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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates extensive expertise in Workday Payroll configuration and administration, with a strong focus on optimizing system processes and ensuring compliance. Capable of delivering actionable insights through advanced reporting and analytics while collaborating effectively across multiple departments.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Workday Payroll ConfigurationWorkday Core HCMWorkday Business Process FrameworkAdvanced Reporting (Calculated Fields)Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills
ATS Keywords
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Hard Skills
Workday PayrollWorkday ConfigurationWorkday SecurityWorkday Advanced CompensationWorkday Time and AbsenceWorkday Talent/Performance ModulesWorkday ExtendSystem DocumentationData ReconciliationWorkflow Design
Soft Skills
Analytical SkillsProblem-Solving SkillsCollaborationCommunicationTechnical Aptitude
Tools & Technologies
AI ToolsWorkday ReportsDashboardsTesting MethodologiesSystem Controls
Industry Keywords
HRISPeople OperationsPayroll OperationsComplianceGlobal OrganizationsMatrixed Organizations
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Administer Workday Payroll configuration end-to-end, including pay groups, earnings, deductions, and payroll-impacting business processes
- Serve as primary systems point of contact for Payroll Operations and ensure accurate, on-time pay processing
- Own and optimize Workday Payroll, Core HCM, and assigned security frameworks
- Support configuration and troubleshooting across Workday functional areas, including Time and Absence
- Design and maintain employee-lifecycle business processes, workflows, and system controls
- Lead system enhancements, releases, and feature adoption
- Design cross-system solutions supporting access governance, compliance, and workflow orchestration
- Simplify, standardize, and automate People processes and reduce manual effort
- Contribute to the Workday roadmap and establish system governance and best practices
- Manage escalations and recurring issue resolution with People Operations and external Workday support
- Ensure data consistency across Workday and downstream financial systems, including workforce data reconciliation
- Develop system documentation and use AI tools to identify logic gaps and propose enhancements
- Troubleshoot issues, determine root causes, and implement scalable fixes
- Build and maintain advanced Workday reports, dashboards, and calculated fields
- Deliver actionable People and Finance insights
- Partner with People Ops, Accounting, Payroll, Total Rewards, Finance, and IT on system solutions
- Act as Workday subject matter expert and support workforce planning, budgeting, and actuals reporting
- Support UAT and high-quality system deployments
- Use AI and structured methodologies to define test strategies, generate test cases, and support design reviews
Requirements
What you’ll need- 3+ years of hands-on Workday Payroll configuration and administration experience, required
- 5+ years of HRIS experience with deep Workday expertise
- Strong configuration experience in Workday Payroll and Core HCM
- Experience with Workday Business Process Framework, Security, and Advanced Reporting (Calculated Fields)
- Experience partnering cross-functionally with People, Accounting, Payroll, Finance, and IT stakeholders
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience creating structured documentation and leveraging AI tools to enhance system design, testing, and analysis
- Advanced analytical and technical skills for translating business needs into requirements, driving implementations, and delivering solutions
- Exceptional technical aptitude and desire to learn new technologies and solution architectures
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Information Systems, or equivalent is a plus
- Experience with Advanced Compensation, Time and Absence, Talent/Performance modules, or Workday Extend is a plus
- Experience in global and matrixed organizations is a plus
- Experience designing workflows across the employment lifecycle is a plus
Benefits
Comp & perks- Equity
- Benefits
- AI tools may be used during much of the interview process
- EarnIn is an E-Verify participant