Workday Payroll SME

Workday Payroll Configurator/SME

Remote Role

Description

• Experienced in configuring, implementing, and supporting Workday Payroll solutions to meet business, operational, and payroll processing requirements.
• Configured payroll components, including earnings, deductions, allowances, taxes, pay groups, and payroll calendars.
• Configured payroll calculations, eligibility rules, calculation priorities, and payroll processing schedules to support accurate employee payments.
• Supported payroll setup for regular payroll, off-cycle payments, retroactive calculations, adjustments, and payroll corrections.
• Configured and maintained payroll business processes, approval workflows, condition rules, notifications, and security access.
• Worked with Workday HCM, Benefits, Time Tracking, and Absence Management to support end-to-end payroll processing.
• Supported payroll integrations with third-party vendors, financial institutions, tax providers, and benefits systems using Workday integration tools.
• Performed payroll parallel testing, functional testing, regression testing, and UAT to validate payroll calculations and results.
• Reconciled payroll results, earnings, deductions, taxes, and accounting outputs; investigated discrepancies and supported resolution.
• Developed and maintained payroll reports, dashboards, and audit reports to support payroll operations, compliance, and management reporting.
• Supported payroll year-end activities, including tax reconciliation, year-end reporting, and validation of payroll data.
• Troubleshot payroll processing errors, calculation issues, integration failures, and employee pay discrepancies, performing root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Provided subject matter expertise to HR, Payroll, Finance, and technical teams on Workday Payroll functionality, configuration, and best practices.
• Supported Workday releases, configuration changes, tenant migrations, documentation, and post-production stabilization.
• Maintained payroll controls, audit trails, data security, and compliance with applicable payroll policies and regulatory requirements.