Workday Functional Specialist

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We recognize that the construction industry is changing at a rapid pace and we continually strive to be at the forefront. Our core values empower people to deliver great careers to one another and develop creative solutions for complex problems on some of the most exciting projects. It doesn’t matter what your expertise and craft is – there are no boundaries. We are a group of professionals with a variety of expertise within pre-construction, construction, and post-construction. To learn more, check out our Cradle to Grave services and hear from our team directly about what a career at EllisDon could look like for you. As you can see, we are a diverse bunch.

Above all, we are a group of individuals with unique experiences and at EllisDon, we choose to celebrate the strength in our differences, every day. EllisDon’s commitment to Inclusive Diversity is to work together to create an environment where every employee feels safe to be their true and authentic self. Ultimately, EllisDon’s purpose is to provide people with similar values the opportunity to achieve to their full potential; to deliver that opportunity for great careers to one another; and to contribute meaningfully to the community we share with others.

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You as a Workday Functional Specialist will:

• Provide technical expertise and take ownership over the operations and maintenance of various Workday modules (HCM, Compensation, Talent/Performance, Recruiting, etc.)
• Work with the business to develop and maintain system documentations and design solutions to address articulated business needs
• Lead the testing and deployment of configurations for functional areas under their responsibility and assist with other functional areas as needed
• Serve as a primary point of contact, take charge, and collaborate with implementation partners on all deployment tasks and report back to impacted team members
• Keep current of the Workday Architecture, across the various employee populations, providing expertise on the touchpoints among functional areas and the necessary security, business process, data quality, integration and reporting impacts resulting from configuration changes, system updates, etc.
• Coordinate with Business SME to demo new features, built solutions, and any communication or training assets to impacted user groups
• Post Deployment provides technical support, maintenance and system administration including troubleshooting and resolving issues, managing integrations, and providing training and support to end users
• Collaborate with other technical teams on changes and enhancements to integrations (WQL, DaaS, SOAP, REST, etc.)
• Own data management for functional areas under their responsibility, including Reporting/BI/Dashboard and other data visualization solutions, user experience design, and the design and building of custom solutions, where required

Is this the right role for you?

• 2-3 years working directly with HCM solutions (Workday highly preferred)
• Advanced working knowledge of spreadsheet solutions, web services, query languages or other languages for data analysis
• Previous Workday Functional consulting and/or Workday deployment experience is highly valued and previous Workday Training within the past 2 releases an asset
• Workday Certification a nice-to-have
• Understanding of unionized workforces an asset

EllisDon is proud to provide this unique career opportunity that provides continuous learning, opportunity for growth, and a competitive compensation package within an environment that is committed to inclusion and respects diversity.

Go ahead and be yourself. We'll pay you for it!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome people of any age, culture, subculture, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnicity, race, size, mental or physical status, veteran status, religion, language, political opinion, working-style preference, family status, education, and socio-economic status. The EllisDon core values of Integrity and Mutual Respect welcomes everyone, at work and in the community, and our value of Mutual Accountability, means that we all have a role to play. As an EllisDon employee, this will ultimately be your commitment to Inclusive Diversity.

​Accommodation for Applicants with disabilities will be made during the recruitment process when requested.

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