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Workday Time & Absence Analyst
Trident Consulting
🇺🇸 United States
Hybrid
2 days ago
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Location: Remote
Pay: $80/hr - $85/hr on W2 (Inclusive all)
Hours: 40 hours/week
Job Summary
We are seeking aWorkday Time & Absence Analyst to support Workday Time Tracking and Absence configuration forM&A integration projects involving multiple international acquired populations.
The consultant will partner with HR, Payroll, and People Technology stakeholders to gather statutory and company-specific requirements and translate them into scalable Workday configurations. The role will own configuration activities fromSandbox build and unit testing through UAT, production migration, hypercare, reconciliation, and functional handoff.
The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience withWorkday Absence and Time Tracking, global/multi-country implementations, complex accrual rules, and absence-to-payroll interactions. Experience supporting M&A or acquired populations and EMEA statutory leave requirements is strongly preferred.
Key Responsibilities
- Support implementation of newWorkday Absence and Time Tracking plans for global projects.
- Gather statutory, regulatory, and company-specific absence requirements from HR, Payroll, and local People teams.
- Translate business requirements intoWorkday configuration and functional solutions.
- Configure: Time Off Plans, Leave of Absence Types, Eligibility Rules, Accrual Methods, Balance Periods, Time Tracking Rules, Time Entry, Work Schedules and Calendars, Approvals and Exceptions.
- Apply global naming, configuration, and security standards.
- PerformSandbox configuration, unit testing, and configuration validation.
- SupportUAT, troubleshoot defects, and implement configuration fixes.
- Performlegacy balance load reconciliation and validate employee balances.
- Support production migration sequencing and deployment activities.
- Providepost-go-live hypercare and resolve Time & Absence configuration issues.
- Support reporting, audits, and data validation related to Time & Absence.
- Analyze and supportabsence-to-payroll interactions and integrations.
- Provide guidance on Workday releases and adoption of relevant new features.
- Prepare configuration documentation and provide knowledge transfer/handoff to the Workday Functional team.
- Collaborate effectively with HR, Payroll, IT, and People Technology stakeholders.
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of hands-on Workday Absence configuration experience.
- Strong hands-on experience withWorkday Time Tracking.
- Experience designing and configuring: Absence/Time Off Plans, Leave Types, Eligibility Rules, Accrual Rules, Balance Periods, Time Tracking Rules, Work Schedules/Calendars
- Strong understanding ofglobal time tracking and leave/absence policies.
- Experience withmulti-country or international Workday implementations.
- Working knowledge ofabsence-to-payroll interactions.
- Experience with complex accrual rules and time tracking integrations.
- Strong experience withtesting, UAT, defect resolution, deployment, and hypercare.
- Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Workday certification inAbsence and/or Time Tracking.
- Experience supportingM&A, acquisitions, or acquired employee populations.
- Experience withEMEA statutory leave and absence requirements.
- Experience with payroll and scheduling integrations.
- Experience supporting global Workday tenants.
- Experience with legacy balance conversion/load and reconciliation.
Workday Time & Absence Analyst · Trident Consulting