Senior Workday Payroll Principal Consultant

Cognizant; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Principal Consultant for Workday Payroll to lead design, delivery, and success of payroll implementations. You will guide clients and project teams, align solutions with business goals, and act as a trusted advisor on payroll transformation.

The role combines deep Workday Payroll expertise with delivery leadership, pre-sales support, mentoring, and knowledge sharing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required.
• Active Workday Payroll Certification preferred.
• 5+ years of Workday implementation experience.
• Experience leading Workday Payroll workstreams on medium to large deployments.
• Strong leadership, mentoring, and stakeholder management.
• Excellent communication with executive-level stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior Workday Payroll subject matter expert on strategy and operations.
• Lead client workshops and design discussions to define scalable payroll solutions.
• Own solution design and oversee configuration, testing, deployment and post go-live.
• Act as functional lead for medium to large Workday Payroll implementations.
• Advise clients on payroll processes, controls and transformation initiatives.
• Collaborate with HCM, Benefits, Time Tracking, Integrations, Reporting and Security teams.
• Support interfaces with payroll providers, benefits vendors and third-party apps.
• Mentor consultants and contribute to knowledge sharing and training.
• Support business development including proposals and demonstrations.

Skills

Workday Payroll

Delivery leadership

Pre-sales support

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Communication

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Cognizant in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Principal Consultant for Workday Payroll to lead design, delivery, and success of payroll implementations. You will guide clients and project teams, align solutions with business goals, and act as a trusted advisor on payroll transformation.

The role combines deep Workday Payroll expertise with delivery leadership, pre-sales support, mentoring, and knowledge sharing.