Workday Consultant to contribute to Workday enhancements and updates - 99783

Duration: 6 months (possibility to extend)

Office location: Downtown Toronto - every Monday and first Friday of the month (flexibility for remote)

Line of Business: People, Culture & Talent

What does the LOB do:

• Managing HR programs across Talent, Total Rewards, Recruitment, Workforce Planning
• Leading Workday technology strategy, governance, configuration, reporting, and optimization
• Supporting organizational transformation and upcoming large-scale global expansion initiatives
• Providing both project delivery and operational HR support

Reason the role is open:

The organization is launching a confidential strategic initiative requiring large-scale updates and enhancements to the existing Workday tenant as part of a global expansion effort. Candidate will be working on a confidential strategic initiative involving significant enhancements across multiple Workday modules:

• HCM

• Recruiting

• Time Tracking & Absence

• Core & Advanced Compensation

• Integrations

Job Description:

What You’ll Be Doing

As a Senior Consultant, Workday Solutions, you will serve as a techno-functional Workday expert supporting the design, delivery, testing, and optimization of the Workday platform. You will collaborate with HR, Technology, and vendor partners to deliver system enhancements, support new global expansion requirements, and ensure seamless BAU operations.

Key Responsibilities

1. Solution Design, Build & Testing

• Partner with HR COEs, business stakeholders, SMEs, and vendor consultants to analyze needs and translate them into Workday solutions

• Document and validate business requirements, functional design, and impact assessments

• Configure Workday changes independently or with vendor support

• Develop and execute test plans; ensure thorough regression, UAT, and validation

• Support deployment, hypercare, and stabilizations of new features

2. Consultation & Advisory Support

• Provide Workday subject‑matter expertise across HCM, Compensation, Recruiting, Time & Absence, Security, or Integrations

• Evaluate solution options and advise on downstream impacts and best practices

• Guide HR partners through process optimization and system adoption

3. Relationship Management

• Build strong partnerships across HR, Technology, QA, and external vendors

• Communicate clearly with non‑technical audiences and senior stakeholders

• Contribute to a collaborative project environment and ensure milestone execution

Must Have Requirement:

• 5+ years of experience with Workday configuration, implementation, or solutioning
• Strong experience configuring Workday (minimum 1-2 major domains)
• High‑priority domain experience:
• Time Tracking & Absence
• Integrations (exposure sufficient; not looking for a senior integrations consultant)
• Security
• HCM
• Core & Advanced Compensation
• Recruiting
• Ability to perform both technical configuration and functional analysis (approx. 50/50 split)
• Experience gathering requirements and supporting cross-domain project work

Nice to Have:

• Workday Reporting
• Experience in large multi-domain Workday expansion projects

Interview Process:

1. Virtual interview with Hiring Manager

2. Second virtual interview with another senior leader in the Workday COE

Focus: Workday expertise, stakeholder engagement, delivery experience, team fit