Workday Payroll Consultant / Architect

Dev Systems • Contract • Remote • 20h ago

Lead the end-to-end design, configuration, implementation, and optimization of Workday Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking solutions for large and complex enterprise environments.
Serve as the Workday Payroll Solution Architect and Subject Matter Expert (SME), providing functional and technical guidance throughout implementations, enhancements, production support, and transformation initiatives.
Partner with HR, Payroll, Finance, Benefits, Time & Attendance, and IT stakeholders to gather requirements and translate complex business needs into scalable Workday solution designs.
Architect Workday Payroll solutions covering earnings, deductions, pay components, payroll calculations, tax configurations, costing, retroactive processing, off-cycle payroll, settlements, and payroll accounting.
Design and configure Workday Absence and Time Tracking processes, including time entry, time calculations, eligibility rules, accruals, time-off plans, leave programs, validations, and approval workflows.
Lead solution design and architecture workshops, evaluate alternative approaches, identify downstream impacts, and drive stakeholders toward effective design decisions.
Analyze existing payroll and HR processes and recommend Workday best practices, process improvements, automation opportunities, and configuration simplification.
Define functional architecture and ensure alignment across Workday HCM, Payroll, Absence, Time Tracking, Benefits, Compensation, Security, Reporting, and Integrations.
Collaborate with integration teams on payroll-related interfaces involving benefit vendors, tax providers, banking systems, time systems, finance applications, and other third-party platforms.
Provide functional requirements and validation for integrations using EIB, Core Connectors, Workday Studio, APIs/Web Services, and other Workday integration technologies.
Develop and validate calculated fields, custom reports, payroll reconciliation reports, audit reports, and operational dashboards supporting payroll processing and compliance.
Lead payroll data conversion activities, including data mapping, validation, reconciliation, historical payroll data, balances, and year-to-date (YTD) conversion.
Develop comprehensive testing strategies covering unit testing, system integration testing (SIT), user acceptance testing (UAT), parallel payroll testing, regression testing, and production validation.
Lead payroll parallel testing and reconciliation, analyze variances, identify root causes, and coordinate corrective actions before production deployment.
Troubleshoot complex Workday Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking issues by performing root-cause analysis across configuration, business processes, security, integrations, and data.
Provide architectural guidance for Workday releases, new functionality, enhancements, and regulatory or business-driven payroll changes.
Ensure Workday solutions comply with organizational standards related to security, internal controls, audit requirements, data privacy, and payroll compliance.
Manage multiple Workday initiatives simultaneously while maintaining alignment with project scope, milestones, dependencies, risks, and delivery timelines.
Work closely with senior leadership, business owners, implementation partners, and cross-functional teams to communicate solution recommendations, risks, dependencies, and implementation decisions.
Mentor junior and senior Workday consultants, review solution designs and configurations, and establish Workday Payroll design standards and implementation best practices.
Support production payroll cycles, critical payroll events, post-production stabilization, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Maintain comprehensive functional and technical documentation, including solution designs, configuration workbooks, business process flows, testing documentation, and operational procedures.
Demonstrate strong analytical and critical-thinking capabilities when evaluating complex payroll requirements and facilitating design and architecture decisions.
Maintain current knowledge of Workday Payroll, Absence, Time Tracking, HCM functionality, Workday releases, and industry best practices.
Work effectively across multiple projects and stakeholder groups while delivering high-quality solutions in fast-paced enterprise environments.
Workday certification in Payroll, HCM, Absence, and/or Time Tracking preferred, with the ability to obtain additional Workday certifications based on project requirements.

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