portals, referral workflows, and security configuration.

  • Strong skills in Workday Reporting (Custom Reports, Calculated Fields).

  • Familiarity with Workday HCM Core fundamentals.