Workday Implementation Specialist

Quick Facts

• Role: Workday Implementation Specialist

• Focus: End-to-end HR and Compensation & Benefits (C&B) processes in Workday

• On-site/remote: Stockholm (3 days onsite, 2 days remote)

Description

The consultant will support an end-to-end HR and Compensation & Benefits (C&B) Workday implementation. The role centers on mapping process and system flows, coordinating C&B data activities and data quality, and supporting/executing functional, data, and end-to-end testing. You will also provide hands-on support across design, implementation, cutover, and post-go-live stabilization.

Responsibilities

• Understand and document end-to-end C&B processes and how they are supported by Workday and connected systems

• Map process and system flows, including dependencies, hand-offs, data flows, integrations, and interactions with other HR processes

• Support the design and implementation of Workday processes and solutions end-to-end

• Translate business requirements and existing processes into functional and system requirements; identify gaps, dependencies, and potential impacts across processes, systems, and Workday modules

• Coordinate C&B data activities and ensure alignment between source data, business requirements, and Workday

• Map data between current systems and Workday, including transformation and migration requirements

• Validate data quality and completeness; identify discrepancies and coordinate required cleansing and corrections

• Support data loads and migrations, including validation and reconciliation of results

• Plan and coordinate C&B testing (test scenarios, test data, expected outcomes, and end-to-end process testing)

• Execute and support functional, data, and end-to-end testing; document defects and follow issues through resolution

• Investigate functional, process, and data-related issues and support root cause analysis and resolution

• Prepare and maintain process documentation, requirements, data mappings, test documentation, and decision materials

• Support implementation, cutover, and post-go-live stabilization activities

Requirements

• Hands-on experience from Workday implementations and/or Workday configuration, preferably in Compensation & Benefits and related HR processes

• Strong understanding of end-to-end business processes and how processes, data, configuration, integrations, and systems interact

• Experience planning, coordinating, and executing testing (including scenarios involving data, configuration, and end-to-end processes)

• Ability to map process and system flows, including inputs, outputs, hand-offs, dependencies, and interactions

• Ability to translate business needs into functional and system requirements

• Ability to assess upstream/downstream impacts of process changes, including effects on data, integrations, and other Workday areas

• Strong Workday data experience: mapping, transformation, validation, migration, and reconciliation

• Experience coordinating data activities across business, project, and technical teams to manage dependencies and issues

• Hands-on comfort with process analysis, investigations, requirements, documentation, testing, data validation, and implementation activities

Benefits

• Hands-on involvement across end-to-end C&B process, data, and testing work in a Workday implementation, including cutover and post-go-live stabilization.