Senior Workday Payroll & Absence Consultant

Workday, Inc. (old); Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 237,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Workday, Inc. is seeking an experienced Senior/Principal Payroll, Time Tracking, & Absence Consultant to support higher education and nonprofit implementations.

You will design, configure, and deploy Workday solutions with a focus on accuracy and long-term success, collaborating closely with clients, project teams, and the Engagement Manager. You’ll own the Payroll, Time Tracking, & Absence workstreams, propose design approaches, and help customers navigate milestones from design through testing

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience implementing and/or configuring Workday Payroll, Time Tracking, & Absence
• Experience in a consulting, software, or internal Workday environment with hands-on responsibility for configuration, testing, and stakeholder partnerships

Responsibilities

• Design and configure Workday Payroll, Time Tracking, & Absence solutions
• Partner with customers to elicit and document business requirements
• Configure Workday solutions to align with customer needs and operational realities
• Document decisions to support customer adoption and ongoing use
• Support data conversion, integrations, and testing
• Coordinate cross-workstream activities to ensure successful deployments
• Assist customers through testing cycles and issue resolution
• Mentor newer consultants and contribute to practice development

Skills

Workday Payroll

Time Tracking

Absence management

Travel readiness

Job description

Workday, Inc. is seeking an experienced Senior/Principal Payroll, Time Tracking, & Absence Consultant to support higher education and nonprofit implementations.

You will design, configure, and deploy Workday solutions with a focus on accuracy and long-term success, collaborating closely with clients, project teams, and the Engagement Manager. You’ll own the Payroll, Time Tracking, & Absence workstreams, propose design approaches, and help customers navigate milestones from design through testing