The CVS Principal Consultant will guide clients through the transformation,
implementation and operation phases of a Workday implementation or project.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify strategies, risks, and options, recommend approaches and mitigations to meet client/functional requirements.
- Work alongside the other functional teams and vendors to configure and test to ensure no impact to their production environment.
- Perform multiple tasks under limited direction, while regularly keeping the client, your project team, and your Engagement Manager abreast of changes or progress related to the project.
- Become a Workday functional expert with deep knowledge of current functionality, design concepts, touch points with HCM, Payroll, FIN and future product direction.
- Act as a mentor to fellow consultants and analysts, including providing support for shadow assignments
- Drive the project or ticket by driving decisions and recommending best practices related to functionality.
- Actively participate in update training and internal opportunities to share one’s skills and learnings with others within the organization.
- Execute the day-to-day activities of Workday project or tickets for a variety of clients including process design, package implementation lifecycle support, and project reviews.
- Support business development activities such as identification, proposal development, and other pursuit activities.
Skills And Requirements
- Experience implementing enterprise management solutions (i.e.Workday, PeopleSoft, SAP, etc.)
- Experience gathering requirements, designing, prototyping, testing, and deploying solutions to meet client requirements.
- Subject Matter Expertise in the respective functional area.
- Passion for exceptional client service.
- Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively manage client expectations.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
- Current Workday core certification or ability to acquire it within 28 days of offer
Why Choose Cognizant
- Entrepreneurial environment that welcomes your ideas
- Opportunity to do great work
- Outreach programs that support communities and tap into your volunteer spirit
- Learning opportunities to help current needs and advancement
- Global operations, with opportunities in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific
- An abundance of Affinity groups to meet your needs
Cognizant Core Values
- Start with a point of view: I apply my expertise to gain trust and to lead our clients forward.
- Seek data, build knowledge: I use facts to guide my actions and decisions.
- Always strive, never settle: I act with agility and creativity, determined to stay one step ahead.
- Work as one: I deliver solutions that draw upon the full power and scale of Cognizant.
- Create conditions for everyone to thrive: I include, enable, and invest in everyone around me.
- Do the right thing, the right way: I always make the ethical choice.
