About Meridian
Meridian is a minority-owned, 9-Time Inc. 5000 honoree and one of the nation's fastest-growing small businesses. For more than two decades, we've helped organizations modernize and maximize their ERP and Workday investments—delivering solutions that are efficient, scalable, and aligned to each client’s mission.
We proudly serve state and local governments, federal agencies, K–12 organizations, and commercial clients, giving our team exposure to meaningful work that directly improves communities and public services nationwide.
If you’re looking to grow your career inside a collaborative, supportive, and fast-growing consulting environment, Meridian is the place for you!
Workday HCM Compensation Consultant
🕒 Full-time, salaried position
🌍100% Remote - must reside within the United States
✈️ Up to 30% domestic travel
📍 Must be eligible to work in the in the United States without sponsorship, now or in the future
The Opportunity
We are seeking a skilled and client-focused Workday HCM Compensation Consultant with experience supporting public sector clients. The ideal candidate will bring hands-on Workday HCM expertise along with a strong understanding of government HR practices. You will be responsible for designing and delivering scalable Compensation solutions tailored to the unique requirements of public institutions.
Responsibilities
Workday Compensation configuration & Solution Design
- Configure and deploy Workday Compensation in alignment with public sector regulatory and organizational needs.
- Translate complex compensation processes into efficient Workday solutions, ensuring compliance with public sector policies, union agreements, and audit requirements.
Stakeholder collaboration & Functional Leadership
- Collaborate with HR, IT and functional leads to gather requirements, document configurations and deliver enhancements and updates.
- Lead or support functional workstreams during workday implementations, optimizations, or phase x rollouts for public sector entities.
Testing, Deployment & Production Support
- Conduct testing activities (unit, integration, UAT) support data conversion, and assist with validation and reconciliation processes.
- Provide ongoing production support and troubleshoot system issues going post-live.
Security, Compliance & Release Management
- Ensure Workday security roles and domain polices and proper segregation of duties and public sector standards.
- Stay up to date with Workday release and asses impacts for public sector clients.
Minimum Qualifications
- Active Workday HCM Compensation Implementer Certification is REQUIRED
- 3+years of Workday Compensation experience, including configuration and deployment of Compensation and other HCM modules.
- 1+ full-cycle Workday implementations
- 1+ years Public Sector experience within state or local agencies working with or implementing Workday
- Understanding of public sector HR structures, collective bargaining agreements, civil service rules, and position management frameworks.
- Experience with Workday business processes, condition rules, and calculated fields.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent professional experience
Pay Transparency
Compensation for roles at Meridian varies depending on a wide array of factors including, but not limited to, the specific practice, role, skillset, and level of experience. As required by law, Meridian provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired.
Base Salary Range is $120,000 to $150,000 plus bonus is available for this specific role.
💙 Why You’ll Love Working at Meridian
🌟 A collaborative, people-first culture
🌟 Generous time off and flexible remote environment
🌟 401(k) with company match that immediately vests
🌟 Comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision, caregiver/adoption support, financial coaching, EAP
🌟 Company-paid life insurance
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. No third-party agencies or submissions will be accepted.
Applicants have rights under the following Federal Employment Laws: Family Medical Leave Act , U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA).
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