Workday Payroll Senior Consultant

Overview

This role is part of the organization’s Human Capital practice, focused on helping clients address the changing nature of work, workforce, and the workplace through HR strategy and technology.

Recruiting for this role ends on 06/11/2027.

Responsibilities

As a Workday Payroll Senior Consultant on the HR Strategy & Technology team, you will:

• Lead Workday Payroll implementations, enhancements, and optimization activities.
• Gather business requirements and translate them into functional designs and configuration decisions.
• Facilitate client meetings to align on scope, priorities, and deliverables.
• Support testing, defect resolution, deployment, and stabilization activities.
• Prepare project deliverables and collaborate with cross-functional teams to execute project work.

Skills and Competencies

A successful candidate will have the ability to:

• Work independently and collaborate as part of a team.
• Communicate effectively (written and verbal).
• Demonstrate meticulous attention to detail and deliver quality work product.
• Build and sustain professional relationships.
• Lead projects or workstreams.
• Manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Maintain strong interpersonal skills and a professional demeanor.
• Meet deadlines.
• Provide clear guidance to others.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• 4+ years of experience supporting or leading workstreams on Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) implementation or optimization projects.
• 4+ years of experience leading workstreams as part of Workday implementations, with knowledge in 2 or more areas of the HCM product, including configuration of the system.
• Experience participating in at least 2 end-to-end Workday implementations.
• Ability to travel 50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
• Limited immigration sponsorship may be available.

Preferred:

• 4+ years of experience supporting Workday implementations or optimization efforts.
• Workday certification in 1 or more functional areas.
• 4+ years of experience working in consulting solutions for Fortune 500 or equivalent clients.
• 2+ years of experience mentoring and developing junior staff through onboarding, skills development, or performance reviews.
• Experience leading client workshops and requirements sessions.

Compensation & Benefits

• Wage range: $116,200 to $229,100.
• You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, where any award depends on various factors, including individual and organizational performance.

Location

No specific location was provided in the source description.