Workday Payroll Consultant - Functional
Start: 2-3 weeks from date of offer
Length of Contract: 6 months + possible extensions
Location: Dublin, CA
Schedule: Onsite 3 days per week
40 hours per week
Hourly Pay: 90-110 p/hr on W2
*Background check Required*
*W2 Contract Only*
Client is in need of a functional Workday Payroll Consultant for a U.S. Payroll Implementation project. This is a hands on role focused on Payroll Configuration, testing, integrations, and go-live/post go-live support.
Key Responsibilities
- Configure and support Workday Payroll components including earnings, deductions,
- garnishments, tax setup, costing allocations, pay slips, and security.
- Partner with Payroll Operations and implementation teams to validate business requirements
- and translate them into Workday solutions.
- Support payroll integrations using Workday EIB, Core Connectors, Studio, and APIs.
- Assist with data validation, payroll parallel testing, integration testing, regression testing, and
- UAT activities.
- Troubleshoot payroll configuration and integration issues throughout the implementation
- lifecycle.
- Develop and maintain payroll-related reports and calculated fields as needed.
- Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local U.S. payroll regulations.
- Document configurations, business processes, testing results, and support procedures.
- Provide knowledge transfer and post-go-live stabilization support.
- Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of hands-on experience supporting Workday Payroll implementations.
- Strong expertise in U.S. Payroll, including federal, state, and local payroll compliance.
- Proven experience configuring Workday Payroll.
- Experience supporting Workday integrations, including EIB, Core Connectors, and Studio.
- Experience with payroll testing, reconciliation, and issue resolution.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced project environment.
- Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Workday Reporting and Calculated Fields.
- Experience supporting Payroll integrations with Time Tracking, Benefits, Finance, and third-party
- payroll vendors.
- Prior experience participating in end-to-end Workday Payroll implementations.
- Knowledge of SOX controls and payroll audit requirements.
