Workday Functional Consultant-HRIS - Dallas, TX

Workday Functional Consultant-HRIS

Location: Dallas, TX (Onsite role)

Contract

Position Overview: We are seeking a senior HRIS consultant lead with strong experience in Timekeeping, Core HR, Compensation, and Performance Management to provide end-to-end functional leadership for enterprise HR systems (Workday). This role partners closely with HR, Compensation, Payroll, IT, and Offshore and Near-Shore AMS teams to design, optimize, and support scalable, compliant HR solutions. Deep HR domain expertise and systems (Workday) leadership experience are the primary requirements.

Position General Duties and Tasks:

• Timekeeping (Primary Focus)
• Serve as the functional lead and subject matter expert for Timekeeping, providing ownership of solution design, configuration oversight, and ongoing optimization.
• Translate HR and Payroll policies into effective system configurations, rules, and controls.
• Assess downstream impacts to Payroll, integrations, reporting, and compliance.
• Act as the escalation point for complex Timekeeping issues and drive root cause resolution.
• Lead testing activities and ensure production readiness for time related changes.
• Core HR, Compensation & Performance
• Provide functional leadership across Core HR processes, including worker lifecycle events, eligibility rules, and business process frameworks.
• Lead Compensation system support, including base pay, eligibility rules, and annual/off cycle compensation events.
• Provide functional ownership for Performance Management processes such as goals, reviews, and eligibility.
• Ensure data integrity and alignment across Timekeeping, Core HR, Compensation, and Performance processes.
• Delivery & Resource Partnership
• Partner with Offshore AMS resources to coordinate functional support, enhancements, defect resolution, and operational execution.
• Partner with Near shore Timekeeping Data Management resources who:
• Act as the primary escalation point for Timekeeping data issues
• Ensure Timekeeping audits are completed accurately and within required timelines
• Provide functional oversight, prioritization, and final decision-making for escalations and audit outcomes.
• Cross Functional Leadership
• Act as a trusted functional advisor to HR, Compensation, Payroll, IT, and program leadership.
• Lead cross module impact analysis for system changes and releases.
• Drive functional standards, documentation, and best practices across HR systems.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of HRIT / HR systems experience, with deep functional expertise in Timekeeping and strong exposure to Core HR, Compensation, and/or Performance Management.
• Experience translating HR policies and business requirements into system configurations and controls.
• Strong understanding of audits, compliance, eligibility rules, and process governance.
• Proven ability to lead complex, cross functional initiatives and influence stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with modern cloud HCM platforms (Workday)
• Prior experience supporting regulated, multi entity, or complex Timekeeping environments.
• Understanding of Payroll impacts and system integrations.
• Ability and willingness to learn and grow platform specific expertise on the job.