IT Architect Workday Extend

• Act as a Workday architect by leading and advising process owners through the new Workday Extend applications and the development lifecycle.
• Identify the new business needs and review the options, risk and impact of the new process changes.
• Scoping and estimating required effort to deliver Extend applications, identifying and documenting impact on related modules for review and approval by Global Functional Teams or local HR Manager.
• Manage projects/process improvement, including applying change management experience to facilitate movement to new levels of quality.
• Work on issue resolution, make recommendations for workarounds and proactively identify business process improvement opportunities
• Actively engage in problem management, identifying recurring patterns in incidents, raising problem records, documenting known errors, investigating root causes and resolution paths
• Perform agreed Workday configuration, Test the changes as result of bug fixes, enhancement/change requests, and introduction of new functionality and ensures relevant documentation is updated

• Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Computer Science or Related Field of study.
• Extensive experience (5-8 years) in implementation and operations of Workday, requirements gathering, configuration, testing and troubleshooting.
• Deep knowledge on PMD Scripting, Orchestration, core HCM module and Security and custom Business processes.
• Functional understanding and knowledge of HR policies, procedures, and processes.
• Affinity for cloud-based technology and solutions, organizational strength and ability to work under pressure
• Prior experience working in large scale global environment dealing with complex project requirements and multiple stakeholders
• Strong project management and organizational capabilities; ability to manage multiple projects and priorities effectively.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English (must) and German (optional).
• Solution-oriented mindset and good understanding of processes
• Experience in JSON, XML, SQL, JavaScript, and other application development experience.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• High level of trustworthiness and discretion

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:

Chandan Kunal