Remote Workday Payroll, Time & Absence Lead

Starrcohawaii; Alaska; Remote; USD 94,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

The Squires Group, Inc. is seeking a Workday Payroll, Time & Absence Functional Lead to support a multi-year ERP harmonization initiative in the energy sector.

This remote consulting role places you as the primary Workday SME for Payroll, Time Tracking, and Absence, coordinating with HRIS, Payroll, Finance, Benefits, and Digital teams. You will lead design, configuration, testing, deployment, and stabilization activities, guide requirements, and ensure smooth handoffs to implementation partners.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Workday functional experience with expertise in Payroll, Time Tracking, and Absence.
• Experience leading requirements, design, testing, deployment, and stabilization for large ERP or transformation programs.
• Strong knowledge of payroll processes, integrations, and upstream and downstream system impacts.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills 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

Stakeholder Management

Job description

The Squires Group, Inc. is seeking a Workday Payroll, Time & Absence Functional Lead to support a multi-year ERP harmonization initiative in the energy sector.

This remote consulting role places you as the primary Workday SME for Payroll, Time Tracking, and Absence, coordinating with HRIS, Payroll, Finance, Benefits, and Digital teams. You will lead design, configuration, testing, deployment, and stabilization activities, guide requirements, and ensure smooth handoffs to implementation partners.