Workday Certified Payroll Consultant

Accenture; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading global professional services company as a Workday Certified Payroll Consultant. This role involves leading Payroll implementations and supporting clients with Workday configurations. You'll work with a team of over 2000 certified professionals, enhancing your skills and career in a dynamic environment. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong problem-solving abilities, effective communication, and a collaborative spirit, while also managing client relationships and project risks.

Benefits

Professional development resources

Access to unmatched training

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of consulting experience in a Lead role.
• Workday Partner Certification required.
• At least 2 years of US and/or Canada Payroll Implementations.

Responsibilities

• Lead or support the Payroll workstream on a Workday implementation project.
• Manage small onshore and offshore functional teams.
• Provide support for Payroll activities in Workday.

Skills

Problem Solving

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Workday

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Who We Are

We are Accenture, a global professional services company, searching for a Workday US/Canada Payroll Consultant/Team Lead. This individual will be part of a team of advisory professionals focused on cloud-based data-reporting operations that integrate and optimize the essential corporate functions of finance, analytics, planning, and HR.

For many of our clients, successfully getting their data operations into cloud environments is a major focus. The enterprise data-reporting software of Workday is a critical component of many of the cloud solutions we design, which is why Accenture has assembled a team of more than 2,000 Workday-certified professionals.

What’s In It For You

Help HR and Finance leaders define and execute their strategy and give them the adaptability they need in a fast-changing world. To help you take your skillset beyond Workday technology, our Transformation Powered by Workday Training will help you take your consulting to a whole new level. Take your Workday skills and career to the next level, mastering complex projects while expanding your leadership and advisory skills with a market-leading team.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead or support the Payroll workstream on a Workday implementation project.
• Support the creation of work plans for large complex global engagements, owning risk, budget, resources, client relationships, etc.
• Researching and resolving day-to-day Workday Payroll issues.
• Work with clients to support new requirements for Payroll in Workday.
• Creating and updating Workday configurations based on requirement changes.
• Provide support for regular and special Payroll processes in Workday.
• Provide support for Payroll activities like posting, bank transfer, and paychecks in Workday.
• Provide support for Legal and regulatory reports in Workday.
• Provide support for year-end reporting and other year-end activities in Workday.
• Manage small onshore and offshore functional teams.
• Identify strategies, risks, and options, recommend approaches and mitigations to meet client/functional requirements.
• Architect Workday Payroll solutions to ensure cohesion and cross-functional impact mitigation.
• Advise clients on industry standards and leading practices.
• Demonstrate design options through prototyping.
• Understand and apply Workday and Accenture methodologies.
• Provide the Project Manager with status updates and overall project status.
• Demonstrate strong client and stakeholder management to achieve project objectives.
• Support innovation through creating new methods and assets.

Why Join Accenture Workday Team?

• Innovate every day. Be at the forefront of designing and delivering Workday solutions.
• Lead with industry’s best. Join a global cloud leader with over 2000 Workday-certified professionals.
• Learn and grow continuously. Access unmatched training and professional development resources.

Successful Candidate Traits

We value diversity and look for individuals who are passionate about technology, proactive, collaborative, effective communicators, creative problem solvers, and future-oriented with a focus on inclusive and sustainable solutions.

Travel may be required, varying from 0% to 100% based on business needs.

Minimum Requirements

• Workday Partner Certification.
• At least 2 years of consulting experience, in a Lead or similar role.
• At least 2 years of US and/or Canada Payroll Implementations.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years work experience); if an Associate’s Degree, then 6 years of work experience.

Bonus Skills

• 4 years of experience in HCM, Time Tracking, Absence, or Benefits Implementations.
• Expertise in HR functions and processes.
• Experience in Education & Government implementations.