Workday Payroll, Absence & Time Tracking Lead

Capgemini; Northern (KY); On-site; USD 73,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

401(k) Matching

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Capgemini seeks a Workday Payroll, Absence & Time Tracking Lead to design, configure, deploy, and support Workday solutions for global and U.S.-based clients. You will lead functional workstreams, facilitate workshops, and ensure compliance across payroll and time tracking.

With 5+ years implementing Workday Payroll/Absence/Time Tracking and at least two full lifecycle deployments, you will mentor teammates and drive process improvements using leading practices and AI-enabled automation where

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience implementing and supporting Workday Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking.
• Minimum of two full lifecycle Workday Payroll implementations from design through deployment.
• Strong experience configuring Workday Payroll for U.S. organizations, including payroll calculations, taxes, earnings, deductions, and compliance requirements.
• Hands-on experience designing and configuring Workday Absence and Time Tracking solutions.
• Experience facilitating client workshops, requirements gathering sessions, and solution design discussions.
• Proven experience leading functional workstreams within complex Workday implementation projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead functional design, configuration, and deployment of Workday Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking solutions.
• Facilitate client workshops, discovery sessions, and requirements gathering activities.
• Configure Payroll earnings, deductions, taxes, payroll calculations, pay groups, and payroll processing frameworks.
• Design and implement complex absence plans, leave programs, accrual rules, eligibility criteria, and compliance-related leave processes.
• Configure and support Time Tracking solutions, including time entry, schedules, overtime, premium pay, shifts, and labor tracking requirements.
• Act as a trusted advisor to clients by recommending leading practices and optimizing business processes utilizing Workday functionality.
• Lead solution design discussions and provide strategic guidance regarding Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking capabilities.
• Support integrations, data conversion activities, and cross-functional dependencies with HCM, Benefits, Compensation, and Financials workstreams.
• Develop functional specifications, configuration documentation, testing scripts, training materials, and process documentation.

Skills

Workday Payroll

Workday Absence

Workday Time Tracking

Client workshops

U.S. payroll

Analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Job description

Capgemini seeks a Workday Payroll, Absence & Time Tracking Lead to design, configure, deploy, and support Workday solutions for global and U.S.-based clients. You will lead functional workstreams, facilitate workshops, and ensure compliance across payroll and time tracking.

With 5+ years implementing Workday Payroll/Absence/Time Tracking and at least two full lifecycle deployments, you will mentor teammates and drive process improvements using leading practices and AI-enabled automation where