Meridian Partners

Consultant

• Lead the Workday Integrations workstream for mid- to large-scale Workday implementations and post-production enhancement initiatives.
• Partner with client stakeholders to understand business processes, technical requirements, data flows, and security constraints.
• Design scalable, secure integration architectures aligned with Workday best practices and client enterprise ecosystems.
• Identify integration risks, dependencies, and downstream impacts, proactively defining mitigation and remediation strategies.
• Design, build, and deploy integrations using Workday integration technologies.
• Develop XSLT-based transformations, data mappings, parsing logic, and error-handling frameworks.
• Implement secure transport mechanisms such as SFTP, HTTPS, and API-based integrations
• Ensure all integration solutions adhere to architectural, security, audit, and performance standards.
• Create detailed test plans, unit test scripts, and integration validation procedures.
• Troubleshoot and resolve defects, performance issues, and data mapping discrepancies across environments.
• Support end-to-end integration testing, UAT cycles, and go-live cutover activities.
• Implement and maintain monitoring, alerting, and audit logging for production integrations.
• Serve as the Workday Integrations subject matter expert during client workshops, design sessions, and technical reviews.
• Mentor junior integration developers and collaborate with onshore and offshore technical resources.

Workday Integrations Consultant

Manager

• Serve as the primary point of contact for client executive stakeholders throughout the engagement lifecycle.
• Build trusted advisor relationships, ensuring high levels of satisfaction and proactive communication.
• Drive strategic discussions on project objectives, success measures, and long-term roadmap alignment.
• Oversee all aspects of Workday implementation delivery, including project planning, resourcing, financial management, and risk mitigation.
• Apply Meridian’s Workday Delivery Framework (MDF) and Workday Delivery Implementation Methodology to ensure consistent execution across all project phases.
• Facilitate steering committee meetings, executive status updates, and issue/risk reviews.
• Lead cross-functional teams including Solution Leads, Functional Consultants, and Technical Specialists.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Provide mentorship and professional development for project team members and emerging leaders within the Workday Practice.
• Ensure deliverables meet Meridian’s internal quality assurance standards and contractual obligations.
• Drive adherence to scope, schedule, and budget through proactive change and risk management.
• Champion repeatable best practices and contribute to the continuous enhancement of Meridian’s project delivery framework.
• Support pre-sales and business development activities, including RFP responses, scoping, and project estimation.
• Identify expansion opportunities within existing clients to promote long-term partnerships and Workday optimization initiatives.
• Contribute to internal knowledge-sharing and cross-practice collaboration across HCM, Payroll, Financials, and Integrations.

Workday Engagement Manager

Payroll

• Apply deep expertise in the Workday Payroll product across customer engagements
• Partner with customers to elicit, clarify, and document business requirements
• Configure Workday Payroll to align with customer needs and operational realities
• Document solution decisions clearly so customers can support and sustain their environment after go-live
• Lead Workday post-production support services for Payroll, a portfolio of clients
• Serve as the primary point of contact and strategic advisor for client stakeholders, addressing escalations, resolving complex issues, and guiding clients through system updates and enhancements.
• Manage day-to-day support activities: triage tickets, troubleshoot issues, and oversee timely resolution in alignment with SLAs.
• Own Workday release management: analyze feature updates, assess client impact, and coordinate testing and deployment with client teams.
• Partner with clients to understand complex benefits structures, including union, non-union, and retiree populations governed by state and local policies.
• Identify opportunities to improve client processes and system configuration for efficiency, accuracy, and compliance.
• Provide end-user training and support during implementation and post-implementation phases.
• Lead collaborative discovery sessions to document requirements and translate them into effective, compliant Workday configurations.

Payroll Consultant

Solutions Engineer

• Own the end-to-end functional solution architecture for one or more Workday workstreams (HCM, Time Tracking, Payroll) across multiple clients
• Translate complex business and regulatory requirements into cohesive, scalable Workday solution designs
• Lead architecture and design workshops, guiding clients toward supportable solutions aligned with Workday best practices
• Anticipate cross module dependencies and downstream impacts across HCM, Absence, Recruiting, Time, Benefits, Compensation, and Payroll
• Validate that solutions meet business needs while remaining configurable, auditable, and sustainable

Workday HCM Solution Architect

Engagement Manager

• Configure and deploy Workday Compensation in alignment with public sector regulatory and organizational needs.
• Translate complex compensation processes into efficient Workday solutions, ensuring compliance with public sector policies, union agreements, and audit requirements.
• Collaborate with HR, IT and functional leads to gather requirements, document configurations and deliver enhancements and updates.
• Lead or support functional workstreams during Workday implementations, optimizations, or phase x rollouts for public sector entities.
• Conduct testing activities (unit, integration, UAT) support data conversion, and assist with validation and reconciliation processes.
• Provide ongoing production support and troubleshoot system issues going post-live.
• Ensure Workday security roles and domain policies and proper segregation of duties and public sector standards.
• Stay up to date with Workday release and assess impacts for public sector clients.

Workday Integrations Consultant

Workday Engagement Manager

Payroll Consultant

Workday HCM Solution Architect

Engagement Manager

HCM Compensation Consultant