Configure and optimize Workday Time Tracking and Absence Management, including time-entry rules, leave plans, accruals, overtime, shift premiums, and business process validations. Maintain compliance with regional labor requirements, integrate time data with payroll and time-clock systems, and test platform updates to prevent production errors.
This is a remote position.
Workday Time Tracking & Absence Management Specialist
Job Details
Employment Type: Contract
Work Mode: Remote
Location: Offshore
Total Experience Required: 4 to 8 years
Relevant Experience Required: 4+ years of dedicated configuration and implementation experience within Workday Time Tracking and Absence Management modules
Mandatory Certification: Workday Certified Time Tracking or Workday Certified Absence Management
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Workday Time Tracking & Absence Management Specialist to design, configure, and optimize our global workforce tracking infrastructure. The ideal candidate will translate complex regional labor laws, intricate shift differential matrices, overtime calculations, and multi-country leave accrual rules into highly accurate, automated cloud solutions.
Key Responsibilities
Configure and manage Workday Time Tracking components, including time entry templates, time card calculation rules, period schedules, and clock-in/out rounding rules.
Design and maintain Absence Management architectures, structuring time off plans, leave of absence types, accrual calculations, and balance tracking rules.
Construct complex time calculation tags and rate rules, automating shift differentials, statutory holiday premiums, and multi-tiered overtime thresholds.
Build advanced business process (BP) routing paths, configuring conditional validation rules to catch time-entry anomalies, missing manager approvals, and scheduling overlaps.
Govern compliance and localized rules, updating validation rules in response to changes in regional labor laws, collective bargaining agreements, and corporate leave policies.
Orchestrate cross-module data integration lines, ensuring that calculated time blocks pass cleanly to Workday Payroll or external third-party time clock hardware.
Lead update evaluation runs for biannual platform releases, running regression tests on complex calculation profiles inside sandboxes to prevent production calculation errors.
Requirements
4 to 8 years of workforce management technology experience, with 4+ dedicated years actively designing, building, and maintaining Workday Time Tracking or Absence systems.
Strong technical mastery of Workday Time Calculation rules, eligibility criteria logic, balance calculations, and calculated fields.
Deep structural understanding of global labor laws, statutory time tracking regulations, complex shift patterns, and continuous or intermittent leave tracking.
Mandatory certification: Workday Certified Time Tracking OR Workday Certified Absence Management.
Preferred Qualifications
Workday Certified Core HCM certification.
Prior experience managing complex scheduling integrations or deploying mobile time-tracking interfaces for high-volume, global physical workforces.
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