HCM Solution Lead (Workday+)

Position Summary:

SE Health is currently seeking a HCM Solution Lead (Workday+) to lead deployment activities in configurations and integrations, co-designing, implementing, and optimizing HCM and Payroll Solution. This role is expected to handle challenges that arise from functional and technical aspects of SE’s transformation initiative, ensuring our technological solutions meet organizational objectives.

This people-focused transformation journey is aimed at solidifying SE Health’s technology, processes to re-imagine how the company can continue to provide excellent experiences for clients and staff, streamline processes, set the business up for future growth, and deliver Hope and Happiness at scale.

The Solution lead will be acting as 1) strategic thinker and 2) tactical planner with HR functional expertise, technical knowledge and design skills to lead the configuration, integration and deployment of HCM and Payroll Functional solutions that significantly impact organizational growth and effectiveness.

The Solution Lead must specialize in Workday HCM and Payroll modules with appreciation of other HR technologies. Acting as an important senior liaison, this role will ensure alignment between business needs and technology solutions that fits in the existing enterprise environment, while meeting organizational objectives, and promoting best practices, maintaining compliance with regulatory and operational standards.

Location: Hybrid in Markham (Travel may be required within Ontario)

Job Responsibilities:

Solution design and architecture

• Lead the configuration of Workday HCM and Payroll modules to meet the specific business, regulatory and operational needs of SE Health. This includes integrating Workday with existing systems and ensuring that data flows smoothly across platforms.
• Develop scalable, secure, and efficient Workday configurations tailored to meet business requirements.
• Support the design of robust integrations with functional and technical teams between Workday and external systems (e.g., ERP, tax compliance tools, benefits providers).
• Work closely with technical teams and Implementation partner to deliver a cohesive and scalable solution that integrates all the Workday functions with current and future technological ecosystem within the SE Health environment.
• Work closely with the Functional and Technical Transformation Leaders to co-design, assess options in design and recommend actionable solutions in Workday or other HR technology solutions.
• Provide functional and technical leadership necessary to safeguard the integrity of the applications and application environments.
  

Solution delivery, implementation, and optimization

• Accountable for the quality of Workday deployments across HR & Payroll capabilities.
• Collaborate with Project Manager to provide leadership on the implementation activities for Workday solutions and other technology solutions (including identifying actions to configuration, testing, and go-live support)
• Ensure that data within Workday is accurate and up to date
• Develop reporting capabilities to provide insights into HR metrics, helping the organization make informed decisions
• Support the business aspects of data migration and conversion processes, ensuring data integrity across Finance, HR, and Payroll modules within Workday; as well as to other FIN/HR technology solutions
• Validate FIN/HR Technology solutions, ensuring alignment to project guidelines, guiding principles
• Lead efforts to continuously improve the system and processes, based on user feedback and evolving organizational needs
  

Adoption, Training and Support

• Develop and deliver user training programs, change management strategies to ensure effective adoption of Workday solutions and other FIN / HR Technology solutions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across Finance, Payroll, and HCM modules.
• Provide solutions guidance, mentorship, and development to internal teams, including functional SMEs and Champions, payroll, and finance specialists.

Education:
Bachelor's degree in finance, Human Resources, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

Experience:

• Minimum of 6 years of experience with Workday Implementation and upgrade experience with in-depth expertise in Finance, Payroll, and HCM modules.
• Experience in taking an active role in executing Workday implementation
• Proven experience in large-scale ERP and/or Workday deployments, including cross-functional integrations.

Certifications:

• Workday certifications (Finance, HCM, Payroll and/or specialisms of Workday functional areas) are definite assets.
• Professional qualifications in Finance, HR Capabilities is desirable but not required.
• Certifications in project management methodologies (e.g., PMP, Agile, Scrum) are a plus.

Skills and Competencies:

• Expert knowledge of Workday architecture (specialization in Workday’s HCM modules).
• Strong knowledge of HR technologies with vision to support organizational goals.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to design innovative solutions for complex business needs.
• Strong knowledge of Workday architecture, configuration, customization, integration, reporting, and testing methodologies and tools.
• Familiarity in Workday integration tools (e.g., EIB, Workday Studio, PECI, and Workday APIs) and Workday technologies, such as XML, XSLT, SOAP, REST, Web Services, and EIB.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to clearly identify and define problems and develop creative solutions to meet functional needs.
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and customer-focused, with a passion for delivering high-quality Workday solutions.
• Sound understanding in Risk Management and Compliance; maintaining compliance with regulatory and operational standards.

About SE Health

At SE, we love what we do. Every day, we bring hope and happiness to clients, homes, and communities across Canada. We treat each person with dignity and love, like our own family; we build empathy; and we do the right thing. We are always inspired to make a difference. As a not-for-profit social enterprise, we share knowledge, provide the best care, and help each client to realize their most meaningful goals for health and wellbeing. We are an inclusive workplace offering competitive pay, benefits, pension, and work life balance. We’re a great place to work, and we hope you’ll join our team.

In the interest of the health and safety of our patients/clients, employees, and greater good of public health, SE Health requires those that wish to work for this organization to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Fully vaccinated means a person has received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and it has been 14 days since the last dose.

SE Health is committed to the success of all its employees. If you feel you need accommodations because of illness or disability, please do not hesitate to contact the Talent Acquisition team at careers@sehc.com at your earliest convenience.