HCM Compensation Consultant

Meridian Partners

Workday HCM Compensation Consultant helping public sector clients configure and deploy Workday Compensation. Collaborating with teams to ensure solutions meet regulatory needs.

Posted 4/2/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $120,000 - $150,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Active Workday HCM Compensation Implementer Certification is REQUIRED
3+ years of Workday Compensation experience, including configuration and deployment of Compensation and other HCM modules.
1+ full-cycle Workday implementations
1+ years Public Sector experience within state or local agencies working with or implementing Workday
Understanding of public sector HR structures, collective bargaining agreements, civil service rules, and position management frameworks.
Experience with Workday business processes, condition rules, and calculated fields.
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent professional experience

Benefits

Comp & perks

Generous time off and flexible remote environment
401(k) with company match that immediately vests
Comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision, caregiver/adoption support, financial coaching, EAP
Company-paid life insurance

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Hard Skills & Tools

Workday CompensationWorkday HCMconfigurationdeploymenttesting activitiesdata conversionvalidationreconciliationbusiness processescalculated fields

Soft Skills

communicationstakeholder engagement

Certifications

Workday HCM Compensation Implementer Certification