Workday Financials Data Principal Consultant
Cognizant
In this Principal Data Consultant role, you guide clients through Workday Financials implementations with a focus on data migration, validation, and optimization. You will work across multiple client projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure data integrity and smooth system transitions. You’ll shape data strategies, develop migration templates, and leverage Workday tools to support tenant-to-tenant migrations. This position offers exposure to a fast-paced transformation practice and opportunities to drive impactful financial data outcomes.
Pay / Benefits- Remote work options
- Learning opportunities
- Global opportunities
- Affinity groups
- Volunteer/community outreach
- Entrepreneurial environment
- Become a Workday Financials and Data expert across design, configuration, testing, and implementation
- Partner with project teams and clients to deliver high-quality outcomes across project phases
- Utilise Workday tools (iLoad, EIB, Object Transporter, Advanced Load, Migration Recipe) to support migrations
- Design and develop data tracking, reconciliation, and monitoring tools for finance data integrity
- Map and convert data sources into conversion templates aligned with Workday structures
- Guide data extraction, cleansing, transformation, and loading with auditability
- Support data migration activities including loading and aligning with business processes and security models
- Develop ETL processes and data transformation logic to normalise finance data
- Validate and reconcile financial data loaded into Workday with source systems
- Engage with clients throughout project lifecycle for smooth legacy-to-Workday transition
- Manage multiple tasks with limited direction and keep stakeholders informed
- Participate in training and knowledge-sharing to develop expertise
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in IT, MIS, Finance, or related field
- 2–5 years of Workday Financials experience
- Experience with financial data domains (GL, transactions, reporting structures)
- Experience with data conversion, migration, and loading tools in ERP environments
- Exposure to Workday Prism Analytics and reporting (highly desirable)
- Strong Excel and data manipulation skills
- Working knowledge of SQL or other data querying tools preferred
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and attention to detail
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
- Eligibility for UK clearance (resided in the UK for last 5 years)
- Strong communication and stakeholder management
- Analytical mindset and attention to detail
- Independent yet collaborative work style
- Workday Financials
- Data migration and loading tools (iLoad, EIB, Object Transporter, Advanced Load, Migration Recipe)
- ETL development and data transformation
Reference: WJ-747_30170592