Workday Functional Consultant Jobs
Workday Functional Consultant jobs are open across enterprise software, healthcare, financial services, and professional services firms, covering specializations in HCM, Financials, and Payroll, from junior implementation roles to principal and lead consultant levels. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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The Workday Functional Analyst (Core HCM) manages, configures, and optimizes the Payroll and Benefits modules within the Workday HCM platform to ensure accurate data flow, system compliance, and operational efficiency. This position maintains security in the platform and partners with HR (Centers of Excellence, Business Partners, Operations), IT, and Compliance to keep access appropriate and audit ready.
Typical Duties and Responsibilities
Analysis-Proactively partner with end-users to identify opportunities for business process improvement through better leverage or enhancement of existing systems. Contribute to the continuous improvement of HR systems and processes through use of best practices.- Support-Analyze issues concerning systems affecting internal customers; this may include software issues, software changes, and/or new software packages. Provide excellent customer support in resolving system issues and outages. Liaise with vendors when escalated issues arise.
- Implementation- Develop and implement system enhancements based on requests from the business and educated recommendations. Grant security and permissions within the system and create new user groups and roles as required. Coordinate with internal stakeholders to roll out new functionality and modules.
- Testing-Perform initial test setups for new applications and procedures. Define test criteria and ensure that adequate testing is performed on system modifications to provide quality assurance of data.
- Administer and maintain security configuration in Workday: roles, role based and user-based security, permissions, and data visibility.
- Provision access for new and changing workers and remove access on transfer or termination.
- Review and action user access requests against role design and least privilege principles before granting.
- Conduct periodic security audits for sensitive access (compensation, payroll, PII, HIPAA) and remediate exceptions.
- Troubleshoot security related access issues by diagnosing domain and business process security policies.
- Identify, document, and help remediate segregation of duties conflicts in support of audit requirements.
- Support periodic access certification reviews and provide evidence and change history for internal and external audits.
- Participate in security projects such as multi factor authentication rollout and data encryption.
- Maintain up to date security documentation, policies, and controls.
Requirements
Education/Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, information technology, human resources or equivalent work experience.
- Minimum two years of experience in HR software administration with proven in-depth knowledge of at least one functional area.
- Minimum of two years of progressive experience as an analyst, consultant, or similar role.
- Knowledge of HCM or enterprise systems security.
- Proficient use of Microsoft Office suite and SharePoint software.
- Knowledge of Agile development methodologies.
- Knowledge of IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL).
Ability to:
- Demonstrate expertise of Workday modules, data structure, security model, and configuration options.
- Knowledge and understanding of business process concepts including process mapping, process design and performance management.
- Ability to prioritize responsibilities and multi-task to develop and produce accurate, professional and error-free documents on a timely basis.
- Demonstrate effective verbal and written communication skills with the flexibility and ability to
- Ability to maintain positive interpersonal relationships.
- Utilize report writing and query skills.
- Understanding of user roles, permissions, domain and business process security policies, and how they drive what a user can see and do.
- Ability to read and analyze security logs and audit trails to spot unusual activity or potential breaches.
- Knowledge of segregation of duties and access certification concepts.
- Align HCM process knowledge to security with how the business works.
- Use effective communication skills to convey security concepts and risks to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Meticulous attention to detail in security configuration and access monitoring.
- Strong commitment to data security, confidentiality, and ethical standards.
- Ability to document security policies, procedures, and incident reports accurately.
- Willingness to stay current on Workday updates and security best practices.
- Attention to detail across data, configuration, and compliance.
- Consistently provide friendly and engaging customer service.
- Utilize strong verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
Machines and Equipment Operated:
- Office machines (e.g., cell phone, computer, copy machine, telephone, fax, etc.) and other devices.
Preferred Education, Experience and/or Credentials:
- Understanding of Workday security features, role-based permissions, and security configuration options.
- Proficiency with the Workday platform across configuration, reporting, security, integrations, and business process optimization.
- Experience with Workday HCM modules.
- Experience in retail business operations.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of work performed by the employees assigned to this job. All employees must comply with Company policies and applicable laws. The responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of personnel may vary.
As the WinCo Foods community continues to grow, our variety of perspectives and wide range of experiences are essential to our strategy and success. We are committed cultivating and celebrating an inclusive environment in which all employees are valued and respected.
Fraud alert: WinCo advises job seekers to be cautious of unsolicited job offers and to verify the authenticity of any communication claiming to be from WinCo by checking the official WinCo careers website.
Join us at WinCo Foods, where we're more than just a grocery retailer - we're a growing family of over 140 supermarkets in 10 states with over 22,000 employee owners. Our purpose is to make the lives of our customers and employee owners better by offering the lowest possible prices to feed their families. Currently, WinCo is the second largest Employee-Owned company in the United States. With more than 500 millionaire employee-owners in our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). Our benefits, including top-tier medical plans and tuition support set us apart. In your role, you'll be instrumental in making a real impact in the communities we serve, embodying our purpose every day.
The Workday Functional Analyst (Core HCM) manages, configures, and optimizes the Payroll and Benefits modules within the Workday HCM platform to ensure accurate data flow, system compliance, and operational efficiency. This position maintains security in the platform and partners with HR (Centers of Excellence, Business Partners, Operations), IT, and Compliance to keep access appropriate and audit ready.
Typical Duties and Responsibilities
Analysis-Proactively partner with end-users to identify opportunities for business process improvement through better leverage or enhancement of existing systems. Contribute to the continuous improvement of HR systems and processes through use of best practices.- Support-Analyze issues concerning systems affecting internal customers; this may include software issues, software changes, and/or new software packages. Provide excellent customer support in resolving system issues and outages. Liaise with vendors when escalated issues arise.
- Implementation- Develop and implement system enhancements based on requests from the business and educated recommendations. Grant security and permissions within the system and create new user groups and roles as required. Coordinate with internal stakeholders to roll out new functionality and modules.
- Testing-Perform initial test setups for new applications and procedures. Define test criteria and ensure that adequate testing is performed on system modifications to provide quality assurance of data.
- Administer and maintain security configuration in Workday: roles, role based and user-based security, permissions, and data visibility.
- Provision access for new and changing workers and remove access on transfer or termination.
- Review and action user access requests against role design and least privilege principles before granting.
- Conduct periodic security audits for sensitive access (compensation, payroll, PII, HIPAA) and remediate exceptions.
- Troubleshoot security related access issues by diagnosing domain and business process security policies.
- Identify, document, and help remediate segregation of duties conflicts in support of audit requirements.
- Support periodic access certification reviews and provide evidence and change history for internal and external audits.
- Participate in security projects such as multi factor authentication rollout and data encryption.
- Maintain up to date security documentation, policies, and controls.
Requirements
Education/Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, information technology, human resources or equivalent work experience.
- Minimum two years of experience in HR software administration with proven in-depth knowledge of at least one functional area.
- Minimum of two years of progressive experience as an analyst, consultant, or similar role.
- Knowledge of HCM or enterprise systems security.
- Proficient use of Microsoft Office suite and SharePoint software.
- Knowledge of Agile development methodologies.
- Knowledge of IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL).
Ability to:
- Demonstrate expertise of Workday modules, data structure, security model, and configuration options.
- Knowledge and understanding of business process concepts including process mapping, process design and performance management.
- Ability to prioritize responsibilities and multi-task to develop and produce accurate, professional and error-free documents on a timely basis.
- Demonstrate effective verbal and written communication skills with the flexibility and ability to
- Ability to maintain positive interpersonal relationships.
- Utilize report writing and query skills.
- Understanding of user roles, permissions, domain and business process security policies, and how they drive what a user can see and do.
- Ability to read and analyze security logs and audit trails to spot unusual activity or potential breaches.
- Knowledge of segregation of duties and access certification concepts.
- Align HCM process knowledge to security with how the business works.
- Use effective communication skills to convey security concepts and risks to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Meticulous attention to detail in security configuration and access monitoring.
- Strong commitment to data security, confidentiality, and ethical standards.
- Ability to document security policies, procedures, and incident reports accurately.
- Willingness to stay current on Workday updates and security best practices.
- Attention to detail across data, configuration, and compliance.
- Consistently provide friendly and engaging customer service.
- Utilize strong verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
Machines and Equipment Operated:
- Office machines (e.g., cell phone, computer, copy machine, telephone, fax, etc.) and other devices.
Preferred Education, Experience and/or Credentials:
- Understanding of Workday security features, role-based permissions, and security configuration options.
- Proficiency with the Workday platform across configuration, reporting, security, integrations, and business process optimization.
- Experience with Workday HCM modules.
- Experience in retail business operations.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of work performed by the employees assigned to this job. All employees must comply with Company policies and applicable laws. The responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of personnel may vary.
As the WinCo Foods community continues to grow, our variety of perspectives and wide range of experiences are essential to our strategy and success. We are committed cultivating and celebrating an inclusive environment in which all employees are valued and respected.
Fraud alert: WinCo advises job seekers to be cautious of unsolicited job offers and to verify the authenticity of any communication claiming to be from WinCo by checking the official WinCo careers website.
Join us at WinCo Foods, where we're more than just a grocery retailer - we're a growing family of over 140 supermarkets in 10 states with over 22,000 employee owners. Our purpose is to make the lives of our customers and employee owners better by offering the lowest possible prices to feed their families. Currently, WinCo is the second largest Employee-Owned company in the United States. With more than 500 millionaire employee-owners in our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). Our benefits, including top-tier medical plans and tuition support set us apart. In your role, you'll be instrumental in making a real impact in the communities we serve, embodying our purpose every day.
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Consulting & Professional Services
- Accounting & Auditing
- Investment & Asset Management
- Healthcare & Medical Services
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in workday functional consultant jobs.
- Three or more years of hands-on Workday configuration experience across at least one functional module
- Proficiency in Workday business process framework, security configuration, and report writing
- Experience leading or supporting full-lifecycle Workday implementations from design through go-live
- Workday Pro certification in one or more modules such as HCM, Payroll, or Financials
- Bachelor's degree in information systems, business administration, human resources, or a related field
- Strong client-facing communication skills with experience gathering and documenting business requirements
Tips for Your Workday Functional Consultant Job Search
List every Workday module you've configured
Recruiters scan for specific module names like HCM, Payroll, Prism Analytics, or Adaptive Planning. Your resume should call out each module with a line on the scope of configuration work you did, not just the project it belonged to.
Distinguish configuration from development on your resume
Hiring managers for functional roles want configurators, not developers. Make clear you built business processes, condition rules, and calculated fields rather than writing custom integrations or Workday Studio code, unless the posting explicitly asks for both.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists workday functional consultant openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target postings by deployment phase
Some employers need a full-lifecycle consultant for a net-new deployment, others need steady-state support after go-live. Read each posting for phase language and tailor your summary to match the phase they're in, not just the modules they use.
Prepare a business process walkthrough for interviews
Most workday functional consultant interviews include a live or verbal walkthrough of how you'd configure a specific business process. Practice narrating your configuration decisions out loud, covering why you chose each step type and how you tested it.
Negotiate scope before you negotiate compensation
Clarify travel expectations, number of concurrent workstreams, and whether the role is implementation-only or includes post-deployment support before discussing offer terms. These factors affect day-to-day workload far more than title does.
Workday Functional Consultant Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most workday functional consultants?
The companies hiring the most workday functional consultants right now include Deloitte, Saint Francis Health System, and GFT, with the largest share of openings in Texas, Idaho, and Florida, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Consulting firms and large enterprises undergoing Workday deployments tend to post the highest volume of openings.
How many workday functional consultant jobs are remote?
About 75% of workday functional consultant openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, making it one of the more remote-accessible roles in enterprise software consulting. Post-go-live support and configuration roles tend to offer the most location flexibility, while full-lifecycle implementation roles often require on-site presence during key project phases.
How do you become a workday functional consultant?
Start by gaining experience in HR, finance, or payroll operations so you understand the business processes Workday supports. Then pursue Workday Pro certification in a module that aligns with your background, such as HCM for HR professionals or Financials for accounting roles. Entry-level positions at consulting firms often provide hands-on deployment experience that builds your configuration skills quickly.
Can you get hired as a workday functional consultant without direct Workday experience?
Yes, candidates with deep functional expertise in HR, payroll, or finance can break in by emphasizing their domain knowledge and earning a Workday Pro certification before applying. Many consulting firms hire functional analysts with strong business process backgrounds and train them on the platform through internal programs or project shadowing during an active implementation.
What does the workday functional consultant interview process look like?
The process typically begins with a recruiter screen focused on module experience and project history, followed by a hiring manager interview that goes deeper on specific configuration decisions you've made. Many employers include a technical round where you walk through a business process scenario or troubleshoot a configuration issue, and final rounds often involve meeting project leads or client stakeholders.
Where can I find and apply to workday functional consultant jobs?
You can find and apply to workday functional consultant jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Find roles that match your module experience and seniority level, then apply directly to each listing that fits.
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