HRIS Technology Consultant (Workday) – Remote
📍 Location: Fully Remote (U.S.)
💼 Employment Type: Full-Time
✈️ Travel: Occasional
🚫 Visa Sponsorship: Not Available
🚚 Relocation Assistance: Possible for Exceptional Candidates
Overview
A leading financial services organization is seeking an experienced HRIS Technology Consultant to support, optimize, and enhance its cloud-based HR technology environment, with a strong focus on Workday.
This role will serve as a key HRIS subject matter expert, partnering with HR, IT, business leaders, and functional stakeholders to improve system performance, streamline processes, enhance employee experience, and support enterprise-wide initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
Workday Administration & Configuration
Provide ongoing support, maintenance, configuration, and optimization of Workday.
Gather requirements, configure solutions, perform testing, and migrate changes into production.
Support system enhancements, upgrades, and new feature implementations.
Review and test vendor releases and recommend adoption of new functionality.
HRIS Consulting & Business Partnership
Partner with HR leaders, SMEs, and business stakeholders to improve business processes and system functionality.
Advise on security configuration, reporting, integrations, and workflow optimization.
Serve as the HRIS lead on enterprise-wide initiatives, including acquisitions, integrations, and transformation projects.
Reporting, Security & Governance
Develop and maintain reports, dashboards, and analytics.
Ensure HRIS data integrity, governance, and security compliance.
Collaborate with IT regarding integrations and downstream system impacts.
Maintain documentation and end-user training materials.
Continuous Improvement
Identify automation opportunities and process improvements.
Develop HR technology roadmaps aligned to business objectives.
Monitor industry trends and emerging HR technology capabilities.
Mentor and support less experienced team members.
Required Qualifications
Education
Bachelor’s Degree in:
Information Systems
Human Resources
Business
Related field
Equivalent experience may be considered.
Experience
7+ years of HRIS consulting or HR systems experience.
Strong Workday experience required.
Experience supporting multiple HR functional areas within Workday.
Functional Expertise
Candidates should be proficient in 7 or more of the following areas:
HCM
Staffing & Organizations
Worker Data
Time Off & Leave
Onboarding
Benefits
Compensation
Talent Management
Performance Management
Recruiting
Payroll
Security
Integrations
Reporting
Technical Skills
✔ Workday Configuration & Administration
✔ HRIS Process Design
✔ Business Process Modeling
✔ Security Configuration
✔ Reporting & Analytics
✔ Integrations
✔ Advanced Microsoft Excel
✔ Agile Project Methodologies
✔ Cloud-Based HR Systems
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is a highly experienced Workday professional with a strong consulting mindset and broad HRIS functional expertise.
They will possess:
Deep Workday configuration experience
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
Experience supporting multiple HR functions and stakeholders
Expertise across several Workday modules
Ability to translate business requirements into scalable HR technology solutions
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Candidate Snapshot
Requirement
Details
Experience
7–10+ Years
Seniority
Associate / Senior Individual Contributor
Education
Bachelor's Degree
HRIS Platform
Workday
Functional Expertise
7+ HRIS Modules
Industry
Financial Services Preferred
Travel
Occasional
Remote
Fully Remote
Sponsorship
Not Available
Key Screening Questions
Do you have 7+ years of HRIS consulting experience?
What Workday modules have you supported and configured?
Are you proficient in at least 7 HRIS functional areas (HCM, Recruiting, Benefits, Payroll, Security, Reporting, Integrations, etc.)?
Have you led Workday implementations, enhancements, or major configuration projects?
Do you have experience with HRIS security, reporting, and integrations?
Have you worked in a highly regulated or enterprise-scale environment?
Are you comfortable serving as the primary HRIS SME for business stakeholders?
Why Consider This Opportunity?
Fully remote position.
Opportunity to own and influence Workday strategy and optimization.
Exposure to enterprise-wide HR technology initiatives.
Strong partnership with HR leadership and business stakeholders.
Broad scope across multiple Workday modules and business functions.
Opportunity to drive automation, employee experience improvements, and digital transformation initiatives.