Our story

At Alight, we believe a company’s success starts with its people. At our core, we Champion People, help our colleagues Grow with Purpose and true to our name we encourage colleagues to “Be Alight.”

Our Values:

Champion People – be empathetic and help create a place where everyone belongs.

Grow with purpose – Be inspired by our higher calling of improving lives.

Be Alight – act with integrity, be real and empower others.

It’s why we’re so driven to connect passion with purpose. Our team’s expertise in human insights and cloud technology gives companies and employees around the world the ability to power confident decisions, for life.

With a comprehensive total rewards package, continuing education and training, and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Alight is the perfect place to put your passion to work.

Join our team if you Champion People, want to Grow with Purpose through acting with integrity and if you embody the meaning of Be Alight.

Learn more at careers.alight.com. 

The Role

Within Workday, configures and successfully unit tests requirements, identifies process improvements, and develops medium to high complexity reports. Responsible for ensuring timely and quality execution of client deliverables on Workday projects. Responsible for medium to large bodies of work from start to finish across multiple projects with minimal supervision. Developing into a subject matter expert internally and externally.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for the deployment and/or support of Workday HCM and/or Financials applications throughout the project lifecycle, from planning and design phases through configuration, testing and deployment with minimal supervision. The colleague will be actively involved in all stages to implement and integrate solutions for clients in a variety of industries.

• Executes tasks within projects on time and within Alight quality standards for client deliverables.

• Continues to specialize and deepen skill set within an area, e.g., such as Compensation, Benefits, Financials, etc.

• Able to create work estimates for smaller bodies of work.

• Develops working relationships with other members of the project team, management and external clients to deliver projects effectively.

• Has targeted conversations with client in area(s) of focus and provides consultative advice and recommendations, applying Alight Point of View and best practice learning’s.

• Leads discussions with clients on basic scope and solutions to influence client decisions and project deliverables.

• Provides direction and guidance internally to less experienced colleagues by directing and reviewing their deliverables.

• Participates in or may project manage internal initiatives that impact the domain or our consulting methodology, such as identifying and incorporating process improvements to our consulting methodology, documenting best practices, building and refining functional/technical collateral, etc.

Additional area specific duties and responsibilities:

• For AMS, may lead requirements discussions for low to medium complexity items and participates in the requirements process for high complexity items.

Knowledge, Education, Certification, Skills & Technical Proficiencies

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in technical, business, or financial discipline

• If not already a holder of the relevant Workday Certification, successful completion of appropriate Workday Certification(s) is a requirement of the role

• Able to prioritize and organize increasingly complex work to ensure overall timeliness and quality standards

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and to adapt to frequent change

• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a dynamic environment

• Demonstrated advanced experience with Excel and PowerPoint

• Exhibits problem-solving skills, including troubleshooting issues and escalates as appropriate

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, and can clearly articulate more complex messages and requirements

• Demonstrated commitment and achievement to delivery excellence and client satisfaction

• Demonstrated initiative and curiosity to build skills in other areas

Work Experience

1-year relevant work experience in relation to Workday or domain area required

Flexible Working

• Ability to work from home or in one of Alight’s office environments. May work occasionally at a client’s office.

• Travel Required - Yes, up to 50% for CDS, up to 10% for AMS.

• Physical Demands - While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to, stand, sit; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard. Regular, predictable attendance is required. Ability to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period.

We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.

Pay Transparency Statement: Alight considers a variety of factors in determining whether to extend an offer of employment and in setting the appropriate compensation level, including, but not limited to, a candidate’s experience, education, certification/credentials, market data, internal equity, and geography. Alight makes these decisions on an individualized, non-discriminatory basis. Bonus and/or incentive eligibility are determined by role and level. Alight also offers a comprehensive benefits package; for specific details on our benefits package, please visit: https://bit.ly/Alight_Benefits

DISCLAIMER:

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.

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About Alight Solutions

Alight is a leading cloud-based human capital technology and services provider that powers confident health, wealth and wellbeing decisions for 36 million people and dependents. Our Alight Worklife® platform combines data and analytics with a simple, seamless user experience. Supported by our global delivery capabilities, Alight Worklife is transforming the employee experience for people around the world. With personalized, data-driven health, wealth, pay and wellbeing insights, Alight brings people the security of better outcomes and peace of mind throughout life’s big moments and most important decisions. Learn how Alight unlocks growth for organizations of all sizes at alight.com .

Our values are the essence of who we are:

Champion people. We are empathetic and have created a place where everyone belongs. And we win together.

Grow with purpose. We are inspired by our higher calling. We fail forward and choose progress over perfection. We are brave, show grit and grow our whole selves.

Be Alight. We are a beacon that empowers others. We act with integrity and are real. And we find ways to add joy.

Our Colleague Experience

At Alight Solutions, we are reimaging how people and organizations thrive. To deliver on this purpose, we do things differently. From company leaders to our newest colleagues, we all play a role in bringing our values to life. Every colleague shapes how Alight can become better, stronger and brighter – together. With technology as our catalyst and humanity at our core, we advance each day toward a better future in work and life.

We understand the powerful human connections that create success for organizations. We bring an industry leader's expertise and a true partner's commitment to our benefits and administration solutions around health, wealth, HR, finance and consumer experience.

Are you interested in helping us shape the future of work and life for organizations, people and their families? If so, you've come to the right place.

Help us reimagine how people and organizations thrive!

Our story starts with a simple, universal truth: Every business is a people business. We are Alight Solutions. Reimagining how people and organizations thrive.

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