Workday Absence Consultant

Who Are We?

Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other. That's the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry for over 160 years. Join us to discover a culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration. Imagine loving what you do and where you do it.

Job Category

Human Resources, Project Management, Technology

Compensation Overview

The annual base salary range provided for this position is a nationwide market range and represents a broad range of salaries for this role across the country. The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. As part of our comprehensive compensation and benefits program, employees are also eligible for performance-based cash incentive awards.

Salary Range

$91,800.00 – $151,600.00

Target Openings

What Is the Opportunity?

Travelers is seeking a Workday Absence Consultant to join our organization as we grow and transform our HR Technology landscape. This role will primarily be aligned to Workday Absence and will require the candidate to partner with stakeholders across HR and HR Technology team to understand business needs, define requirements, configure, test and implement based on user or system design specifications. This role should have excellent Workday Absence domain knowledge and be up to date on the most recent releases as well as be able to consult on the numerous touchpoints and dependencies between Workday Absence and the other Core modules (Benefits, Payroll, Time tracking and Third-Party Integrations).

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. The company does not sponsor / support H-1B petitions, TN, or Forms I-983 / STEM OPT, for this role.

What Will You Do?

• Primary lead in the Workday Absence module to include best practices for the system architecture from concept through requirements, design, build, test, deploy and on-going maintenance.
• Provide subject matter expertise within Absence with proven excellent working knowledge of Absence and partner with stakeholders to understand pain points, prioritize requirements and identify opportunities to improve processes and efficiencies by leveraging Workday functionality.
• Utilizes business and system knowledge to support business needs.
• Understands the political nature of the organization and works appropriately within it; effectively establishes collaborative relationships and alliances throughout the organization.
• Possesses in-depth knowledge of a particular business capability, product and / or system domain.
• Understands impacts of changes to current state business process, data, feeds and systems. Identifies potential impacts in other systems domains.
• May participate in departmental or divisional planning process. Provides subject matter expertise and capabilities to Business and IT Projects.
• Using business acumen, makes recommendations for operational process improvements on projects and / or system enhancements.
• Works with stakeholders to prioritize requirements effectively based on business value, risks and constraints.
• Develops requirements work plans, identifies task dependencies, develops estimates and determines resource skill requirements; supports risk management and change management activities.
• Validates the solution (people, process and technology) meets the business capability, product or system objectives.
• Identifies appropriate subject matter experts and stakeholders to participate in requirements sessions.

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What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?

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What Is in It for You?

Employees and their eligible family members — including spouses, domestic partners, and children — are eligible for coverage from the first day of employment.

Employment Practices

Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We value the unique abilities and talents each individual brings to our organization and recognize that we benefit in numerous ways from our differences.

In accordance with local law, candidates seeking employment in Colorado are not required to disclose dates of attendance at or graduation from educational institutions.

If you are a candidate and have specific questions regarding the physical requirements of this role, please send us an email (4-ESU@travelers.com) so we may assist you.

Travelers reserves the right to fill this position at a level above or below the level included in this posting.

To learn more about our comprehensive benefit programs please visit http : / / careers.travelers.com / life-at-travelers / benefits / .

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