Workday Global Payroll Consultant

UST; Aliso Viejo (CA); Remote; USD 94,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation

Paid sick leave

401(k) with employer matching

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Job summary

UST is looking for a Workday Global Payroll Consultant to aid in designing and deploying international payroll solutions. This role involves working closely with third-party vendors, including ADP and CloudPay, ensuring successful payroll processing integration.

Ideal candidates have 5–10 years of global payroll experience and the capability to manage communications with diverse stakeholders. The position offers a compensation range of $94,000–$141,000 per year and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• 5–10+ years of experience in global payroll or payroll transformation initiatives.
• Hands-on experience with third-party payroll providers.
• Strong understanding of payroll data dependencies and processing cycles.

Responsibilities

• Serve as functional lead for global payroll design.
• Translate business requirements into payroll process designs.
• Collaborate with global payroll vendors on data mapping.

Skills

Global payroll experience

HCM consulting

Workday deployment

Client communication

Data mapping

Tools

Workday Payroll

ADP GlobalView

CloudPay

Job description

Workday Global Payroll Consultant

Lead II – Enterprise Solutions

UST is searching for a Workday Global Payroll Consultant to support the design and deployment of international payroll solutions leveraging third‑party providers such as ADP, CloudPay, and other global payroll platforms.

The opportunity

• Serve as the functional lead for global payroll design, defining how Workday supports payroll processing through third‑party providers
• Translate business requirements into end‑to‑end payroll process designs spanning Workday and external payroll systems
• Configure Workday Payroll components where required to support third‑party payroll models, including:
• Payroll inputs and outputs
• Pay groups and payroll calendars
• Earning and deduction structures aligned to vendor requirements
• Data structures supporting outbound and inbound integrations
• Define and document payroll data flows (Workday <-> vendor)
• Country‑specific payroll considerations and dependencies
• Roles and responsibilities across HR, Payroll, and vendor teams
• Partner with integration teams to ensure interfaces are designed and built in alignment with payroll requirements, including worker and organizational data exports, compensation, benefits, and time data feeds, payroll results inbound integrations
• Collaborate directly with global payroll vendors to align on file specifications, data mapping, payroll calendars, cutoffs, data validation and processing expectations
• Support global payroll testing cycles, including parallel payroll testing, payroll input/output validation, issue triage, identify and resolve gaps between Workday configuration and vendor payroll requirements
• Advise clients on global payroll operating model decisions – centralized vs decentralized, standardization vs localization, governance and ownership across regions
• Provide post‑go‑live support to stabilize payroll operations and optimize integrations
• Contribute to development of global payroll accelerators, templates, and best practices

What you need

• 5–10+ years of experience in global payroll, HCM consulting, or payroll transformation initiatives
• Hands‑on experience supporting Workday deployments integrated with third‑party payroll providers (e.g., ADP GlobalView, ADP Celergo, CloudPay, Safeguard, etc.)
• Experience configuring Workday Payroll components to support third‑party payroll integrations
• Strong understanding of payroll inputs, outputs, data dependencies; payroll calendars, cutoffs, processing cycles; multi‑country payroll considerations
• Experience working with global payroll vendors and service providers, integration teams (functional collaboration), data mapping and payroll file validation
• Experience supporting payroll testing (parallel runs, reconciliation) and multi‑country or global deployments
• Strong client‑facing communication skills and ability to manage multiple stakeholders
• Preferred: experience with ADP GlobalView, ADP Celergo, CloudPay or similar platforms; Workday HCM or Payroll certification; supporting global Workday deployments across multiple regions; understanding of integration concepts (EIB, PECI) without being a technical developer

Compensation Range

Remote‑US: $94,000–$141,000 per year.

Benefits

Full‑time employees accrue a minimum of 10 days of paid vacation per year, 6 days of paid sick leave each year (prorated for new hires), 10 paid holidays, and are eligible for paid bereavement leave and jury duty. Eligible for the Company's 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching. Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents residing in the US. Additional voluntary short‑term disability benefits and HSAs/FSA options. Benefits vary in Puerto Rico. Part‑time and temporary employees receive prorated sick leave and 401(k) participation where applicable. Employees in jurisdictions with more generous sick leave laws will receive benefits per local law.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

UST is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law. UST reserves the right to redefine roles and responsibilities based on organizational needs and performance.