At Cognizant, we are passionate about customer satisfaction and strive to be collaborative with our clients and each other every step of the way. Join our dedicated team of experienced Workday implementation professionals and become part of our dynamic, fast-paced, higher education transformation consulting practice. We are currently seeking thought leaders to deliver superior results to our clients in any or all the following Workday Student functional areas: Financial Aid and/or Student Financials. Senior Principal Consultants at this level will be expected to:
Key Responsibilities:
Execute the day-to-day activities of a Workday Student Financial Aid consultant
Serve as a functional expert in Student Financial Aid with deep knowledge of current functionality, design concepts, touchpoints with relevant functional areas and in consideration of future product direction
Conduct sessions with customers to analyze business requirements, provide solutions to complex business problems, and transfer knowledge
Develop solutions to align with customer requirements and provide appropriate artifacts and deliverables
Actively share product knowledge with others to grow our practice
Support Workday Delivery Assurance reviews to achieve design and build sign-off
Identify strategies, risks, and options to determine ideal approaches that lead to meeting requirements for customers
Provide subject matter expertise on Workday best practices
Support business development activities such as identification, proposal development, and other pursuit activities
Skills & Requirements:
Current Workday certification in Student Financial Aid preferred
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required
Experience gathering requirements, configuration design, prototyping, testing and deploying solutions to meet customer requirements in the Financial Aid functional area
Recent experience deploying Workday Student Financial aid including calculation development is strongly preferred
Subject Matter Expertise in Financial Aid
Passion for exceptional customer service
Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively manage customer expectations and relationships
Report writing experience highly desired
Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, particularly Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
Minimal travel required, but must be willing to travel on-site if needed
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Why choose Cognizant:
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