Workday Certified Payroll Consultant

Apex Systems; Virginia Water; Remote; GBP 87,125 - 97,375; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm is seeking a Workday Functional Consultant for a remote long-term contract position. This role involves ensuring payroll accuracy and compliance using Workday's payroll comparison tools. The ideal candidate has extensive Workday experience and strong analytical skills to drive payroll operations effectively. Responsibilities will include supporting global engagement work plans and addressing payroll issues. A Bachelor's degree and previous Workday Payroll experience are required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with Workday Payroll, including configuration and reporting.
• Strong understanding of payroll processes, benefits, tax regulations, and compliance.
• 3+ years experience with UKG and Oracle HCM system.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to the Payroll workstream on a Workday implementation project.
• Research and resolve day-to-day Workday Payroll issues.
• Conduct in-depth analysis of payroll data to identify discrepancies.

Skills

Workday Payroll configuration

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Excel proficiency

Payroll compliance knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Information Systems, Accounting, or related field

Tools

Workday

Oracle E-Business Suite

UKG

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Workday Functional Consultant
Location: 100% Remote
Layout: Long Term Contract with the Client
Pay Rate: $85.00-$95.00/HR

Job #: 2085183

Job Summary

The Workday Payroll Compare Expert plays a critical role in ensuring payroll accuracy, compliance, and operational efficiency through use of Workday’s payroll comparison tools. This role involves deep analysis of payroll data across systems and periods, identifying discrepancies, and implementing solutions to streamline payroll operations. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Workday Payroll configuration and reporting, and a strong understanding of payroll compliance and auditing. This role requires exceptional analytical skills, stakeholder management, and the ability to innovate with complex payroll environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide key support to the Payroll workstream on a Workday implementation project.
• Support the creation of work plans for large complex global engagements, owning risk, budget, resources, client relationships, etc.
• Researching and resolving day-to-day Workday Payroll issues
• Work with client to support the new requirements for Payroll in Workday
• Support the Implementation Partner in Creating and Updating Workday configurations based on requirement changes
• Provide support for regular and special Payroll processes in Workday
• Provide support for Payroll activities like posting, bank transfer and pay checks in Workday
• Provide support for Legal and regulatory reports in Workday
• Provide support for year-end reporting and other year-end activities in Workday
• Identify strategies, risks, and options, recommend approaches and mitigations to meet client/functional requirements
• Architect Workday Payroll solutions to ensure that all work streams are cohesive and cross functional impacts are considered and mitigated
• Advise clients on industry standards and leading practices
• Demonstrate design options through the use of prototyping
• Understand and apply Workday and Deloitte methodologies
• Provide the Project Manager with status updates and keep them apprised of overall project status
• Demonstrate strong client and stakeholder management to achieve project objectives
• Support innovation through the creation of new industry leading methods and assets
• Experience with UKG Time tracking system
• Experience with Oracle E-Business Suite
• Proficiency in Excel (Pivot tables, VLOOKUPs etc.)
• Knowledge of payroll taxes and benefits
• Configure, maintain, and optimize Workday Payroll Compare functionality to support payroll audits, reconciliations, and data integrity across pay periods and systems (Workday, Oracle E-Business Suite and UKG).
• Conduct in depth analysis of payroll data to identify discrepancies, root causes and trends and implement corrective actions.
• Prepare and deliver reports and presentations to summarize findings, highlight trends and provide actionable insights to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with HR, Finance, and IT teams to gather requirements, optimize payroll processes, and mitigate cross-functional impacts.
• Create and maintain documentation for payroll comparison workflows and configurations.
• Provide training and support to payroll, Benefits, and HR teams on comparison tools and best practices.
• Monitor payroll processing for accuracy and compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
• Stay current with Workday updates and industry trends related to payroll and data comparison.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Information Systems, Accounting, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience with Workday Payroll, including configuration, reporting, and Payroll comparison tools.
• Strong understanding of payroll processes, benefits, tax regulations, and compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
• Experience with payroll reconciliation and audit processes.
• Proficiency in Workday reporting tools (e.g., Calculated Fields, Composite and Advanced Reports).
• Working knowledge of General Ledger processes and payroll integrations.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• 3+ years experience with UKG
• 3+ years with Oracle HCM system

Preferred Qualifications

• Workday Payroll certification.
• Experience with Workday integrations (e.g., time tracking, benefits).
• Familiarity with other Workday modules such as HCM and Time Tracking.
• Experience in large-scale Workday implementations or upgrades.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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