Core HCM Concepts

• HR Fundamentals: Deep understanding of HR processes such as recruitment, onboarding, compensation, benefits, performance management, talent development, and compliance.
• Workday Business Processes: Knowledge of how to configure various functional areas within Workday, aligning them with your organization’s specific HR processes.
• Supervisory Organizations: Understanding how supervisory organizations are structured within Workday and the ability to create and manage these hierarchies.

Technical Skills

• Workday Configuration: Ability to configure Workday modules like:
  • Core HCM
  • Benefits
  • Talent Management
  • Recruiting
  • Payroll
  • Time tracking, etc.
• Calculated Fields: Creating and modifying complex calculated fields for specific data transformations or manipulations.
• Workday Reports: Build both standard and advanced (composite, matrix) reports to extract and present HR data meaningfully.
• Security: Setting up and managing user roles, permissions, and data access within the Workday security model.
• Integrations: Understanding how Workday integrates with other systems using tools like Workday Studio, EIBs (Enterprise Interface Builders), and web services.

Analytical & Problem-Solving Skills

• Data Analysis and Reporting: Interpreting HR data to identify trends, patterns, and support data-driven decisions.
• Troubleshooting: Ability to isolate, diagnose, and resolve issues within the Workday system.
• Requirements Gathering: Effectively elicit information about organizational needs from stakeholders and translate that into Workday configurations.

Soft Skills

• Communication: Clearly explaining Workday concepts and changes to HR teams, managers, and employees. Writing clear documentation is also important.
• Collaboration: Working with IT, HR teams, and end-users to implement and optimize Workday solutions.
• Project Management: Experience in managing Workday implementations or smaller configuration updates with defined timelines.
• Change Management: Help your organization adopt and effectively navigate changes introduced by Workday.