Senior Consultant – Payroll, FSI, PS Industries

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Senior Consultant managing payroll implementations for Financial Services and Professional Services industries at Workday. Fostering best practices and mentoring new consultants during the deployment process.

Posted 4/17/2026full-timeRemote • Hawaii, Illinois, Rhode Island, Virginia, Wyoming • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $122,800 - $184,200 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Oracle

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Become an expert in the Workday Payroll product suite
Provide FSI and PS industry perspective for customer business requirements
Ensure FSI and PS best practices are maintained
Understand client business requirements, configure the Workday solution, and demonstrate configurations through prototype systems
Assist the client in testing the Workday solution
Serve as a mentor for new Payroll Consultants
Ensure the client takes advantage of Workday FSI and PS best practices
Ensure the client is referenceable once the client is in production
Participate in update training and share product skills with other consultants

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of functional implementation experience in Payroll software solutions or systems
3+ years Consulting experience
Workday Deployment Experience
Ability to travel up to 50% of the time
Experience implementing Workday, SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Ultimate Software, ADP, Ceridian or similar applications
Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent work experience
Strong background in Workday consulting is a plus
Ability to build strong customer relationships
Ability to learn technology quickly through instruction and self-training
Passion for customer service
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to manage multiple projects at a time
Strong presentation skills, with proficiency in communicating across internal teams and customers through executive leadership
Experience with multiple HCM, payroll and/or financial applications a plus
Resourceful and adaptable
Strong industry knowledge
Strong influencing skills
Exceptional relationship management skills
Proven mentorship skills
Proven ability to effectively gather and analyze requirements
Strong solutions design skills
Expertise in strategic business consulting
Excellent task management skills
Exceptional teamwork skills
Excellent time management skills

Benefits

Comp & perks

Workday Bonus Plan
Role-specific commission/bonus
Annual refresh stock grants

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Hard Skills & Tools

Workday PayrollPayroll software solutionsWorkday DeploymentHCM applicationsSAPOraclePeopleSoftUltimate SoftwareADPCeridian

Soft Skills

customer relationshipslearning technologycustomer serviceverbal communicationwritten communicationpresentation skillsrelationship managementmentorshiptask managementteamwork

Certifications

Bachelor's degree