Senior Analyst II - Workday Practice

Company:MercerDescription:

What is in it for you?

• Diversify your career development, learn design and architecture approaches.
• Take up challenging role where you get to contribute as senior consultant /  lead for small implementations.
• Holidays (As Per the location)
• Shared Transport (Provided the address falls in service zone)

We will count on you for:

• Deliver solutions for at least one of Workday Payroll Module
• Identify scope, scope gaps & get them addressed.
• Identify right stakeholders in the project.
• Communicate & collaborate with project internal / external stakeholders for project success & plan inputs.
• Gather and document requirements, assess complexity and level of effort estimates, prioritizes capacity, and defines development and analysis timelines.
• Identify test scenarios, develop test scripts, and provide key support in Workday feature releases, security, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Mentor and Coach Team Members.
• Being flexible to work in multiple time zones and multiple teams.
• Drive Ops excellence culture and lead transformational project(s) with clear visible and measurable impact.
• Responsible for driving initiatives and ensuring results with a confined focus on timelines and quality.

What you need to have: 

• Excellent technical & functional skills across functional areas required for developing and delivering complex Payroll solutions across client implementations.
• Thorough Workday Payroll Configuration Build knowledge.
• Excellent knowledge on Payroll Calculations, Earnings and Deductions and Country specific Taxations and Year End Activity.
• Through knowledge on Payroll Migrations, Data Conversion and Reporting Concepts.
• Excellent iload related knowledge.
• Excellent Excel Skills.
• Excellent Presentation Skills.
• Excellent inter personal skills
• Excellent communication skills.
• Adaptability to learn new skills.
• Self-driven
• Manage multiple projects.

What makes you stand out?

• Adaptable communicator, facilitator, influencer and problem solver
• High attention to detail
• Good relationship skills, Proven ability to work on own initiative as well as in a team. 
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize time effectively.
• Ability to work in a global and remote team.
• Strong project management, communication, and customer service skills
• Track record of realizing solutions from conception to implementation and support
• Attention to detail and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Requirements gathering, Definition - Investigate the business / technical requirements for the client’s Payroll needs, work collaboratively with business analysts and architects to clarify requirements and to achieve a consensus on the organization's needs and priorities.
• Provide a overview to the client on Payroll capabilities of Workday
• Design the Workday solution to meet the needs.
• Conducting sessions with client personnel to verify the required aspects of the payroll; help them fill up Payroll related Workbooks.
• Ability to Configure Payroll components based on the filled Workbook.
• Experience in Payroll Parallel Testing and Payroll History Loads.
• Perform self-reviews and smoke testing of the work delivered and review peer’s work.
• Application Testing – Assist clients with the testing of the Payroll Components. Testing is driven by the scenarios from the client team.
• Production Support – Includes the practices and disciplines of supporting the Workday solution for a period of time post deployment.
• Production Rollout – Assist with the rollout of the Workday solution into the production environment.
• Migration Activities – Thorough on Payroll Migration Components from one tenant to another tenant.
• Take timely, appropriate action to address stakeholder needs/expectations.
• Identify and manage issue resolution including escalation as needed.
• Interact and communicate effectively with mid and senior level management.
• Works with senior level management for understanding the future priorities and plans.
• Develop & manage communication plans with stakeholders aimed at improved collaboration.
• Leverage synergies between global information systems      

Knowledge and Skills:

• Experience with Workday Project Lifecycle
• Strong knowledge of Workday at least one of the Module – USA or Canada or UK Payroll
• In-depth knowledge of Workday object model of and solution design approach around it
• Knowledge of Core HCM functional areas
• Self-motivated and ability to learn quickly through individual research and self-training.
• 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.
• Excellent Excel Skills.

Eligibility:

• Should either be Certified on Workday Payroll – USA or UK or Canada
• At least 2 or 3 Implementation Project exposures.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience.

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 $24 billion and more than 90,000 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.