About this role
Senior HRIS Consultant, Workday
Position Summary
Northern Trust is seeking a Senior HRIS Workday Consultant to join our HR Technology Capabilities team. This role will serve as a consultative partner to HR and business stakeholders, leading the design, implementation, and optimization of Workday and related HR technologies. The ideal candidate combines deep Workday expertise with a passion for innovation, leveraging AI, automation, and modern technology solutions to improve processes, enhance workforce insights, and create a seamless employee and manager experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with HR stakeholders to understand business needs, define requirements, evaluate options, and recommend solutions.
- Configure and support Workday with focus and expertise in core HR, including business processes, security, reporting, integrations, and related HR technology platforms.
- Lead HR technology projects from planning through implementation, testing, deployment, and ongoing support.
- Analyze existing processes and identify opportunities for automation, simplification, and operational efficiency.
- Develop future-state HR technology solutions utilizing AI, predictive analytics, intelligent workflows, and emerging technologies.
- Drive initiatives that consolidate and enhance the overall employee and manager user experience across HR systems and digital platforms.
- Conduct impact assessments, prioritize enhancements, and manage project schedules, risks, and stakeholder communications.
- Ensure HR data integrity, governance, security, compliance, and reporting accuracy.
- Evaluate vendors, technologies, and industry trends, providing recommendations that support Northern Trust’s HR technology roadmap.
- Create project documentation to comply with SDLC standards and controls, training materials, testing plans, and implementation procedures to support successful change adoption.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree