Senior Manager, Workday Payroll Platform Lead

Montefiore Health System; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Montefiore Health System in Yonkers, NY is seeking a Senior Manager, Workday Payroll Technology to lead the functional strategy, governance, and operational excellence of our Workday Payroll platform. This role oversees a team of payroll consultants and analysts across a large health system.

You will translate business and compliance requirements into technical direction, work across Payroll, HR, Finance, and IT, ensure accurate, timely pay processing, and maintain audit-ready documentation

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Human Resources, Business, or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 7+ years of experience supporting Workday Payroll in a functional/techno-functional capacity, including at least 2-3 years in a people leadership or team management role.
• Demonstrated experience overseeing consultants or vendor resources on Workday Payroll configuration and projects.
• Deep functional knowledge of Workday Payroll, including pay components, tax setup, garnishments, off-cycles, retro pay, and payroll accounting.
• Experience supporting payroll in a large, multi-entity or unionized environment.
• Strong understanding of payroll compliance requirements (federal, NY State, local).
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate between technical teams and payroll/HR business leaders.
• Ability to work in a hybrid environment with regular onsite attendance in Yonkers, NY, and occasional travel to other Montefiore Health System locations.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of Workday Payroll consultants (internal and third-party/staff augmentation), including work assignment, prioritization, and performance oversight.
• Serve as the primary point of accountability for consultant deliverables, ensuring work is scoped, tracked, and delivered on time and within budget.
• Manage relationships with Workday and any implementation/staffing partners, including SOW development, invoicing oversight, and vendor performance reviews.
• Own the functional roadmap for Workday Payroll, including tax, UKG time tracking integration, garnishments, off-cycle processing, retro pay, and payroll accounting.
• Establish and enforce change management, testing, and release governance for all payroll configuration changes.
• Maintain system documentation, configuration standards, and audit-readiness across the payroll module.
• Partner directly with Payroll Operations leadership to ensure the platform supports accurate, timely, and compliant pay processing for a multi-entity, multi-union health system workforce.
• Lead root cause analysis and resolution for payroll system issues, ensuring proper prioritization based on business and compliance impact.
• Oversee quarter-end, year-end, and tax filing readiness activities from a systems perspective.
• Ensure Workday Payroll configuration remains compliant with federal, New York State, and local tax and wage regulations, as well as union/CBA pay rules.
• Partner with Internal Audit, Compliance, and Legal on system controls, SOX-related requirements, and data privacy standards.
• Maintain a proactive posture on Workday releases, identifying impacts to payroll configuration and compliance obligations.
• Act as the primary liaison between Payroll, HR Technology (HCM/Benefits), Finance, and IT on all Workday Payroll-related initiatives.
• Support integration design and issue resolution with upstream/downstream systems (time and attendance, general ledger, benefits, third-party tax and garnishment vendors).
• Represent Payroll Technology in broader Workday governance forums and enterprise system initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Vendor management

Stakeholder management

Workday Payroll knowledge

Hybrid collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Workday Payroll

UKG Time Tracking

Job description

Montefiore Health System in Yonkers, NY is seeking a Senior Manager, Workday Payroll Technology to lead the functional strategy, governance, and operational excellence of our Workday Payroll platform. This role oversees a team of payroll consultants and analysts across a large health system.

You will translate business and compliance requirements into technical direction, work across Payroll, HR, Finance, and IT, ensure accurate, timely pay processing, and maintain audit-ready documentation