Workday Payroll Senior Consultant

Overview

This role supports the Human Capital practice, helping organizations address the changing nature of work, workforce, and workplace. The HR Strategy & Technology team focuses on building HR strategies and implementing HR technology solutions to improve workforce effectiveness and value.

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.

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 wage range for this role is $116,200 to $229,100.
• You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to program rules, where an award (if any) depends on various factors including individual and organizational performance.
• The organization is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities. If you require an accommodation to participate in the recruiting process, inform the Global Call Center (GCC).

Additional Skills

• 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 and dynamic environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to provide clear guidance to others.