Workday Absence & Time Tracking Senior Principal Consultant

The Workday Absence & Time Tracking Senior Principal Consultant is a senior functional leader responsible for driving the design, delivery, and overall success of Workday Absence and Time Tracking implementations. Acting as a trusted advisor to clients and project teams, this individual provides strategic guidance on workforce management processes while ensuring solutions align with business objectives and Workday leading practices.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior Workday Absence and Time Tracking subject matter expert, providing guidance on workforce management processes and Workday best practices.
• Lead client workshops, discovery sessions, and design discussions to define scalable solutions aligned to business requirements.
• Own solution design and provide oversight across configuration, testing, deployment, and post-go-live transition activities.
• Act as the functional lead for medium to large Workday Absence and Time Tracking implementations, managing key solution decisions, risks, and dependencies.
• Advise clients on absence management, leave administration, time entry, time calculation, scheduling, compliance, and workforce optimisation strategies.
• Partner with HCM, Payroll, Benefits, Integrations, Reporting, Security, Change Management, and Project Management teams to deliver integrated solutions.
• Support testing, data conversion, cutover, deployment, and hypercare activities throughout the project lifecycle.
• Mentor and coach consultants and senior consultants, providing quality reviews and functional leadership.
• Support business development activities including solutioning, estimations, proposals, demonstrations, and customer presentations.
• Contribute to practice development through methodology improvements, internal training, asset creation, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Maintain expertise in Workday Absence, Time Tracking, and Scheduling functionality, industry trends, and product innovations.

Skills & Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Active Workday Absence and/or Time Tracking Certification required.
• 5+ years of Workday implementation experience, including multiple end-to-end Workday deployments.
• Proven experience leading Workday Absence and Time Tracking workstreams on medium to large implementations.
• Deep functional expertise in absence management, leave administration, time tracking, scheduling, workforce compliance, and payroll-related processes.
• Experience gathering requirements, facilitating workshops, solution design, configuration, testing, and deployment.
• Experience supporting pre-sales activities, including estimations, proposals, and solution presentations.
• Strong leadership, mentoring, stakeholder management, and consulting skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including engagement with executive-level stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a fast-paced consulting environment.
• Eligible for SC Clearance - you must have been a UK resident for the last five years and be legally entitled to work in the UK.
• Minimal travel required, but must be willing to travel on-site as needed.

Why Choose Cognizant

• Entrepreneurial environment that welcomes your ideas
• Opportunity to do great work
• Outreach programs that support communities and tap into your volunteer spirit
• Learning opportunities to help current needs and advancement
• Global operations, with opportunities in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific
• An abundance of Affinity groups to meet your needs

Cognizant Core Values

• Work as One: We think beyond roles, relying on each other’s strengths to win as a team.
• Raise the Bar: We always aim for excellence in how we work and what we deliver.
• Dare to Innovate: We push boundaries and take chances to reimagine what’s possible.
• Do the Right Thing: We all lead with integrity and always make the ethical choice.
• Own It: We own the outcomes for our company, colleagues, and community.

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