Jr Associate Functional Consultant

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About the Team

About the Role

We are seeking recent college graduates eager to launch a career in enterprise software consulting. In this role, you will join collaborative project teams to configure, test, and deploy Workday applications. You will learn Workday’s implementation methodology from the ground up, including AI models and tools, building hands-on expertise in enterprise workflows, system configuration, and client-facing delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Requirements & Analysis: Partner with senior consultants to gather, map, and document client business processes across Human Capital Management (HCM), Payroll, or Financials.

• Functional Configuration: Configure business processes, tenant setups, security parameters, and custom reports aligned with client specifications.

• Prototyping & Testing: Build and refine prototype environments, conduct solution walkthroughs, and assist clients throughout User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

• Delivery & Execution: Complete assigned work packages within allocated project hours, tracking tasks diligently alongside Project Managers.

• Client Enablement: Support training and knowledge-transfer sessions to ensure client teams can confidently run and maintain their Workday environment.

• AI Tooling Integration: Leverage AI agents provided by Workday to accelerate implementation and improve deliverable quality.

How Success is Measured

• Utilization: Achieving target utilization (typically 70%–80%) across active client engagements.

• Quality & On-Time Delivery: Delivering assigned configurations accurately within scope and budgeted hours.

• Customer Satisfaction: Customer satisfaction.

• Use of AI: Use of AI.

• Core Competency Growth: Achieving mandatory Workday product certifications.

About You

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree: You must have graduated within the last 12 months (or will graduate before your start date) and have less than 1 year of total full-time work experience.
• Demonstrated analytical aptitude and comfort with data (e.g., advanced Excel skills, relational database concepts, or logic-based problem solving, or AI models).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Strong interest in client-facing consulting and collaborative problem solving.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Relevant coursework in Information Systems, Business Analytics, Computer Science, Economics, Mathematics, Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Engineering, or Operations.
• Exposure to AI tools like Claude, Goose, Gemini or similar.
• Basic familiarity with enterprise resource planning (ERP) concepts or operational business workflows (HR, Payroll, Accounting).
• Proven track record of presenting complex ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences.

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