Workday Payroll Senior Consultant

Overview

This role is within the Human Capital practice, which helps organizations address changing work, workforce, and workplace needs through HR strategy and technology solutions.

The recruiting process 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.

Requirements

• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product.
• Ability to build and sustain professional relationships.
• Ability to lead projects or workstreams.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to provide clear guidance to others.

Required qualifications

• 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 Qualifications

• 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

The estimated wage range for this role is $116,200 to $229,100. The range reflects multiple factors used in compensation decisions, including skills, experience and training, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential for the location where the position may be filled.

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

This role requires ability to travel 50%, on average based on client and industry/sector needs.