[Hiring] Workday Quality Assurance Lead @Wipfli

Role Description

• 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

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

Requirements

• Experience with Professional Services Automation (PSA) implementations
• Background in professional services, accounting, financial services, or another matrixed business environment
• Workday PRO certification(s)
• Experience coordinating with distributed, offshore, or third-party delivery teams
• Formal QA certification, such as ISTQB, CSQA, or Agile Testing certification, with working knowledge of Agile frameworks. Product certifications such as CSPO, PSPO, or SAFe POPM are a plus
• Experience across multiple Workday modules, including HCM, Finance, Integrations, and Payroll
• Familiarity with integration testing involving third-party systems

Benefits

• 8 health plan options (both HMO & PPO plans)
• Dental and vision coverage
• Opportunity to enroll in HSA with potential Firm contribution
• Employee Assistance Program
• Firm-sponsored basic life and short and long-term disability coverage
• 401(k) savings plan & profit share as well as Firm matching contribution
• Well-being incentive
• Education & certification assistance
• Flexible time off
• Family care leave
• Parental leave
• Family formation benefits
• Cell phone reimbursement
• Travel rewards
• Voluntary benefit offerings including critical illness & accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, legal, long-term care, pet insurance, ID theft protection, and supplemental life/AD&D