- **5+ years of hands-on Workday Payroll configuration experience**, including payroll tax setup, pay components, earnings/deduction codes, and retro processing.
- Demonstrated experience implementing **legislative/compliance-driven payroll changes** (tax law changes, regulatory updates) within Workday.
- Strong working knowledge of **US federal payroll taxation**, FICA, FUTA, and multi-state withholding; familiarity with overtime taxation rules.
- Experience with **retroactive payroll configuration and testing**, including balance adjustments and year-to-date corrections.
- Proven testing acumen: test plan design, parallel testing, defect tracking, and UAT support (JIRA or similar).
- Experience supporting year-end payroll activities (W-2s, tax filings, balancing) strongly preferred.
- Excellent communication skills; ability to work independently in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Bachelor's degree in HR, Information Systems, Accounting, or related field — or equivalent experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Workday Payroll certification (Pro/Adaptive).
- Experience in oil & gas, energy services, or other multi-state, hourly-heavy workforces.
- Prior Big Beautiful Bill / legislative compliance implementations in Workday.
- Familiarity with Workday Time Tracking, Absence, and integrations impacting payroll (e.g., benefits, GL, third-party tax services).
Success Criteria
- Overtime tax configuration live and validated for all affected pay groups.
- Retroactive 1/1/2026 changes fully processed, tested, and reconciled.
- Zero material payroll/tax defects at year-end; clean handoff to internal teams by December 31, 2026.
