Applications Consultant

About the role

Serves as a team leader/senior technical team member in the planning, designing, developing, implementing, and/or supporting complex to moderately complex new or revised processes, systems, or networks. Acts as an acknowledged expert in one or more technical specialties and/or mission critical application systems, and provides leadership in design, development and application integration. Ensures functional and technical designs support customer requirements. Develops an understanding of the Auto Club Group business strategy and competitive environment and translate and implement business strategies into technology solutions. Provides a high degree of technical and/or application expertise and design/programming leadership. Assists Security team in the development of appropriate audit controls and procedures to ensure the integrity and protection of company resources. Develops work plans and estimates projects and ensures that project team(s) and/or plan deliverables remain on schedule and budget.

Responsibilities

• : Design, build, test, and deploy complex integrations between Workday and third-party systems using Workday Studio, Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB), Core Connectors, and Web Services (REST/SOAP).
• Prism Analytics & Reporting: Develop and maintain data pipelines, datasets, and transformations in Workday Prism Analytics to integrate data from diverse sources and support advanced reporting needs.
• Module Expertise: Have a deep understanding of both Workday HCM (Core HR, Benefits, Payroll, etc.) and Financial Management (Financial Accounting, Procurement, Expenses, Projects) modules.
• Configuration & Customization: Configure Workday business processes, security roles, calculated fields, and custom objects to align with business requirements.
• Reporting & Dashboards: Create and maintain custom, advanced, and matrix reports using Workday Report Writer, and build interactive dashboards and Discovery Boards to deliver key business insights.
• Troubleshooting & Support: Research, analyze, and resolve technical issues within the Workday platform, providing ongoing production support and ensuring data integrity.
• Collaboration: Partner closely with cross-functional HR, Finance, and IT teams to gather requirements, define technical specifications, and ensure successful project delivery.
• System Maintenance: Participate in Workday's semi-annual release cycles, including impact analysis, testing, and deployment of new features and functionalities.

Qualifications

• Required Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field or an equivalent level of work experience.
• Experience: Designing, developing, implementing, or supporting complex to moderately complex information systemsBuilding or supporting mainframe or distributed systemsIdentifying, analyzing and resolving complex business/technical problemsTechnology assessment, recommendations and selectionProviding technical consultation/leadership to project teamsStaffing, coordinating/leading a large project team or a variety of small project teamsBudgeting and expense controlMainframe, distributed, and/or Web-based system design and developmentDatabase management systemsPC fundamental software toolsProgramming languagesPrototypingDatabase designProject management tools and techniquesMulti-platform capabilitiesUser interactionHTML and web development toolsSystem development tools (e.g. Endevor, IMS Expert, Xpediter, SQA Team Test, Eclipse)Integration Knowledge and Skills: Relational database conceptsUse cases, object oriented design and programming techniquesSystems operation practicesSecurity and control proceduresWeb server, and IP-level distributed technologiesEvaluation of a complex system and understand the inter-dependencies between components

Preferred Experience

• In an insurance environment or other service industry.
• Rational Unified Process (RUP) development methodologyJoint Application Design (JAD)/Rapid Application Design (RAD) techniquesDatabase modeling

Compensation & Benefits Overview

A competitive annual salary of $107,036 - $140,000 with annual bonus potential, based on performance. Comprehensive and flexible benefits package including medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, Employee Assistance Program, short-term and long-term disability coverage, critical illness, accident, and pet insurance options, 401(k) plan, tuition assistance, professional certification support, and opportunities for career development and advancement.