Workday Solutions Architect

Source Group are currently working with an organisation based in Financial Services who are looking to hire a Freelance/Contract Workday Solutions Architect on a long term project.

The Solutions Architect will work with stakeholders, internal technical teams, and 3rd party resources to implement and configure Workday according to specifications, design, and target architecture. In addition to the implementation project, the Architect will be expected to support integration projects. The successful candidate will have a proven track record implementing Workday from scratch and supporting and operating Workday on a day-to-day basis once it is live.

As a Workday Solutions Architect, you will provide guidance in designing, configuring, and implementing HR processes and functionalities in Workday. You will also have experience in data analysis, mapping Legacy to Workday data model, and in data migration activities.

Duties:

• Work closely with the HR team to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions
• Act as a go to person for technology workstream (Vendor and IT tech experts, Corporate Security experts etc.) during the complete implementation cycle
• Ensure the design and implementation follows best practices for functional and non-functional requirements
• Periodically review and drive the implementation team towards standard Workday features vs customizations keeping performance, scalability, and cost impact in mind
• Design, configure and implement complex processes and functionalities to meet business requirements
• Assist integrating Workday with other systems
• Participate in the design discussions and architectural decisions
• Maintain and support the existing processes in the Workday platform
• Support data analysis and data migration between Legacy and Workday systems
• Coach and assist colleagues who are less experienced with the Workday platform
• Produce technical documentation

Requirements:

• Workday experience (minimum 5 years of experience working with Workday and covering architecture work)
• Strong architecture and technical design experience (covering multiple IT architecture disciplines, including application, information, integration, infrastructure, and security)
• Experience defining HR business and systems design, developing system requirements, and implementing practical business solutions
• Good understanding of cloud computing concepts (security controls, integrations, access)
• Strong understanding on integrations (experience with integrations will be beneficial specifically in what regards people data integration, understanding the implications and impact, downstream)
• Fluent in Engish language skills

This role requires candidate to be based/willing to relocate to Switzerland full time.