Job Title: Workday Payroll, Time & Absence Consultant
Location: Remote OR Relocation (Preferred)
Duration: Long term contract
HR Technology Leader – Workday Payroll, Absence & Time
We are seeking an experienced HR Technology Leader specializing in Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking who can deliver scalable, compliant, and intuitive global employee experiences. In this senior role, you will own end-to-end solution design and apply deep Workday expertise to govern complex payroll, accrual, and time valuation configurations.
Key Responsibilities
- Workday Expertise & Solution Design
- Serve as the senior Workday expert for Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking modules, leading advanced design and configuration of pay calculation rules, accrual logic, eligibility, earnings/deductions setup, and time valuation.
- Lead and coordinate end-to-end global deployment of Absence and Time Tracking solutions, ensuring consistent implementation, compliance, and successful adoption across all regions.
Skills: To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start).
- 5 years of HR Technology experience in a private, public, government or military environment
- 5 years of Workday configuration experience specializing in Payroll, Absence, and/or Time Tracking. in a private, public, government or military environment
Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:
- Workday Pro certification preferred.
- Strong expertise with US Workday Payroll.
- Proven success designing complex pay calculation rules, accrual configurations, time valuation, eligibility, and payroll workflows.
- Familiarity with union rules, shift differentials, premium pay, and complex pay components.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting abilities, particularly with pay results and time valuation.
- Experience leading or mentoring analysts or technical team members.
- Strong project management skills; ability to influence at all levels.
- Exceptional communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience with Workday Scheduling module preferred.