The Workday Administrator will manage the Workday platform, ensuring user groups can leverage its capabilities to improve workflows and operational efficiency. Responsibilities include configuring system modules, maintaining data integrity, developing testing frameworks, and providing user support.
About Nava
Nava is a consultancy and public benefit corporation working to make government services simple and effective. Since 2015, federal, state, and local agencies have trusted Nava to help solve highly scrutinized technology modernization challenges.
As a client services company, we guide agencies constrained by legacy systems to a future with sharp user experiences built on secure, reliable, fault-tolerant cloud infrastructure. We bill for our time, offering our expertise and problem-solving approach to help our government partners enhance their digital products and services. People are at the heart of our work, from members of the public who rely on benefit programs to government agency staff. Through human-centered design and modern engineering best practices, we help our government partners better understand user needs and deliver on their missions more effectively. This focus gives everyone at Nava the opportunity to do work that is meaningful, impactful, and deeply connected to public good.
Position summary
This role will be responsible for maintaining and evolving our Workday solution. A skilled Workday Administrator will serve as the bridge between our various user groups and the technical capabilities of the platform, ensuring each group can leverage Workday’s full potential to streamline their workflows and improve operational efficiency for long term solutions.
What you’ll do
- Configure system modules and custom reports to meet specific needs of Staffing, Program Management, People Operations, Payroll, Benefits, and management teams
- Establish data migration protocols and ensure data integrity throughout the production environment
- Develop testing frameworks and coordinate user acceptance testing across departments
- Provide technical support and troubleshooting for all user groups
- Making recommendations about what additional SKUs Nava could invest in
- Manage system updates, patches, and new feature rollouts
Required skills
- Minimum 3-5 years of hands-on Workday administration experience
- Workday certification in HCM, Payroll, Benefits, and Finance modules
- Experience with system integrations, data migration, and API management
- Proven track record managing large-scale HR and Financial technology implementations
- Ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders and manage competing priorities
- Strong change management and user training capabilities
- Experience with agile project methodologies
- Excellent communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences
- Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions
- Experience training and supporting end users across different functional areas
- Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking capabilities
Please note: Consultants/Contractors are not eligible for Nava benefits unless hired in a full time capacity.
Not considering C2C or agency referrals
Other requirements
All roles at Nava require the following:
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
Must meet any other requirements for government contracts for which candidates are hired.
Work authorization that doesn’t require visa sponsorship, now or in the future.
May be subject to a government background check or security clearance, depending on the contract.
Location
We have fully remote full time options if you reside in one of the following states:
Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, DC, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin.
*If employed with Nava, you must be based in the U.S. and cannot work from outside the country. To be considered for a full time role, you must reside in one of the above states.
1099/Contractors are eligible to work from any contiguous US state.
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Please contact the recruiting team at [email protected] if you would like to request reasonable accommodation during the application or interviewing process.
We participate in E-Verify. Upon hire, we will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. This role requires you to work from the contiguous United States.
Top Skills
Benefits
Finance
Payroll
Workday Hcm
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