Workday Quality Assurance Lead

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Referral Details We greatly appreciate your referral, and we look forward to reviewing the qualifications of the candidate you've recommended. Here's a brief overview of the process: After you've completed this referral form, your recommended candidate will be directed to apply for the specific role through our website. This step is crucial for Wipfli to remain compliant with federal laws and to ensure a fair and transparent selection process. Once their application is received, our Talent Acquisition team will evaluate their qualifications, including how well they align with the requirements of the role and the broader needs of our organization. Your referred candidate will remain in our candidate database for future opportunities, offering them additional chances to become part of our team. As the referrer, your role in the recruitment process is to bring potential talent to our attention. We ask that you refrain from discussing updates on the candidate's status, out of respect for their personal consideration. Our Talent Acquisition team will provide you with a final update once the candidate has been informed of their application status. Throughout this process, we may reach out to you with questions or additional information to ensure a seamless and effective referral experience. Thank you for your invaluable contribution to our recruitment efforts, and we sincerely appreciate your understanding and support throughout this process. If you would like to read more about referral bonus eligibility, please visit InSite: Responsibilities Responsibilities: - Lead and manage the end-to-end QA strategy for the Workday implementation, upgrades, and enhancements - Define and execute test plans, test strategies, and test frameworks; support risk assessment and mitigation planning - Oversee functional, integration, regression, and UAT testing cycles - Ensure testing alignment across Workday modules, including HCM, Finance, Payroll, Time Tracking, and related integrations - Manage the defect lifecycle, including identification, prioritization, tracking, resolution, and transparent communication of issue status - Drive test data preparation, environment coordination, release validation, and quality reporting - Partner with business stakeholders to ensure UAT readiness, execution, sign-off, and alignment with business processes and functional requirements - Coordinate cross-functional QA activities with developers, business analysts, system integrators, vendors, and other delivery partners - Ensure adherence to QA best practices, standards, and governance processes Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, or a related field preferred; an equivalent combination of education, Workday, ERP, and quality assurance experience will be considered - 5+ years of quality assurance experience, including 3+ years supporting Workday implementations, with a proven record of leading QA for other ERP solutions or Workday transformation programs - Deep understanding of Workday business processes and configurations - Experience with test management tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps and experience automating Workday functional testing - Strong experience in functional and end-to-end testing methodologies - Hands-on expertise in UAT planning, coordination, and execution, including defect management, QA metrics, and reporting - Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills - Ability to make informed tradeoff decisions using business value, risk, effort, and user impact - Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple initiatives, dependencies, and release timelines Preferred Qualifications - Experience with Professional Services Automation (PSA) implementations - Background in professional services, accounting, financial services, or another matrixed business environment - Workday PRO certifi

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