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Workday Advanced Compensation Consultant

VirtualResource (VR)

United KingdomOn-site

About the role

TL;DR

Lead end-to-end Workday Compensation design, configuration, and deployment for mid-to-large enterprise clients. You’ll own compensation workflows, equity and bonus integrations, analytics, data migrations, testing, production escalations, and client guidance, while mentoring junior consultants. The role requires 5+ years of hands-on Workday Compensation experience, plus Workday Studio, SQL, advanced Excel, and analytics skills.

Acting as the subject matter expert responsible for designing, configuring, and optimizing the Workday Compensation module for mid-to-large enterprise clients. This role combines deep technical Workday expertise with advanced compensation domain knowledge, delivering high-impact implementations, data-driven insights, and strategic guidance across global compensation programs.

Job Description

Responsibilities will include:

Workday Compensation Module Design & Implementation

  • Lead end-to-end design, configuration, and deployment of Workday Compensation module

  • Translate business requirements into functional specifications; architect compensation structures

  • Configure compensation planning workflows, approval matrices, and data validation rules

  • Implement equity, bonus, and variable pay integrations with payroll and core HR

  • Conduct fit-gap analysis for compensation functionality; manage scope and change

  • Lead parallel testing and UAT coordination for compensation-related processes

Reporting, Analytics & Insights

  • Design and build custom compensation analytics dashboards (Workday Analytics, Tableau, Power BI)

  • Develop compensation management reports: pay equity, pay progression, market competitiveness

Subject Matter Expertise & Client Guidance

  • Serve as primary compensation domain expert; provide mentorship to junior consultants

  • Define compensation best practices tailored to client industry, scale, and regulatory context

  • Advise on complex compensation design: long-term incentives, equity plans, executive structures

  • Troubleshoot production issues; manage escalations and perform root-cause analysis

  • Document compensation processes and user guides; deliver training

Must Have Skills Required

  • 5+ years hands-on Workday Compensation experience: job architecture, benchmarking, pay design, administration

  • Strong understanding of Workday Core HR, Payroll, and Talent modules; integration awareness

  • Proficiency in Workday Studio (custom objects, calculated fields, business processes)

  • Configure compensation security, visibility rules, and data governance objects

  • Experience with Workday Financials integration for cost allocation and budgeting

  • Certification preferred (Workday Certified Compensation Consultant or equivalent)

  • Advanced Excel proficiency: data modeling, formulas, pivot tables, statistical analysis

  • SQL experience for data extraction and validation from Workday reporting tables

  • Competency with analytics tools (Workday Analytics, Tableau, Power BI, Qlik)

  • Experience designing and executing data migrations, especially compensation data

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