The Consulting Manager – Workday HCM will lead teams in delivering high-impact Workday HCM implementations and optimizations across Core HCM, Compensation, Talent, and Business Process Framework. This role requires deep functional expertise, strong project leadership, and the ability to build lasting client relationships.
Compensation
$150,000.00 - $190,000.00 USD annually
Responsibilities
Manage the successful execution of complex Workday HCM projects and workstreams, ensuring alignment with enterprise objectives and measurable business outcomes.
Serve as a strategic partner to senior client executives, providing thought leadership and driving solution roadmaps across HCM domains such as Core HCM, Compensation, and Business Process Framework.
Lead, coach, and develop teams of consultants across multiple engagements, fostering a culture of delivery excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Manage overall client engagement governance, including scope, timelines, budgets, and resource planning, while proactively mitigating risks and resolving escalations.
Provide executive oversight on solution design and architecture, ensuring configurations are scalable, compliant, and aligned with best practices.
Lead the delivery of comprehensive HCM solutions across Core HCM, Compensation, and Business Processes as a Managing Consultant.
Compensation
The expected pay range for this position is $120,000.00 - $150,000.00 USD annually, based on the candidate's qualifications and experience.
Responsibilities
Lead and deliver high-impact Workday HCM implementations and optimization projects, with hands‑on involvement in system configuration and solution design.
Serve as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, driving solution strategy and aligning Workday capabilities with business goals.
Mentor and lead teams of consultants and analysts, ensuring excellence in delivery, knowledge sharing, and professional development.
Own project scope, budget, and timelines, managing risks and ensuring successful outcomes across multiple workstreams.
Provide strategic guidance on Workday HCM Core, Compensation, and Business Process configuration, with a focus on usability, scalability, and compliance.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Information Systems, Business, or a related field (Master’s a plus)
Senior individual-contributor role with broad ownership across the Workday HCM platform, including administration, system enhancements, release management, and end-user support.
Responsibilities
Serve as the primary Workday HCM administrator for Core HCM, Absence Management, Learning, Payroll Interfaces, Time Tracking, and Business Process Configuration.
Lead functional analysis, design, and hands-on configuration of Workday HCM modules to meet evolving business requirements.
Design, build, and optimize Workday business processes, security roles, condition rules, and reporting structures.
Configure and maintain calculated fields, custom reports, and dashboards to support operational and strategic decision-making.
Partner with HR, Finance, Operations, and other business stakeholders to gather, document, and validate system requirements.
The Senior HRIS Analyst serves as a senior individual contributor and subject-matter expert for assigned Workday modules and other HR systems across Varsity Brands, independently delivering configuration, release, reporting, and project work.
Responsibilities
Serve as the functional and technical SME for assigned Workday modules, eliciting requirements and designing, building, testing, and deploying configuration changes
Resolve complex Workday Help cases escalated from HRIS Analysts
Partner with HR Centers of Excellence (COEs), Payroll, HR Business Partners (HRBPs), Finance, and Technology & Product organizations
Partner with Workday module administrators to prepare for releases and annual cycles
Support Workday release management for assigned modules including regression and impact testing
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Information Systems, or a related field
Responsible for the administration, configuration, and optimization of the firm’s Human Resources Information System, including reporting, day-to-day system needs, and system integration solutions.
Compensation
The expected salary range for this position is $70k - $80k.
Responsibilities
Provide administrator support across all Workday modules, including business process configuration, report development, end-user training, and data management
Ensure data integrity by maintaining the accuracy, quality, security, and usability of employee data through established controls and audit processes
Perform application upgrades and proactively troubleshoot application and integration issues
Develop and deliver custom reports and dashboards, and fulfill ad hoc reporting requests
Create, maintain, and update documentation for HRIS processes, procedures, and system configurations
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Business, or a related field
An experienced Workday Consultant responsible for designing, configuring, implementing, and optimizing Workday solutions across various modules including Compensation, Benefits, Payroll, Time Tracking, Absence, and Core HCM.
Responsibilities
Lead and support configuration, enhancement, and implementation of Workday modules such as Advanced Compensation, Core Compensation, Benefits, Time Tracking, Absence, Payroll configurations, and Core HCM.
Develop, enhance, and maintain Workday custom reports using Report Writer and Composite Reporting.
Partner with HR, Finance, and IT teams to gather business requirements and translate them into scalable Workday solutions.
Support full testing lifecycle including unit testing, integration testing, and UAT.
Troubleshoot and resolve configuration, integration, and process-related issues.
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