Senior Workday HCM & Payroll Solutions Lead

NCL Bahamas Ltd.; United States; On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. is seeking a senior Workday functional expert to support Payroll, Core HCM, Time Tracking, and Absence Management. You will partner with HR, Payroll, Finance, Operations, and technology teams to understand business problems, configure Workday, and drive process improvements.

This is a consultative improvement role, not a ticketing role. The role emphasizes governance, data quality, reporting, and enhancing employee lifecycle processes across releases.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on Workday functional experience.
• Deep knowledge of Payroll, Core HCM, Time Tracking, and Absence Management.
• Experience gathering requirements and translating business needs into Workday configuration and process solutions.
• Experience supporting complex organizations strongly preferred.
• Exposure to Compensation, Recruiting, Talent, Learning, or Benefits is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business teams to understand challenges, collect requirements, and recommend practical Workday solutions.
• Configure, maintain, and optimize Workday functionality across Payroll, HCM, Time Tracking, and Absence.
• Support Payroll operations with a focus on system accuracy, controls, compliance, and timely issue resolution.
• Enhance HCM business processes across the employee lifecycle and improve time and absence programs.
• Participate in Workday releases; assess new functionality and recommend adoption based on business value.
• Develop reports, dashboards, and workforce insights to support operational and management decisions.
• Support testing, change management, deployment, documentation, and post-production stabilization.
• Help establish functional best practices, governance standards, data quality controls, and continuous improvement practices.

Skills

Workday Payroll

Core HCM

Time Tracking

Absence Management

Reporting & Dashboards

Requirements gathering

Change management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. is seeking a senior Workday functional expert to support Payroll, Core HCM, Time Tracking, and Absence Management. You will partner with HR, Payroll, Finance, Operations, and technology teams to understand business problems, configure Workday, and drive process improvements.

This is a consultative improvement role, not a ticketing role. The role emphasizes governance, data quality, reporting, and enhancing employee lifecycle processes across releases.