Associate - Workday Practice

Company:Description:

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Career Digital team at Mercer. This role will be based in Pune/GGN/Noida. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

Associate - Workday Practice(E)

What can you expect?

We are looking to hire Associate - Workday Practice Consultant in Digital Solutions, Career; India COE and expect the candidate to:

• Make a lasting impact on a fast-growing organization dedicated to excellence
• Align with global Career Digital organization’s business & financial goals
• Lead the integration workstream in designing, implementing, and optimizing complex integrations on various Workday implementation projects.
• Manage workload for the project team, assist in all the phases of delivery lifecycle, collate and report status / impediments with the project team across functional areas
• Coordinate with the functional leads from other streams, people managers, project delivery teams (EM/PM and Clients) for project delivery
• Multi-task and engage on multiple projects & internal initiatives
• Provide leadership and key stakeholders with the information and venues to make effective, timely decisions

We will count on you to:

• Leading or participating in Workday implementation projects from planning to execution
• Lead and mentor a team of integration consultants, providing guidance, support, and professional development opportunities
• Mentor and coach senior consultants in the team to lead Workday implementations projects
• Understand the scope of work, identify scope gaps & get them addressed
• Identify right stakeholders in the project
• Communicate & collaborate with project internal / external stakeholders for project success & plan inputs
• Being flexible to work in multiple time zones, multiple teams
• Drive Ops excellence culture and lead transformational project(s) with clear visible and measurable impact
• Responsible for driving IP development, improvement initiatives, new tools / methodology and ensuring results with a confined focus on timelines and quality
• Review project health status for projects being led/delivered by different leads on the Deployment team
• Lead/Management - Manage workload for the Deployment team, assist team in all the phases of delivery lifecycle, collate and report status/impediments with the greater project team
• Collaborate with Senior Leadership to understand leadership vision and implement strategies meeting the Organizational goals
• Lead Integrations Workstream on Large Enterprise and Medium Enterprise projects
• Define the scope of the project in collaboration with required stakeholders, and manage the project/process to agreed plan
• Task estimation, prioritization, risk identification and tracking to closure within defined project timelines/plan
• Participate in design discussions with client to understand business requirements for integrations, and design scalable, optimized and cost-effective integration solutions.
• Oversee and support the development, configuration, testing and deployment of integrations in the project
• Lead DA reviews
• Establish and enforce quality assurance processes to drive high customer service standards
• Monthly connects with all team members using 1:1 meetings covering issues, R&R, skill matrix, track IDP progress
• Work with minimum supervision, provide constant feedback on project status and deadlines to all relevant stakeholders
• Flexible working in different shifts/locations including on-call support
• Work with recruitment teams to shortlist, interview and select staff with appropriate skills for project activities
• Takes timely, appropriate actions that address stakeholder needs/expectations    
• Identify and manage issue resolution including escalation as needed

What you need to have:

• Education : B.E /B.Tech /MCA /BSc.
• Should be Workday Certified on Integration Core minimum
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Workday & overall 12 years’ experience is minimum.
• Strong proficiency in Workday Integration tools and excellent knowledge on Workday Integration methodologies
• Good knowledge on integration patterns, APIs, XML, XSLT and data transformation techniques
• Led multiple Medium & Large global implementations
• Excellent communication and inter personal skills
• Manage multiple projects & teams
• Self-driven and adaptability to learn new skills
• Extensive experience with Workday Project Lifecycle and various Integration approaches
• Knowledge on multiple Workday Functional Areas
• Excellent understanding of integration touchpoints for system interactions and cross-functional dependencies
• Strong proficiency in Workday integration tools such as Workday Studio, EIB, Cloud Connect, and Workday Web Services
• Strong knowledge on working with data exchange formats like XML, JSON and data transformation using XSLT
• Strong knowledge of Payroll Interfaces and other complex HCM and Benefit system integration solutions.
• Self-motivated and strong leadership skills.
• Experience in the development and implementation of process and systems changes.
• Ability to absorb new technologies and features quickly.
• Ability to train users in a classroom setting
• Effective knowledge transfer skills in non-classroom environment.
• Passion for customer service.
• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to maintain a home office for remote work

What makes you stand out:

• Excellent technical & functional skills across functional areas required for developing and delivering Integrations across client implementation
• Good knowledge on integration patterns, APIs, XML, XSLT and data transformation techniques
• Excellent inter personal and communication skills
• Adaptability to learn new skills
• Self-driven
• Manage multiple projects & teams

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Mercer, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), is a global leader in helping clients realize their investment objectives, shape the future of work and enhance health and retirement outcomes for their people. Marsh McLennan is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $23 billion and more than 85,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit mercer.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, caste, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.

Mercer, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), is a global leader in helping clients realize their investment objectives, shape the future of work and enhance health and retirement outcomes for their people. Marsh McLennan is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $23 billion and more than 85,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit mercer.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, caste, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.