Workday Staff Specialist Core HCM, Compensation & Benefits

The ideal candidate for this role will collaborate with global HR stakeholders and IT teams to align technology with business needs, ensuring seamless delivery and compliance across multiple HR functions. Key Responsibilities: - Benefits Configuration & Management: Design and configure benefit plans, eligibility rules, open enrollment events, rates, and vendor integrations. Support year-round benefits administration and compliance including India statutory benefits and global plans. - Advanced Compensation: Configure compensation plans, salary structures, merit & bonus cycles, grade profiles. Manage annual compensation review cycles, bonus planning, and modeling. - Talent Management: Configure and maintain talent review processes, succession planning, goal alignment, and development frameworks. Support performance reviews and feedback mechanisms aligned with business goals. - Recruitment & Onboarding: Design recruitment workflows, job requisitions, offer templates, and onboarding tasks. Collaborate with Talent Acquisition and Hiring Managers to optimize hiring experiences. - System Optimization & Support: Handle security roles, condition rules, reporting (basic & advanced), and integrations related to assigned modules. Conduct impact analysis and apply updates during Workday releases. Develop configuration documentation, test scripts, and support UAT. Required Qualifications: - Proven ability to configure and maintain multiple Workday modules independently. - Strong understanding of Workday business process framework, eligibility rules, condition logic, and HR data architecture. - Excellent communication skills to gather requirements, present solutions, and lead system-related discussions. - Hands-on experience in supporting end-to-end testing, UAT, and post-production support. - Workday certification(s) in any of the above modules is an added advantage. Preferred Qualifications: - Experience working on global HR implementations or multi-country rollouts. - Prior experience in a consulting environment or large enterprise HR tech team. - Knowledge of EIBs, calculated fields, compliance mandates, and reporting tools is desirable.,