Workday Solutions Architect

Division Information
Spectrum Brands' global enabling functions, including Finance, Legal, IT, Human Resources, Supply Chain, and Commercial Operations, provide enterprise-wide strategy, structure, and common processes to deliver the knowledge and expertise that helps our businesses grow. Enabling functions may operate as a center-led global team, providing a central strategy, structure, and standards; or as business partner teams, with resources embedded within the businesses to deliver business unit-specific results.

Job Summary
The Workday Functional Solution Architect is a key role on the People Technology team. This position's primary focus is to partner with HR, Business Leads, and other SMES to meet evolving business needs within the HR Technology space. This position will lead Workday enhancement opportunities, implement system solutions, manage annual processes, and deliver meaningful reports and dashboards.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities
Solution Design (60%)

• Configure Workday solution from requirements gathering, testing and implementation.
• Maintain up-to-date project documents for all initiatives that include technical details, user expectations, project goals, work effort, accountability, and deliverables.
• Work with the organization to provide proactive solutions to help the overall employee and manager experience within the HR Technology space. This includes, but not limited to, Workday Release Enhancements, Break Fixes, Reporting and Dashboard rollout, Automation, and Business Process stabilization.
• Research issues and use independent analysis and judgment to produce solution options (including alternative solutions when necessary to address system limitations) to complex and/or controversial matters, including pros, cons, risks, benefits, costs, and unintended consequences.
• Review, design, develop and implement system design, configuration, and functionality.
• Automate and Digitalize the Human Resources Processes with People technology solutions.

Operational Support (20%)

• Customer centric yet follows the process to Supports end user and external reporting and data needs.
• Creates and maintains end user and system documentation.
• Maintains data integrity with frequent audits and reports.
• Maintains and improves the People Technology Brand value.
• Work as an internal consultant, leveraging experience with HR technology best practices and optimization.

Data Analysis (20%)

• Transform large amounts of data into compelling visual stories to facilitate analysis and business decision-making, using data visualization tools.
• Ensure that the information is presented in a visually clear, concise, and business-relevant manner to senior leadership level stakeholders.
• Create thought provoking and professional reports and models using Workday, Excel, PowerPoint, or other analytics visualization solutions as appropriate.
• Serve as an internal resource to ensure organization leaders are knowledgeable regarding the use of workforce data and analytics self-service tools.
• Ensure confidentiality of data by following established security/confidentiality standards

Education and Experience Profile
Education Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree is preferred
Workday Pro Certification is a plus
Specialty certification in relevant Business & Finance related applications/technologies Preferred

Experience Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as subject matter expert in Workday domain.
• Ability to develop business process strategies, independently configure and troubleshoot all modules of Workday.
• Experience in enhancing user experience in building centralized employee portal with integration to Workday.
• Provide Tier II support for HR Technology team.
• Engaging presentation style, with the ability to control and manage multiple presentation scenarios.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills required to interact with colleagues and internal customers.
• Ability to work effectively with others who are in remote locations and varying time zones.

Required Skills

• Deep and broad knowledge of Workday with experience of leading solution design and implementation across modules (i.e. HCM Core, Talent, Payroll for large and or complex organizations.)
• Bring a depth of expertise in understanding the touchpoints and interdependencies between modules, and third-party solutions and will own the solution design and lead the functional team to successfully deliver unified employee experience powered by Workday.
• Analytical thinking and problem solving
• Focus on User Experience to deliver best in class solutions for Spectrum's global operations.
• Develop proof of concept solutions based on business requirements and build strong relationships with key stakeholders and subject matter experts.
• Provide expert level support and technical mentoring to implementation teams.
• Maintain deep, comprehensive knowledge of the capabilities and constraints from Workday and other HR Applications
• Deliver hands-on configuration, development and integration services and serve in a delivery assurance capacity for all project deliverables.
• Act as the People Technologies subject matter to the cross functional teams within the organization.

Spectrum Brands is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.

Work Environment
Working conditions are normal for an office environment.

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this job/classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Spectrum Brands is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.

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