Workday Compensation Principal Consultant

Overview

In this role you will lead the design, configuration, and delivery of Workday Compensation solutions for clients. You’ll act as a trusted advisor, shaping compensation strategy and governance while guiding multi-workstream implementations. You will partner with cross-functional teams to deliver integrated Workday outcomes and mentor junior staff. This is a hands-on leadership role that blends deep compensation expertise with pre-sales support and practice development, with a focus on scalable, best-practice solutions.

Pay / Benefits

• remote work
• learning opportunities
• global opportunities
• affinity groups
• volunteer programs
• career development

Responsibilities

• Serve as a Workday Compensation subject matter expert guiding strategy and best practices
• Lead workshops and design sessions to define compensation solutions aligned to business needs
• Design and configure Workday Compensation functionality (plans, cycles, eligibility, merit, bonuses, equity)
• Advise on compensation programme design, governance and process optimisation
• Lead compensation workstreams on medium to large implementations, managing decisions, risks, and dependencies
• Collaborate with HCM, Talent, Recruiting, Benefits, Payroll, Reporting, Security, Integrations and Change Management teams
• Support testing, deployment, cutover, and post-go-live activities
• Guide compensation review cycles, budgeting, and workforce planning
• Mentor consultants and analysts with coaching and quality reviews
• Support business development through solutioning, estimations, proposals, and customer presentations
• Contribute to practice development via training, assets, and knowledge-sharing initiatives
• Maintain expertise in Workday Compensation functionality, market trends, and product innovations

Key requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Active Workday Compensation Certification required
• Additional Workday certifications in HCM, Advanced Compensation, Benefits, or Talent are desirable
• 5+ years of Workday implementation experience
• Proven experience leading Workday Compensation workstreams on end-to-end implementations
• Deep functional expertise in compensation processes, salary planning, merit reviews, bonuses, equity administration, and workforce reward strategies
• Experience gathering requirements, facilitating workshops, solution design, configuration, testing, and deployment
• Experience supporting pre-sales activities including estimations, proposals, and solution presentations
• Strong consulting, stakeholder management, facilitation, and communication skills
• Ability to mentor team members and provide functional leadership across projects
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced consulting environment
• Eligible for SC Clearance - UK resident for last five years and legally entitled to work in the UK
• Minimal travel required, but willing to travel on-site as needed

• Strong communication and stakeholder management
• Mentoring and leadership
• Facilitation and workshop momentum
• Workday Compensation
• Workday HCM
• Merit and bonus design

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