Data Conversion Lead (Workday)

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