Workday Payroll Senior Consultant

ERPA; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

ERPA is a client-focused technology services firm specializing in Workday implementations for education and government sectors. The Senior Consultant on the PATTS team will provide production support for Workday Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking after go-live and help advance ERPA’s AMS practice.

The role requires 3+ years as a lead consultant on Workday modules, active Workday certifications, and strong communication and organizational skills to manage multiple engagements and customer

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years leading consultant workstream on Workday Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking implementations.
• Active status Workday Partner certifications: Payroll, Absence, Time Tracking.
• Strong verbal and written communication with proactive implementation recommendations.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Act as a consultant on multiple client engagements with limited direction.
• Understand client business requirements and guide design, configuration, and prototype; assist testing and production cutover.
• Partner with Engagement Managers to monitor project status and changes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure clear communication and alignment.
• Accurately maintain forecasts in a timely manner.
• Support sales with SME input for presentations, demos, LOEs.
• Stay current on Workday PATTS processes and best practices.
• Build strong client relationships through trusted, high-quality service.

Skills

Lead consultant

Client engagement

Communication

Tools

Workday Payroll

Workday Absence

Workday Time Tracking

Workday AMS

Job description

Are you looking to join a dynamic company that truly values their employees, offers great benefits, and has a “people first” culture? At ERPA, we encourage our employees to be innovative and welcome new ideas. Empathy, responsibility, passion, and agility are the values that ERPA emulates in the workplace and seeks in our employees.

ERPA is a client-focused technology services firm committed to maximizing the value of our clients' Workday investments. We specialize in implementing Workday solutions for higher education and government organizations, while also providing comprehensive, ongoing support for clients across diverse industries. Our team partners closely with clients to optimize their Workday environments, offering services such as application management, Workday evolution and expansions (Phase X implementations), follow-on solutions, analytics, and continuously enhance the user experience.

Position Summary:

We have an exciting opportunity on the Workday PATTS team for a Senior Consultant that will be responsible for ensuring the successful production support (post go-live) for Workday Payroll, Absence Management and Time Tracking! This role will contribute to the development of ERPA’s Workday AMS practice and should showcase innovation, strategic thinking and have the drive to make ERPA a Workday partner of choice.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as a consultant on multiple client engagements with limited direction
• Understand client business requirements and provide guidance throughout design, configuration, and prototype; and assist clients with testing and move to production efforts
• Partner with Engagement Managers to keep them informed of project status, changes, etc.
• Collaborate with cross-functional counterparts to ensure clear lines of communication and project alignment
• Accurately maintain forecast in a timely manner
• Partner with the Sales team and serve as a Subject Matter Expert while assisting with sales presentations, demos, and LOEs
• Stay up to date on industry knowledge, Workday enhancements, and be able to advise on Workday best practices
• Build strong relationships with clients, gained through trust and exceptional customer service

Experience and Education Requirements:

• Minimum of 3 years of experience as a lead consultant, designing and configuring Workday Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking solutions for multiple customers is required.
• The following Workday Partner certifications (or combination thereof) are required and must remain in Active status throughout employment with ERPA: Workday Payroll, Workday Absence, Workday Time Tracking
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required, along with a proactive approach and detailed understanding of Workday PATTS processes and best practices to make appropriate implementation recommendations
• Strong organizational skills are required. Must be able to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as in a team environment, coupled with a desire to have fun while building something new (required)