A growing technology and data consulting business is looking for an experienced Workday Data Conversion Lead to join its expanding Workday practice.
This is an excellent opportunity for a specialist who enjoys leading complex migration work, working directly with clients, and having a meaningful impact on implementation success.
In this role, you will own and lead data migration activities across the full Workday implementation lifecycle — from strategy and planning through testing, reconciliation, and production.
You’ll work closely with client stakeholders, functional consultants, technical architects, and project leadership across Workday HCM, Payroll, and Finance implementations.
Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end Workday data conversion workstreams from planning through go-live
Develop conversion strategies, mapping requirements, workbooks, and project plans
Build and execute Workday data loads using EIB, Advanced Loads, and other Workday tools
Lead Foundation, Configuration, End-to-End, Parallel, and Production conversion cycles
Manage reconciliation, validation, data quality, and defect resolution
Lead cutover planning, including data freezes, dependencies, sequencing, and readiness
Partner with clients and internal teams to resolve complex conversion challenges
Communicate conversion status, risks, and dependencies to senior stakeholders
Mentor junior conversion analysts and contribute to conversion methodology and best practices
Support multiple concurrent Workday implementation workstreams
Qualifications
3+ years of Workday data conversion/loading experience, ideally in a lead capacity
Active Workday Data Conversion and/or Data Loading certification
Strong experience with EIB, XSLT, Workday Customer Central, and Workday migration tools
Experience with SQL for data extraction and transformation
Experience managing multiple workstreams in a fast-paced implementation environment
Workday Financial Management conversion experience