Workday Functional Consultant

Located in Nashville, Tennessee, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) operates at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care. It is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the aim of changing the world through expertise, continuous learning, and challenge. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and uniqueness is celebrated.

About the Role

The Workday Functional Consultant serves in a Vanderbilt Health-wide enterprise role within central Human Resources, supporting Workday system functionality and integrating systems with a focus on business processes, application support, and optimization. This role involves analyzing business requirements, recommending and testing Workday solutions, and managing system enhancements. The consultant supports Workday release activities, communicates new functionality to stakeholders, and helps maintain data integrity.

Responsibilities

• Provide support for the use and maintenance of functional systems, including Workday, for VUMC functional areas.
• Drive ongoing process improvements or redesign within VUMC’s Workday to align with enterprise strategic objectives.
• Collaborate with functional workstreams to identify business needs, functional design, integration review, testing requirements, and deployment plans.
• Understand business needs or challenges and recommend solutions using business acumen.
• Provide excellent customer service and education to end users of Workday through an internal ticketing system.
• Engage with support for break/fix, new functionality, process improvements, innovative solutions, and sprint planning.
• Review and analyze Workday releases for new and updated functionality.
• Guide functional workstreams through Workday Release UAT and regression testing to production.
• Create, define, and manage test requirements with clear acceptance criteria.
• Configure, test, and maintain business processes, condition rules, notifications, and templates.
• Prepare files and perform complex data uploads into Workday through EIB, ensuring accuracy.
• Utilize online Workday Community resources to troubleshoot issues and guide efficiencies.
• Maintain data integrity by performing audits, creating/running reports, and analyzing data using Workday delivered and custom reports.
• Work with vendors and other customer groups to support the design and review of integration requirements.
• Perform scheduled activities, testing, and training.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 4+ years of hands-on Workday configuration experience, with strong expertise in Business Process design and configuration.
• Proven ability to partner with business stakeholders to translate complex business requirements into scalable Workday solutions.
• Functional knowledge across Workday modules including Absence, Benefits, HCM, and Performance Management.
• Strong consultative and relationship-building skills with experience supporting cross-functional business teams.
• Experience configuring and supporting the Workday Absence module, including leave plans, PTO programs, and related business processes.
• Experience configuring and supporting the Workday Performance Management module.
• Strong understanding of requirements gathering, solution design, and evaluating enhancement requests to determine system capabilities, limitations, and downstream impacts.
• Demonstrated success in a client-facing or stakeholder-facing role, serving as a trusted advisor or subject matter expert.
• Experience creating, running, and analyzing Workday reports to support business decision-making and operational needs.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to facilitate meetings, present recommendations, and explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Experience leading discussions related to Workday enhancements, system changes, testing, and release impacts.
• Workday certifications (preferred).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 2+ years of relevant work experience.

Schedule

Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM CST.

Benefits

This role offers a comprehensive benefits package which may include health, disability, retirement, and/or wellness offerings to enhance your well-being and professional growth.