Workday Payroll Expert (Workday HCM)

Appex Innovation; Melville (NY); On-site; USD 96,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Doist in Melville, NY seeks a Workday Payroll Expert for a 6+ month engagement with extensions, onsite 3 days a week. The role acts as internal SME and client advocate, driving payroll gap analysis, validating vendor configurations, and ensuring the vendor delivers solutions that meet our Canadian payroll requirements.

You will coordinate with stakeholders and scrutinize vendor documents, internal rules, and the Workday tenant to confirm accurate fixes.

Qualifications

• Workday Payroll expertise required.
• Experience with implementation vendors and internal SME role.
• Ability to validate vendor configurations and communicate needs clearly.

Responsibilities

• Independently drive payroll-specific gap analysis and early issue detection.
• Verify vendor configurations and corrective requests with rigor.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to define needs and communicate them to the vendor.
• Dive into vendor documents, internal rules, and the Workday tenant to assess issues.
• Proactively identify discrepancies and ensure implemented fixes meet business requirements.

Skills

Workday Payroll

Canada Payroll experience

Vendor collaboration

Job description

We are seeking a Workday Payroll Expert Duration: 6+ months with extensions, and it might go right to hire Location: Melville, NY Onsite Flexibility: 3 days on-site OPEN TO GC/USC/ GC EAD - Need Locals Interview Mode: Video Interview

Roles & Responsibilities:

• We require a highly skilled, hands-on Workday Payroll Expert who has a strong background working at an Implementation Vendor but will act strictly as our internal subject matter expert (SME) and client advocate ( \"Client Hat \" ).
• Your most critical priority is to independently drive Payroll-specific gap analysis, early issue detection, and meticulous verification of vendor configurations.
• The successful candidate will actively collaborate with internal stakeholders to define needs, clearly communicate them to the vendor, and dive directly into vendor documents, internal rules, legacy systems, and the Workday tenant itself.
• Your focus will be on proactively identifying discrepancies, issuing actionable correction requests to the vendor, and rigorously confirming that the implemented fixes truly realize our specific business, functional, and operational requirements.
• Must have Canada Payroll experience.