Workday Functional Contractor

Location: Austin, Texas, United States (Remote)

Job Details

We are seeking an experienced Workday Functional Contractor to support the design, configuration, enhancement, and ongoing optimization of our Workday HCM ecosystem. This senior individual-contributor role partners with HR and business stakeholders to translate requirements into practical, scalable Workday solutions and helps maintain best-practice configurations across core modules.

Key Responsibilities

• Gather and translate business requirements into well-documented Workday configuration solutions across HCM modules.
• Configure and maintain business processes, security groups, calculated fields, and related Workday functionality supporting HR, Benefits, Talent, Compensation, Recruiting, and Security.
• Partner with HRBPs, Talent Acquisition, Compensation, and other stakeholders to understand needs and recommend Workday-native solutions before pursuing customizations.
• Support the administration and maintenance of the Workday security framework, including domain and business-process security policies, security groups, segregation-of-duties controls, and periodic access reviews.
• Contribute functional expertise to complex initiatives, including organizational restructures, module rollouts, multi-country deployments, and merger or acquisition activities.
• Develop and maintain configuration workbooks, design specifications, business-process maps, security matrices, and other functional documentation.
• Troubleshoot complex functional and security issues, partnering with internal technical teams and external vendors as needed.
• Support data integrity, compliance, audit readiness, release testing, and regression testing across Workday modules.
• Stay current on Workday releases and evaluate relevant functionality and enhancements aligned with business needs.

Salary

The pay range below is for Bay Area, California only. Actual compensation may vary based on job location, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, training, and contract terms.

$107,500 - $145,000 USD

We use artificial intelligence to screen, assess, or select applicants for the position. Applicants must be eligible for any required U.S. export authorizations.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Information Systems, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

5+ years of hands-on Workday HCM experience, including experience as a senior functional analyst, configuration specialist, or functional consultant.

Strong functional expertise in several Workday modules, such as:Core HCM, including business processes, organizations, and staffing modelsAdvanced CompensationBenefits AdministrationAbsence ManagementTalent and Performance ManagementRecruitingSecurity, including domain and business-process security and segregation of dutiesReporting, including advanced reporting, calculated fields, and dashboards

Experience supporting Workday implementations, module rollouts, major enhancements, or transformation projects.

Working knowledge of Workday integration and reporting tools, including EIB, Core Connectors, Studio, and BIRT.

Strong stakeholder-management and consulting skills, with the ability to communicate clearly with both business and technical audiences.

Experience with change management, Workday release testing, and regression-testing methodologies.

Preferred Qualifications

Workday Pro certification in one or more of the following areas is preferred:

Core HCM

Advanced Compensation

Benefits

Absence Management

Talent and Performance

Recruiting

Security

Job Type

Contract Employee (Fixed Term)

Shift

Shift 1 (United States of America)

Primary Location

Austin, Texas, United States (Remote)

Additional Locations

Posting Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.