Workday Payroll Implementation Contractor 26-161DD New London, United Kingdom

Overview

An organization is seeking an experienced Workday Payroll Implementation Consultant for an international contractor role. This position supports the implementation of Workday HCM/Payroll globally, targeting a go-live date of January 1, 2027. The consultant will provide hands-on implementation support to the internal international payroll team across the United Kingdom, Spain, Czech Republic, Singapore, Australia, and India.

This is a remote, part-time contractor role aligned with project time zones across Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the internal regional payroll team to review and provide feedback on country-specific Workday Payroll configurations across six jurisdictions.
• Evaluate configuration of country-specific earnings, deductions, pay frequencies, payroll calendars, and statutory payment types.
• Support the UK team in reviewing PAYE, National Insurance, pension auto-enrolment, statutory payments (SSP, SMP, SPP), and P60/P45/P11D configurations, identifying gaps or misalignments.
• Assist in validating Spain's IRPF, social security contributions (TGSS), payroll accruals (pagas extraordinarias), and local provider integrations.
• Review Czech Republic income tax, social and health insurance, and statutory deduction configurations.
• Support validation of Singapore CPF, SDL, FWL, IR8A/IR21, and MOM compliance configurations.
• Assist in reviewing Australia's SuperStream, STP Phase 2, PAYG, leave accruals, and Fair Work Act entitlement configurations.
• Help validate India's EPF, ESI, PT, TDS, and statutory compliance configurations.
• Participate in parallel payroll testing and gross-to-net reconciliation for each country.
• Develop internal documentation and job aids to enable the internal team to manage the system post go-live.
• Review UAT test scripts and track defects through resolution.
• Support development, implementation, and documentation of internal controls related to Workday Payroll, including role-based access design and approval workflow validation.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of international Workday Payroll implementation experience with hands-on exposure across multiple countries.
• Practical familiarity with Workday Payroll configuration and implementation (design, build, parallel testing) in the UK, Spain, Czech Republic, Singapore, Australia, and India.
• Working knowledge of statutory payroll compliance in the covered jurisdictions to evaluate configurations and identify gaps.
• Experience supporting multi-country parallel payroll testing, reconciliation, and UAT processes.
• Workday Payroll certification preferred; recent relevant project experience may substitute.
• Familiarity with internal controls in a Workday Payroll context, especially role-based security and approval workflow design related to payroll audit and compliance.
• Strong English communication skills, capable of working with in-country payroll stakeholders and translating technical configuration into business terms.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency in Spanish and/or Czech.
• Experience supporting payroll implementations for mid-market to enterprise companies with 200–2,000 international employees.
• Familiarity with Workday Global Payroll Connect and Cloudpay for third-party payroll providers.
• Knowledge of data privacy requirements such as GDPR (UK/Spain/Czech Republic), PDPA (Singapore), and Privacy Act (Australia) as they relate to payroll data.
• Prior experience as an embedded consultant supporting internal teams alongside system integrators.

Compensation & Engagement

• Contractor / Project-Based Engagement.
• Not a benefits-eligible full-time position.
• Anticipated workload of 15–20 hours per week, variable by project phase.

Location

• Remote position aligned with project time zones across Europe and Asia-Pacific (EU and APAC).