Principal Consultant, Workday Payroll
Sansar Tec
Workday Payroll Principal Consultant
Sansar Tec
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Chicago • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United States
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Lead
About the role
- Guide clients through the transformation, implementation, and operation phases of a Workday Payroll implementation.
- Configure Workday to meet business requirements and design specifications; solve complex Workday intersystem problems.
- Execute day-to-day activities of Workday integrations/Extend support for a variety of customer contracts (staff augmentation, ad-hoc support, project delivery).
- Track issues and risks, communicate status and escalate concerns to project management.
- Facilitate knowledge transfer and educate clients on developing and operating interfaces to and from a SaaS platform.
- Provide subject matter expertise on Workday best practices and evaluate technical impacts of integration configuration decisions.
- Become a Workday Integrations expert and build understanding of Financials, Learning, Compensation, Payroll, Benefits, and Talent modules.
- Mentor other consultants and actively share product knowledge.
- Work directly with key business and IT stakeholders to establish requirements, consider design alternatives, and configure, test and deploy integrations solutions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Information Systems, Business Administration, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Proven experience implementing and supporting Workday Payroll, including configuration and optimization.
- In-depth knowledge of payroll processes, tax regulations, and compliance requirements.
- Proficiency with Workday configuration tools and reporting (e.g., EIB, Advanced Report Writer, Business Process Framework).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to design solutions for complex payroll requirements.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with experience collaborating across teams and with clients.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Attention to detail and commitment to delivering high-quality results.
- Workday Certified Professional credential (mandatory).
- Workday Payroll functional certification (mandatory).
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
Workday Payroll implementationWorkday configurationWorkday integrationsEIBAdvanced Report WriterBusiness Process Frameworkpayroll processestax regulationscompliance requirementsanalytical problem-solving
Soft skills
communication skillsinterpersonal skillscollaborationproject managementattention to detailmentoringknowledge transferability to manage multiple projectscommitment to high-quality results
Certifications
Workday Certified ProfessionalWorkday Payroll functional certification