Title: WD Functional Architect

Location: Remote (Anywhere in Canada)

Type: C2C

Duration: Long term (Government Project)

Key Responsibilities

- Partner with HR and business stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into Workday solutions.
- Lead the design and configuration of Workday Core HCM, Compensation, Benefits, Absence, Recruiting, and Talent modules.
- Define functional architecture and ensure alignment with organizational goals.
- Oversee Workday business process design, security configuration, and reporting.
- Provide guidance on Workday releases, current features, and best practices.
- Collaborate with integration teams to ensure functional requirements are met.
- Conduct workshops, training sessions, and knowledge transfer for HRIS teams.
- Troubleshoot functional issues and provide ongoing support for Workday modules.

Qualifications

- 8+ years of HRIS/Workday experience, with at least 2 years in a functional architect role.
- Strong expertise in Workday Core HCM and at least two additional modules (Compensation, Benefits,



Recruiting, Absence, Payroll).
- Experience with Workday Business Process Framework and Security.
- Lead solution design for complex, cross-module, and enterprise-wide requirements that span multiple PortCos, geographies, or functional domains.
- Define and govern configuration standards, design patterns, naming conventions, and architectural guardrails across the Workday tenant.
- Evaluate trade-offs between configuration, custom reporting, and integration approaches - making and documenting architectural decisions with clear rationale.
- Provide expert guidance on Workday’s evolving product roadmap and assess the impact of bi-annual releases on the tenant architecture.
- Identify technical debt, consolidation opportunities, and areas where legacy design decisions need to be revisited or retired.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

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