Job Title: Workday Functional Consultant
Location: Dallas, TX (Remote)
Type: Contract
Description:
Position Overview: We are seeking a senior HRIS consultant Lead with strong experience in Timekeeping, Core HR, Compensation, and Performance Management to provide end to end functional leadership for enterprise HR systems (Workday)This role partners closely with HR, Compensation, Payroll, IT, and Offshore and Near-Shore AMS teams to design, optimize, and support scalable, compliant HR solutions. Deep HR domain expertise and systems (Workday) leadership experience are the primary requirements.
Position General Duties and Tasks:
Timekeeping (Primary Focus)
- Serve as the functional lead and subject matter expert for Timekeeping, providing ownership of solution design, configuration oversight, and ongoing optimization.
- Translate HR and Payroll policies into effective system configurations, rules, and controls.
- Assess downstream impacts to Payroll, integrations, reporting, and compliance.
- Act as the escalation point for complex Timekeeping issues and drive root cause resolution.
- Lead testing activities and ensure production readiness for time related changes.
Core HR, Compensation & Performance
- Provide functional leadership across Core HR processes, including worker lifecycle events, eligibility rules, and business process frameworks.
- Lead Compensation system support, including base pay, eligibility rules, and annual/off cycle compensation events.
- Provide functional ownership for Performance Management processes such as goals, reviews, and eligibility.
- Ensure data integrity and alignment across Timekeeping, Core HR, Compensation, and Performance processes.
Delivery & Resource Partnership
- Partner with Offshore AMS resources to coordinate functional support, enhancements, defect resolution, and operational execution.
- Partner with Near shore Timekeeping Data Management resources who:
- Act as the primary escalation point for Timekeeping data issues
- Ensure Timekeeping audits are completed accurately and within required timelines
- Provide functional oversight, prioritization, and final decision-making for escalations and audit outcomes.
Cross Functional Leadership
- Act as a trusted functional advisor to HR, Compensation, Payroll, IT, and program leadership.
- Lead cross module impact analysis for system changes and releases.
- Drive functional standards, documentation, and best practices across HR systems.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8+ years of HRIT / HR systems experience, with deep functional expertise in Timekeeping and strong exposure to Core HR, Compensation, and/or Performance Management.
- Experience translating HR policies and business requirements into system configurations and controls.
- Strong understanding of audits, compliance, eligibility rules, and process governance.
- Proven ability to lead complex, cross functional initiatives and influence stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with modern cloud HCM platforms (Workday)
- Prior experience supporting regulated, multi entity, or complex Timekeeping environments.
- Understanding of Payroll impacts and system integrations.
- Ability and willingness to learn and grow platform specific expertise on the job.
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