Role : Workday Advanced Compensation Consultant

Location : Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai

Experience : 6+ Years

Work Mode : Hybrid

Role Summary :

We are looking for an experienced Workday Advanced Compensation Consultant with strong expertise in configuring, implementing, testing, and deploying Workday Advanced Compensation solutions. The candidate should have hands-on experience with compensation cycles, merit, bonus, stock/equity, allowance plans, eligibility rules, guidelines, and compensation reviews, along with the ability to lead complex implementation projects.

Key Responsibilities :

- Drive end-to-end configuration, testing, and deployment of Workday Advanced Compensation modules.

- Build and manage merit planning, bonus allocations, stock awards, eligibility rules, and approval workflows.

- Partner with HR and leadership teams to align compensation programs with organizational business goals.

- Support annual, quarterly, mid-year, and year-end compensation review cycles.

- Manage allocation worksheets, compensation budgets, guideline grids, and review templates.

- Configure and maintain Compensation Reviews for mid-year and year-end compensation cycles.

- Configure Allowance Plans, One-Time Payment Plans, Merit Plans, Bonus Plans, and Stock Plans.

- Work on Merit, Bonus, Stock/Equity, and other compensation cycles.

- Configure Compensation Plans, Eligibility Rules, Guidelines, Compensation Salary Structures, and related plan components.

- Create and maintain compensation eligibility rules, including rules supporting GEC/organizational movements.

- Configure assignments based on business requirements.

- Support compensation review templates and ensure appropriate visibility and functionality for managers and HR partners.

- Collaborate with architecture teams on system and application design for complex programs.

- Establish and communicate technical goals, solution direction, and implementation approach for the team.

- Lead execution of complex technical projects and ensure successful delivery.

- Provide technical guidance, training, and mentoring to less-experienced team members.

- Troubleshoot configuration issues and provide effective solutions throughout implementation and support phases.

Required Skills & Qualifications :

- Strong hands-on experience with Workday Advanced Compensation.

- Deep understanding of Merit Planning, Bonus Plans, Stock/Equity Plans, Compensation Reviews, Allowance Plans, One-Time Payment Plans, Eligibility Rules, Guidelines, Allocation Worksheets, and Compensation Cycles.

- Strong understanding of Workday compensation configuration and business processes.

- Experience supporting mid-year and year-end compensation cycles.

- Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.

- Good understanding of SDLC and application architecture concepts.

- Ability to handle technical work for medium- to high-complexity projects.

- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and collaboration skills.