Workday Human Capital Management Consultant

SSM Health

Workday HCM Consultant supporting and maintaining Workday HCM with emphasis on Payroll and Expenses. Collaborating with stakeholders for effective system performance in a fully remote environment.

Posted 5/15/2026full-timeRemote • Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Supports and maintains Workday HCM with emphasis on Payroll and Expenses
Partners with Payroll, Finance, and cross‑functional stakeholders to ensure effective system performance
Researches innovative idea solutions, consistently looking at ‘what is new’, and getting connected in the Workday community for best practices around what is best for the employee experience
Performs complex configuration to transform and optimize Workday processes to continually improve the end user experience
Leads discovery, design and customer confirmation and optimization sessions, demonstrates and explains complex functionality or solutions to functional subject matter experts
Observes manual and automated processes on a regular cycle for opportunities to streamline, eliminate risk, and or close gaps
Works with the team to continuously improve solutions, processes, procedures, documentation standards, etc.
Ensures delivery of project deliverables and documentation
Reviews and provides recommendations to ensure processes are scalable and easily maintained
Coaches client during business process design, offering options, risks, and downstream impacts related to decisions
Configures the Workday system per client business requirements and Workday standards
Demonstrates computational thinking
Identifies problem components, analyzes patterns, removes inefficient configurations or processes, and constructs algorithmic solutions scalable to ongoing client needs
Provides alignment and collaboration with project leadership – proactively communicating project risks and issues
Ensures functional solutions are compatible with downstream data translation (assists integrators in configuring/testing integrations between Workday and external systems)
Ensures excellent customer focus, able to assess customer needs, build relationships, and manage customer expectations
Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
Five years’ experience
Hands‑on Workday experience with strong focus on HCM, and demonstrated exposure to Payroll and Expenses modules
Approximately 5+ years of Workday experience, with the ability to contribute quickly and independently
Experience working across multiple Workday modules (beyond HCM) to support cross‑training and coverage within the team
Payroll experience is highly preferred due to a current business gap and close partnership with the Payroll team
Financials exposure is a strong plus but not required
Workday certifications are preferred but not required; practical experience is prioritized, with training available for certification if desired
Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively, share knowledge, and partner effectively with COEs and cross‑functional stakeholders
Comfortable working in a fully remote, team‑based environment with minimal siloed work.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Paid Parental Leave : we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).
Flexible Payment Options: our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.
Upfront Tuition Coverage : we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Workday HCMPayrollExpensesWorkday configurationData translationIntegration testingComputational thinkingAlgorithmic solutionsCross-trainingFinancials exposure

Soft Skills

CollaborationCustomer focusRelationship buildingCommunicationProblem analysisCoachingProject managementProcess improvementStakeholder managementAdaptability

Certifications

Workday certifications