Senior Technical Specialist

Job Summary

Job Title: Workday Absence SME

Role Purpose: The Workday Absence SME is a specialist consultant responsible for designing, configuring, testing, and supporting Workday Absence functionality. The role requires deep expertise in leave plans, accruals, eligibility, validations, and absence-related business processes, together with the ability to advise stakeholders on best practices and compliance-aligned solution design.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead requirement gathering and design workshops for Workday Absence processes.

• Configure absence plans, accrual rules, eligibility rules, validations, and related business processes.

• Analyze statutory, policy, and operational requirements and translate them into scalable Workday configuration.

• Support testing, defect resolution, data validation, and deployment activities.

• Provide advisory support on leave management best practices and release impacts.

• Collaborate with Payroll, Time Tracking, Core HCM, Security, and Integration teams on cross-functional dependencies.

• Develop configuration documentation, test scripts, process guides, and knowledge transfer materials.

• Provide post-go-live support and continuous improvement recommendations.

Required Experience and Skills:

• Strong hands-on configuration experience in Workday Absence Management.

• Deep understanding of leave plans, accruals, eligibility, and compliance-related absence requirements.

• Experience in business process design, testing, release impact analysis, and issue resolution.

• Ability to work across HR, Payroll, and technical teams to manage functional dependencies.

• Strong documentation, workshop facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.

• Workday Absence certification is required.Certification: Workday Absence certification is mandatory for this role.

Key Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead requirement gathering and design workshops for Workday Absence processes.

• Configure absence plans, accrual rules, eligibility rules, validations, and related business processes.

• Analyze statutory, policy, and operational requirements and translate them into scalable Workday configuration.

• Support testing, defect resolution, data validation, and deployment activities.

• Provide advisory support on leave management best practices and release impacts.

• Collaborate with Payroll, Time Tracking, Core HCM, Security, and Integration teams on cross-functional dependencies.

• Develop configuration documentation, test scripts, process guides, and knowledge transfer materials.

• Provide post-go-live support and continuous improvement recommendations.

Skill Requirements

Required Experience and Skills:

• Strong hands-on configuration experience in Workday Absence Management.

• Deep understanding of leave plans, accruals, eligibility, and compliance-related absence requirements.

• Experience in business process design, testing, release impact analysis, and issue resolution.

• Ability to work across HR, Payroll, and technical teams to manage functional dependencies.

• Strong documentation, workshop facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.

• Workday Absence certification is required.

Other Requirements

Certification: Workday Absence certification is mandatory for this role.