Workday Payroll Consultant

8200 Accenture Australia P/L Company; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Progressive Employee Benefits

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Workday Payroll Consultant in Melbourne to deliver high‑quality payroll solutions within Workday. This hands‑on role supports configuration, testing, and deployment across payroll workstreams, collaborating with clients and senior team members.

You will configure earnings, deductions and taxes, participate in workshops, perform SIT/UAT testing, and ensure reconciliation and data quality while aligning with AU payroll legislation and client requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience in Workday Payroll configuration and delivery.
• Understanding end-to-end payroll processes.
• Familiar with SIT/UAT testing and defect resolution.
• Knowledge of AU/NZ payroll legislation preferred.

Responsibilities

• Configure and support Workday Payroll components including earnings, deductions, taxes, and pay groups.
• Assist in solution design workshops and translate business requirements into system configuration.
• Execute payroll builds, data validation, and reconciliation.
• Support payroll integrations and data loads.
• Perform SIT/UAT testing and resolve defects.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure end-to-end process alignment.
• Provide post go-live support and stabilisation.

Skills

Workday Payroll

Payroll configuration

Payroll testing

Data reconciliation

HCM modules

Communication skills

Education

Degree in HR, Finance, IT, or related field

Job description

Accenture is a leading solutions and services company that helps the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed across the enterprise, bringing together the talent of our approximately 786,000 people, our proprietary assets and platforms, and deep ecosystem relationships. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and to be the most client-focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world. Through our Reinvention Services we bring together our capabilities across strategy, consulting, technology, operations, Song and Industry X with our deep industry expertise to create and deliver solutions and services for our clients. Our purpose is to deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity, and we measure our success by the 360° value we create for all our stakeholders. Visit us at www.accenture.com. Through Transformation Powered by Workday, we help HR and Finance define their strategy, technology and approach to become agile, strategic advisors that drive critical business outcomes and revenue. By automating day-to-day tasks, then uniting and orchestrating the data and planning abilities of Finance and HR in one seamless system, organizations can better align to business strategy and ensure that the right skills and resources are available when they are needed. With in-depth specialization in more than 40 industries and an unmatched, global delivery network, Accenture is uniquely positioned to guide its clients in this transformation, tailoring each journey to your specific needs. For more information, please visit Accenture + Workday

The Opportunity

As a member of one of the world’s largest Workday-certified teams, you’ll be part of a team of advisory professionals who deliver more than just technology. From rapid deployments to entire transformations, you’ll deliver integrated source to pay solutions that put organizations on the fast track to a better way to work. Grow your career with leading-edge technologies, continuous learning opportunities and a global community with deep industry expertise that help to solve clients’ biggest challenges. Now is the perfect time for you to join the Accenture Workday team, where you’ll:

• Assess, strategize and manage Workday deployments for organisations across the globe.
• Accenture has worked with more than 700 clients to deliver Workday deployments to unlock the potential of their organisations.
• Design and deliver future-ready Workday solutions to help organisations optimise their Finance functions and enhance their employees’ experiences.
• Join more than 3,200 professionals certified in Workday, collaborating to drive enterprise-wide transformational projects on a global scale.
• Expand your Workday skills and advance your career with unparalleled training and professional development opportunities.

Role Summary

The Workday Payroll Consultant is responsible for delivering high-quality payroll solutions within Workday. This role is hands‑on, supporting configuration, testing, and deployment activities across payroll workstreams, while working closely with clients and senior team members.

Key Responsibilities

• Configure and support Workday Payroll components including earnings, deductions, taxes, and pay groups.
• Assist in solution design workshops and translate business requirements into system configuration.
• Execute payroll builds, ensuring data accuracy, validation, and reconciliation.
• Support payroll integrations and data loads.
• Execute payroll parallel testing and support defect identification and resolution.
• Perform unit testing, system integration testing (SIT), and UAT support.
• Identify, track, and resolve payroll defects and system issues.
• Ensure payroll results are accurate and compliant through reconciliation activities.
• Work directly with client SMEs to gather requirements and provide system guidance.
• Support workshops, demos, and training sessions for payroll processes.
• Provide post-go‑live support, troubleshooting issues and supporting stabilisation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (HCM, Absence, Time Tracking, Integration) to ensure end‑to‑end process alignment.
• Support senior team members (Managers/Leads) in delivering project milestones.
• Maintain project documentation, including configuration workbooks and test scripts.

Key Skills & Experience

• Experience in Workday Payroll configuration and delivery.
• Strong understanding of end‑to‑end payroll processes.
• Exposure to payroll testing (SIT/UAT) and defect resolution.
• Experience with data reconciliation, reporting, and payroll validation.
• Familiarity with Workday HCM modules (Core HCM, Absence, Time Tracking preferred).
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Qualifications

• Degree in HR, Finance, IT, or related field.
• Workday Payroll certification (preferred).

Preferred Experience

• Experience in AU/NZ payroll legislation and compliance.
• Exposure to payroll configuration and data migration activities.
• Consulting or client‑facing project experience.

Mandatory Requirements

• Australian Citizenship with Baseline Security Clearance or ability to gain clearance with Accenture's assistance.

Accenture Benefits

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About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent‑and innovation‑led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com. Bring your incredible skills and join our global team of innovators. We come together from different backgrounds across the world and work with the latest technologies to create value and growth for our clients. With us, you’ll continue to learn and grow so you can advance in your career. Your personal dreams and ambitions are just as important to us; that's why we offer support any way we can - when you thrive, we all thrive. Explore your next step at Accenture Belong. Grow. Thrive. Join a great place to work for reinventors who drive meaningful change for our clients, communities, and the world. Wo rld. Explore your next step at Accenture