Total 4 job vacancies by Collaborative Solutions, LLC (USA)

The Data Senior Principal Consultant will “bridge the gap” between the business and technical teams by solving complex Workday intersystem problems. They will guide clients through the transformation, implementation, and operation phases of a Workday implementation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Be a Workday product expert with knowledge of design, configuration, testing and implementation.

• Reinforces company policies and procedures to others.

• Drives and makes decisions regarding tactical direction of project workstreams.

• Identifies dependencies and supports interplay between different workstreams within a project.

• Leads, mentors, and oversees the work of other Consultants within their projects.

• Designs and generates data tracking and monitoring tools, and develops reports with accurate, easy to read, useful information.

• Identifies strategies, risks, and options, recommends approaches and mitigations to meet client requirements.

• Coordinates and leads cross functional discussions related to the execution of a Workday tenant build.

• Uses technical aptitude to map data sources into Workday using Workday delivered and Cognizant built tools for the data conversion process.

• Guides clients through the data extract and cleansing process.

• Loads customer data, migrate configuration from tenant to tenant, identify risks and issues to the overall conversion process, troubleshoot load issues, and document issues.

• Creates scripts to transform and load data and creates strategies to improve and normalize client data.

• Leads the validation of data loaded into Workday. Works with the customer to ensure they understand the data validation process.

• Regularly engages and supports the client through all phases of the project, ensuring a smooth transfer from legacy systems to the Workday solutions.

• Performs 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.

• Willingness to take a leadership position on a project.

• Uses technical aptitude to convert and map data sources into data conversion templates via all Workday load methods.

• Acts as a mentor to fellow consultants and analysts, including providing support for shadow assignments.

• Actively participates in update training and internal opportunities to share one’s skills and learnings with others within the organization.

• Additional duties as assigned by manager.

Skills & Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

• Must be certified in Workday (preferably Student or Financials)

• 4+ years of Workday functional implementation experience, required. Workday Student experienced candidates are preferred.

• 5 years Human Resources, Payroll, Student or Financial software experience, required.

• Experience with data conversion, data mining, and data loading

• Demonstrated functional experience in Human Resources, Payroll, Student or Financials Management.

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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.

At Cognizant, we are passionate about customer satisfaction and strive to be collaborative with our clients and each other every step of the way.  Join our dedicated team of experienced Workday implementation professionals and become part of our dynamic, fast-paced, higher education transformation consulting practice.  We are currently seeking thought leaders in the Workday Student Financials space to deliver superior results to our clients. Senior Principal Consultants at this level will be expected to: 

Responsibilities:

• Be a Workday product expert with knowledge of design, configuration, testing and implementation.

• Reinforces company policies and procedures to others.

• Drives and makes decisions regarding tactical direction of project workstreams.

• Identifies dependencies and supports interplay between different workstreams within a project.

• Leads, mentors, and oversees the work of other Consultants within their projects. 

•  Guide the client through facilitated design sessions and configuration decisions based on best practices and an understanding of the client’s unique business requirements at all stages of the project.

• Regularly engage and support the client through all phases of the project, ensuring a smooth transfer from legacy systems to the Workday Student solution.

• 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.

• Willingness to take a leadership position on a project, or as a Cognizant or Workday product Partner Lead and/or Delivery Assurance Reviewer.

• Display your hands-on expertise of the software, including iLoading client data, moving configuration from tenant to tenant, and configuring business processes and security.

• Utilize your technical aptitude to convert and map data sources into data conversion templates via iLoads.

• Act as a mentor to fellow consultants and analysts, including providing support for shadow assignments.

• Actively participate in update training and internal opportunities to share one’s skills and learnings with others within the organization.

• Additional duties as assigned by manager.

Skills & Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

• Subject Matter Expertise in Student Financials, ideally in a lead role on a Workday Student project

• Experience gathering requirements, designing, prototyping, testing and deploying solutions to meet customer requirements

• Report writing experience highly desired

• Workday Student certification is required unless the individual has experience with the Workday Student financials module

• Project leadership in support of overall direction and delivery of functional solutions

• Passion for exceptional customer service

• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively manage customer expectations

• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, particularly Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

• Minimal travel required, but must be willing to travel on-site if needed

#LI-Remote

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.

#LI-Remote

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.

At Cognizant, we are passionate about customer satisfaction and strive to be collaborative with our clients and each other every step of the way.  Join our dedicated team of experienced Workday implementation professionals and become part of our dynamic, fast-paced, higher education transformation consulting practice.  We are currently seeking thought leaders in the Workday Student space to deliver superior results to our clients. The Student Functional Architect is the “go to” implementation leader, expected to provide expert guidance and delivery for Workday Student engagements. Serving as the billable functional leader on Workday Student implementations, this person is a senior Workday Student product expert who works closely with Engagement Managers, managers, Student functional area leads and senior customer resources. This person will provide overarching strategic guidance and leadership on engagements with Workday Student to ensure a robust and complete solution that meets customer needs and allows for future enhancements with limited rework.

Responsibilities:

Solution Delivery

• Provide functional leadership on multiple, concurrent Workday Student implementations

• Oversee all Workday Student functional area leads on assigned implementations, ensuring efficient and accurate design and configuration of the delivered solution

• Review and anticipate cross-functional impact of design decisions across not only all Student functional areas, but also across data conversion, reporting, and integrations

• Utilize CynergyTM methodology to deliver Workday Student implementations

• Continuous commitment to the ongoing optimization of the CynergyTM methodology, which includes assuring team members keep tools current and driving innovation for new ones

• Ensures cohesive structure and project communications are in place for cross-functional delivery between Student functional areas and other non-student related workstreams

Team Leadership

• Partner with Engagement Managers (EM) and Portfolio Directors (PD)

• Serve as an advocate and escalation point for the EM and Student functional team and ensure issues are being addressed

• Help the team to understand and adhere to methodology, and provide feedback to appropriate parties internally to support continuous enhancement of our tools and processes

• Mentor junior project resources by providing guidance allowing them to learn new skills and functional areas, lead customer sessions, and configure the solution

• Drive team and individuals to achieve high customer satisfaction levels

• Ensure that issues and risks are being discussed openly

• Conduct internal QA processes

Workday Knowledge

• Certified in Student with an expertise in at least one of the primary functional areas - Recruiting and Admissions, Records and Advising, Financial Aid, or Student Financials.

• Experience delivering Student solutions

• Attend regular Workday KSS calls for product areas

• Maintain Workday certifications

Sales Support

• Participate in Sales Orals meetings for proposed assignments

• Assist with or review estimates for Change Orders for all functional areas

• Participate in discussions regarding Student related functional areas that may come into scope for project or customer

Skills and Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience 

• Possess 2+ years of Workday implementation experience and have completed at least one full Workday Student implementation

• Required characteristics: clear communicator, fast learner, detail oriented, decisive, and enjoy fast paced work environments while working well with and across teams to get things accomplished

• Possess sales engagement experience estimating and presenting to prospects

• Experience gathering requirements, designing, prototyping, testing and deploying solutions to meet customer requirements

• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively manage customer expectations

• Higher Education experience, preferably 3+ as an subject matter expert at a college or university in a high level leadership role

• Minimal travel required, but must be willing to travel on-site if needed

#LI-Remote

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.