Workday Time Tracking & Absence Senior Lead Consultant

About the role

We are seeking a Workday Time Tracking & Absence Consultant to join our dynamic team. This role involves implementing and configuring enterprise-scale Workday solutions for our global customer base, typically leading a project workstream. You will build relationships with our customers, shape and deliver solutions aligned to customer needs, and provide excellent guidance.

Responsibilities

• Implement and configure enterprise-scale Workday solutions for our global customer base
• Lead a project workstream, typically in a time tracking and absence domain
• Build and maintain relationships with customers, understanding their business and requirements
• Provide guidance and support to more junior members of the team
• Communicate effectively with customers and colleagues, including in a remote working situation
• Manage customer expectations and escalate issues as necessary
• Support the sales process, including producing estimates for work packages
• Implement improvements in tools and processes to enhance the practice
• Ensure adherence to project and business dynamics, and maintain commercial awareness
• Act as a subject matter expert and mentor more junior consultants
• Rotate through various Workday delivery services, including Consulting and Application Management Services
• Able to travel to customer sites, minimal out-of-region travel may be required

Requirements

• Minimum of 2-3 years of Workday Time Tracking and Absence implementation experience
• Minimum of 2 years of Workday Time Tracking and Absence configuration experience in the last 3 years
• Certification in Workday Time Tracking and Absence
• Strong understanding of Workday products, either Time Tracking or Absence, and any other specialist capabilities
• Excellent customer focus, able to assess customer needs, build relationships, and manage customer expectations
• Strong communicator, able to communicate with customers and colleagues with impact, credibility, and empathy, including in a remote working situation
• Strong commercial awareness and full understanding of project and business dynamics
• Broad business and technology understanding and a good awareness of industry trends in Human Resource management, Financials, Enterprise Resource Planning, or Payroll
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and make sensible decisions under pressure, taking a balanced view of customer demands and Kainos' commercial interests
• Ability to widen and maintain a network of external contacts
• Strong consulting skills, including presenting, leading workshops, demonstrating, and explaining complex functionality or solutions to customers
• Able to lead a functional workstream on a prime implementation throughout the full project lifecycle
• Able to become an acknowledged subject matter expert, such as a Workday Product Lead
• Willing and able to act as a role model within the capability and mentor and/or line manage more junior consultants
• Commercial understanding of utilization within a services organization and the importance of these targets
• Able to implement improvements in tools and processes to help the practice
• Ability to rotate through various Workday delivery services, specifically Consulting and Application Management Services
• For Application Management Services, able to deliver work to meet defined Service Level Agreements
• Able, if required, to travel to customer sites in the same region (minimal out-of-region travel may also be required)

Desirable

• Workday Time Tracking and Absence Management Certification required
• Previous Workday Your Way, Launch, or Launch Express experience
• Prior experience with Kronos, ADP, or other software
• Professional qualifications in your area of expertise
• Experience in post-deployment services

People Management

• Your role may or may not involve managing people. If it does, responsibilities may include:
• Agreeing, setting, and reviewing your and your team's goals aligned to Kainos, Workday BU, and your Capability
• Providing support so that your and your team's goals can be achieved
• Reviewing and refining goals for relevance and to keep performance on track
• Reviewing performance against goals and providing feedback
• Conducting 1:1 monthly and/or project completion feedback meetings
• Requesting and providing regular feedback in Workday
• Completing End of Year reviews and agreeing the outcomes for the year
• Identifying training to support your and your team's development
• Pursuing and supporting your and your team members' career paths and progression
• Reviewing weekly workload forecasting (staff allocations and timesheet checks) and utilization
• Actively being involved in recruitment/interviews
• Reviewing attrition and retention metrics

Company Culture

We believe in a people-first culture where your ideas are valued, your growth is supported, and your contributions truly make a difference. Here, you'll be part of a diverse, ambitious team that celebrates creativity and collaboration. We are committed to building a team that is as diverse as the world we live in, where everyone is valued, respected, and given an equal chance to thrive. We actively seek out talented people from all backgrounds, regardless of age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or any other characteristic that makes them who they are. By having a private conversation, we can ensure that our recruitment process is tailored to your needs.