Pune, Maharashtra
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.
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