Workday Technical Consultant

About the role

We are seeking a Workday Technical Consultant with broad expertise across Workday configuration, reporting, calculated fields, business process design, and Workday Extend application development. The role spans technical configuration, custom report design, integration support, and lightweight application extension work, helping HR, finance, and IT stakeholders get more value from the Workday platform. The consultant will work closely with cross‑functional partners—product, design, engineering, operations, and business stakeholders—to translate ambiguous requirements into well‑engineered solutions, and will be expected to raise the bar through code review, design review, and mentorship of more junior engineers. The position is 100 % remote (U.S.) and full‑time, reporting on a W‑2 basis.

Sponsorship: U.S. Citizens, Green Card Holders, EAD Holders, and H‑1B transfer candidates are encouraged to apply. New H‑1B visa petitions are not sponsored.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop complex calculated fields, custom reports, and advanced reports using the Workday report writer, including composite, matrix reports, and dashboards.
• Configure and maintain business processes, condition rules, and approval routing across HCM and Finance.
• Develop Workday Extend applications and PRISM analytics, packaging custom logic in supported platform extensions.
• Build report‑as‑a‑service integrations and support data export needs for downstream systems.
• Configure security domains, role‑based security, and segment‑based security across complex tenants.
• Partner with HR, payroll, and finance stakeholders to translate requirements into Workday configurations.
• Develop and maintain documentation for business processes, calculated fields, and security models.
• Support Workday tenant refreshes, regression testing cycles, and platform release adoption, validating configurations and reports before production deployment.
• Troubleshoot configuration and report issues in production tenants, isolate root causes, propose remediation, and prevent recurrence.
• Collaborate with integration developers on report‑driven data flows, ensuring solutions meet functional and engineering standards.
• Provide guidance on Workday best practices and configuration design patterns.
• Participate in Workday community forums, brainstorms, and product feedback channels, bringing back insights and emerging best practices.
• Stay current with Workday releases and platform innovations, reviewing release notes and recommending adoption proposals.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Five or more years of Workday technical experience.
• Deep expertise in Workday report writer, including advanced and composite reports.
• Strong proficiency with calculated fields across HCM and Finance.
• Hands‑on experience configuring business processes and condition rules.
• Strong understanding of Workday security framework.
• Experience with PRISM Analytics or Workday Extend.
• Familiarity with Workday tenant management and release process.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Workday Pro certifications.
• Experience with Workday Extend application development.
• Familiarity with PRISM data ingestion and modeling.
• Exposure to multi‑tenant or multi‑region Workday deployments.
• Experience supporting Workday Payroll or Workday Financials.

Pay

Salary Range: $100,000–$150,000 annually.

Schedule

Full‑time, 100 % remote (U.S.).