Senior Workday HRIS Specialist

Cognizant helps clients to reimagine, redefine and transform their businesses to create new sources of value through operations delivery excellence. We help our clients become digitally relevant and enabling them to disrupt their own markets, with insight, innovative solutions and delivery velocity.

In Sweden, we provide a shared service capability covering Finance, Payroll, HCM and IT services.We are currently looking for a Workday HRIS Specialist for our applications within the area of Finance and Accounting.

Our business process stakeholders demand robust system and process design, reliable service and a flexible/agile approach to changing needs. The system landscape consists of 100+ integrations exchanging business information both internally but also from applications managed by local business units and partners in the Nordics.

Role description

• Configurating re-occurring HR processes such as merit, yearly performance review and check-ins.
• Provide Workday problem resolution support for existing processes and functionality. This includes periodic reviews of root causes and preventative actions.
• Work with clients on system usage and feedback on future development ideas. For those ideas taken forward, lead analysis and configuration of requirements.
• Release management - prepare and execute regression testing, as well as overall coordination.
• Work with clients on training needs analysis, business case development and ad-hoc agendas.
• Proactively look for opportunities to make incremental enhancements and improvements to Workday while ensuring application are being maintained/developed accordingly.
• Support larger programs of work relating to new system functionality and integration (e.g. with Finance and Payroll teams). This could cover seeking end-client input, scoping of new requirements, understanding new system functionality and how that relates to the client environment, developing testing use-cases, and planning/managing project implementations.
• Understand best practice approaches we employ with our various clients and bring this to the set of stakeholders you serve. Support initiatives around automation and efficiency improvements within the HR-area.
• Together with process owners, secure process and application compliance with GDPR and other law/regulations.

Key role requirements

• Good knowledge in Workday and previous experience either in HR, HR support or general systems support/integration where administrating Workday from a 3:rd line perspective.
• Knowledge and best practises in the following Workday modules:
  • Core HCM
  • Time tracking
  • Travel & expense
  • Talent & perfomance
  • Advanced compensation .
• Knowledgeable, analytical, with good client-interaction skills. Whatever the issue is, you’ll find a way to handle it, and if not then you figure out who can.
• Analytical and have an inquisitive mind.
• Previous experience from Medvind and/or HR-plus this will be beneficial as you will collaborate with the HR application team.
• Can evidence good business analysis skills and a mind-set of continuous improvement.
• Swedish is required, English is a plus.

What you can expect

· Market attractive Salary and compensation package

· Unique opportunity to become part of a ‘flag ship’ success story at the forefront of technological innovation - We go through enormous growth

· Opportunity to work in a global Fortune 500 organization with strong local ambitions

· An agile, international, and multicultural work environment

· Access to further training through our own Cognizant Academy to ensure professional

· development

· Opportunity to work with globally recognized organizations and C level stakeholders

· Work life balance – flexible working hours and 5 extra vacation days a year

· A fun and stimulating place to work

Diversity and Inclusion at Cognizant At Cognizant, we believe diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our ability to execute successfully and consistently over the long term. We recognize that our people are our most important asset. We strive to create an environment where all associates feel comfortable to be themselves, feel accepted and can therefore thrive both personally and professionally. We continue to drive D&I throughout our organization to unlock the insights, imagination and innovation of our associates, as well as reflect the diversity of our clients and communities. We are a European Top Employer and continually drive employment recognition and engagement through employee-friendly policies and affinity groups such as “Women in Cognizant Consulting”, “Women Empowered”, “Embrace LGBTQ+” and “Race Equality Network”.