Cognizant
Workday Reporting Principal Consultant - AMS (Application Managed Services)
Get notified of more jobs like this · No spam, ever
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
The Workday Reporting Principal Consultant - AMS (Application Managed Services)
The Workday Reporting Principal Consultant - AMS (Application Managed Services) is a senior Workday Reporting and Analytics professional responsible for leading the delivery, optimisation, and continuous improvement of reporting solutions across a portfolio of AMS clients. Acting as a trusted advisor, this individual helps organisations maximise the value of their Workday investment through scalable reporting, analytics, dashboards, and data-driven insights.
The Principal Consultant combines deep reporting expertise with customer leadership, operational support, mentoring responsibilities, and solution governance. They provide functional leadership across multiple client environments, support complex enhancements and reporting initiatives, and contribute to the growth of the AMS practice through knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as a Workday Reporting and Analytics subject matter expert, providing strategic guidance and best practice recommendations across multiple AMS clients.
- Lead the design, enhancement, and optimisation of Workday reports, dashboards, analytics, and data insight solutions.
- Support day-to-day AMS activities, including incidents, service requests, enhancements, problem resolution, and escalation management.
- Develop complex reporting solutions using Workday Report Writer, Calculated Fields, Matrix Reports, Composite Reports, Dashboards, Discovery Boards, and BIRT.
- Partner with client stakeholders to gather requirements and translate business needs into scalable reporting and analytics solutions.
- Provide leadership on complex reporting initiatives, managing solution decisions, risks, and dependencies.
- Analyse, troubleshoot, and resolve reporting, analytics, security, and data-related issues.
- Support customers through Workday releases, assessing reporting impacts and recommending improvements.
- Advise clients on reporting strategy, governance, report rationalisation, automation, and self-service reporting capabilities.
- Support data extraction, validation, reporting security, tenant migrations, and reporting-related configuration activities.
- Mentor consultants and analysts, providing coaching, quality reviews, and functional leadership.
- Contribute to internal assets, accelerators, reporting standards, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
- Identify opportunities for continuous improvement, service optimisation, and enhanced business insights.
- Participate in on-call support and holiday coverage as required.
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
Skills & Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
- Active Workday Reporting Certification preferred.
- Additional certifications in HCM, Financials, Prism Analytics, or Reporting & Analytics are desirable.
- 5+ years of Workday Reporting and Analytics experience, including implementation and/or AMS support.
- Experience supporting post-production environments, managed services, or long-term client engagements.
- Deep expertise in Workday Report Writer, Calculated Fields, Matrix Reports, Composite Reports, Dashboards, Discovery Boards, and BIRT.
- Experience supporting reporting solutions for Workday HCM and/or Workday Financials.
- Experience gathering requirements, solution design, testing, deployment, and post-production support.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
- Strong consulting, stakeholder management, facilitation, and communication skills.
- Ability to mentor team members and provide functional leadership across multiple client engagements.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced managed services environment.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills.
- Eligible for SC Clearance - you must have been a UK resident for the last five years and be legally entitled to work in the UK.
- Minimal travel required, but must be willing to travel on-site as needed.
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
#LI-Remote
Why choose Cognizant:
- Entrepreneurial environment that welcomes your ideas
- Opportunity to do great work
- Outreach programs that support communities and tap into your volunteer spirit
- Learning opportunities to help current needs and advancement
- Global operations, with opportunities in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific
- An abundance of Affinity groups to meet your needs
Cognizant Core Values:
- Work as One: We think beyond roles, relying on each other’s strengths to win as a team.
- Raise the Bar: We always aim for excellence in how we work and what we deliver.
- Dare to Innovate: We push boundaries and take chances to reimagine what’s possible.
- Do the Right Thing: We all lead with integrity and always make the ethical choice.
- Own It: We own the outcomes for our company, colleagues, and community.
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Location