Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Charter Global is seeking an experienced Workday Payroll Configuration Consultant to provide functional subject matter expertise for Workday HCM payroll solution design and configuration. The consultant will gather requirements, configure payroll processes, guide technical and cross-functional teams, and support testing, deployment, stakeholder communication, and post-go-live activities.
Responsibilities
- Lead discovery sessions with payroll, HR, and finance stakeholders to gather and document payroll requirements
- Translate business needs into functional payroll designs aligned with Workday Payroll capabilities and best practices
- Analyze current payroll processes and recommend optimized future-state solutions
- Define functional design for pay components including earnings, deductions, accumulators, payroll accounting, and statutory requirements
- Identify risks, gaps, and dependencies, and recommend mitigations
- Configure Workday Payroll to support payroll processing requirements, including pay groups, period schedules, run categories, earnings and deductions, calculated fields (functional design input), accumulators, and payroll accounting structures
- Support setup of payroll business processes, run categories, payment elections, and legislative/tax requirements
- Ensure payroll configurations are compliant with applicable regulations and business policies
- Validate configuration through functional reviews and stakeholder walkthroughs
- Support data conversion by providing EIB templates and methods to load payroll balances and input
- Provide functional guidance to technical teams on integrations, reporting, data conversions, and extensions
- Clearly articulate payroll rules, calculations, and data requirements to ensure accurate system design
- Review technical designs to ensure alignment with functional payroll requirements
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Core HCM, Benefits, Time Tracking, Absence, and Finance for end-to-end payroll integration
- Develop and review payroll test scenarios, including parallel testing and reconciliation
- Support SIT, UAT, and payroll validation cycles, including issue triage and resolution
- Ensure payroll accuracy through validation of results against expected outcomes
- Assist with cutover activities, go-live readiness, and post-go-live support
- Act as a trusted advisor to payroll and business stakeholders
- Document functional requirements, design decisions, payroll processes, and configuration details
- Communicate status, risks, and issues effectively to leadership and stakeholders
- Support knowledge transfer to payroll operations and support teams
Skills
- • Strong experience in Workday Payroll (functional) configuration
- • Proven expertise in payroll processes including earnings, deductions, taxation, payroll runs, and reconciliation
- • Experience translating payroll requirements into system solutions
- • Ability to collaborate effectively across functional and technical teams
- • Strong communication skills with the ability to explain payroll concepts clearly to business stakeholders
- This role requires a work authorization of US Citizens ONLY
- • Location: Remote
- • Work Model: Remote but would prefer someone in Charlotte, if possible, for onsite time
- • Travel Required: First week onsite either in the office closest to them (team will travel) or in Charlotte
- • Hours per week: 20 hours per week
- • Payroll functional expertise
- • Workday Payroll configuration
- • Requirements gathering & solution design
- • Payroll process optimization
- • Cross-functional collaboration
- • Stakeholder communication
- • Testing & reconciliation support
- • Risk identification and mitigation
- • Functional leadership
- • Experience with end-to-end Workday HCM implementations, specifically Payroll
- • Knowledge of related modules such as Core HCM, Time Tracking, Absence, or Benefits
- • Experience with payroll compliance, statutory requirements, and regulatory considerations
- • Experience supporting testing cycles including parallel payroll validation
- • Consulting experience in client-facing environments
Benefits
- Remote work arrangement; preference for someone in Charlotte, if possible, for onsite time
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