Workday Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking Senior Principal Consultant-Global AMS (Application[...]

Overview

The Workday Payroll, Absence, Time Tracking Senior Principal Consultant – Global Application Managed Services (AMS) is a well experienced post-production professional who is dynamic, fast-paced, and familiar with the managed services construct. As a Workday Senior Principal Consultant (Payroll, Absence, Time Tracking), you will bring your functional skills, ability to keep the business context in sight, and roll-up-your-sleeves work ethic to a team with a positive, can-do attitude, a collaborative culture, and a passion for helping our clients to be successful.

Responsibilities

• Onshore functional lead who leads HCM workstream for the assigned set of accounts in the Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking track.
• Apply and execute various AMS & Implementation methodologies / activities in these AMS engagements.
• Collaborate with the GDC team on day-to-day activities, incidents, root cause analysis and other work requests.
• Provide on-call support and holiday coverage as required.
• Maintain deep knowledge in SLA constructs and adherence.
• Coordinate with external and internal stakeholders to create high business impact.
• Contribute to the operational efficiency of the Workday practice.
• Proactively identify and develop reporting dashboards to improve Workday utilization, creating solutions that support metrics for HCM and the business at large.
• Work with clients to identify / resolve all issues that could impact project scope and / or timeframe.
• Maintain the Workday platform with a focus on reporting (including scheduled reports), business process maintenance, security administration, data loads and data audits.
• Ensure system design fits the needs of the user.
• Lead multiple tasks and projects simultaneously, prioritize tasks effectively, and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Ensure the team delivers project deliverables on time and coordinate reminders with vendors and project team.
• Drive continual business process improvements throughout the organization.
• Lead a team of Workday consultants across multiple engagements.

Skills & Requirements

Salary and Other Compensation

Applications will be accepted until 01 / 4 / 2026. The annual salary for this position is between $128,093 - $192,140 depending on the experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate. This position is also eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant's applicable plans.

Benefits

Disclaimer : The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

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