Remote Workday Functional Lead: Payroll, Time & Absence

The Squires Group; Springfield (VA); Remote; USD 94,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

The Squires Group is seeking a Workday Payroll, Time & Absence Functional Lead to drive an ERP harmonization program for a major energy sector client.

You will serve as the primary Workday SME for Payroll, Time Tracking, and Absence, leading design, configuration, testing, deployment, and stabilization activities with cross-functional HR, Payroll, Finance, Benefits, and Digital teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Workday functional experience with Payroll, Time Tracking, and Absence.
• Experience leading requirements, design, testing, deployment, and stabilization for ERP programs.
• Strong knowledge of payroll processes, integrations, and upstream/downstream impacts.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management across business and technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Workday Payroll, Time Tracking, and Absence workstream for the ERP harmonization program.
• Guide requirements, future-state design, configuration, and best-practice decisions.
• Lead testing, payroll validation, defect resolution, and stakeholder sign-off.
• Coordinate integrations and dependencies across HR, Payroll, Finance, Benefits, Digital, and implementation teams.
• Support cutover, hypercare, stabilization, documentation, and knowledge transfer.

Skills

Workday Payroll

Time Tracking

Absence

ERP Implementation

Stakeholder Mgmt

Job description

The Squires Group is seeking a Workday Payroll, Time & Absence Functional Lead to drive an ERP harmonization program for a major energy sector client.

You will serve as the primary Workday SME for Payroll, Time Tracking, and Absence, leading design, configuration, testing, deployment, and stabilization activities with cross-functional HR, Payroll, Finance, Benefits, and Digital teams.