Workday Payroll

Workday Payroll Specialist

Location: NJ Remote
The Lead Platform Owner - Payroll role will be responsible for leading the development, maintenance, governance, and evolution of the portfolio of IT solutions supporting all of Client's Human Resources processes focused on payroll, compensation & benefits.
Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with Human Resources to understand business drivers and business capabilities (future and current state) and determine corresponding IT strategies that are required to support them
• Design and lead the implementation/configuration and maintenance of relevant IT capabilities and solutions portfolio based on the HR functional strategy, business capabilities and business requirements
• Develop plans with the HR leadership team to effectively manage the impact the organizational impact (for example, on skills, processes, structures, or culture) and financial impact of the IT capabilities and solutions portfolio.
• Understand technology trends and the practical application of existing, new, and emerging technologies to enable new and evolving HR business and operating models.

Tasks and Duties:

• Manage Payroll, Compensation, Payroll Operations, Payroll Functional and Integrations end to end, including IT capabilities, solutions, and projects portfolio.
• Lead the ongoing assessment of the technical solutions portfolio, their associated costs, and risks, and rationalize them to maximize the business contribution.
• Work with HR stakeholders to define a prioritized set of outcomes and services required to support business objectives.
• Act as a Functional IT Lead for Payroll to ensure the successful delivery of the business priorities.
• Partner with HR Business Process Owners to ensure Payroll are configured effectively for organizational support.
• Ensure that Client is leveraging the functionality provided in the platform investment. That includes taking advantage of current capabilities as well as planning for capabilities that will be launched in future releases.
• Manage all activities associated with supporting Incidents, Problems, HR Service Cases, and new Requirements.
• Working along with IT Director, IT Peers and the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to ensure that the HR IT capabilities and applications are effectively secured and that risks are mitigated.
• Manage relationships with major HR IT vendors and service providers to ensure they cost-effectively meet the needs of the organization.

COMPLEXITY AND SCOPE

• Broad knowledge/experience with Payroll in Workday and ADP.
• Ability to Config Payroll Integrations and functional work in Workday.
• Proven ability to lead in an outsourced delivery and support model
• The ability to translate business needs into IT service and solution requirements
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation
• Strong leadership and client management and analytical skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent planning and organizational skills
• The ability to apply multiple solutions to business problems
• The ability to comprehend rapidly the functions and capabilities of new trends and technologies
• The ability to architect and present solutions across the HR Technology Portfolio with options to business and HR stakeholders

Required Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, MIS, or related discipline preferred, but not required with relevant work experience
• 5+ years of experience and knowledge in the HR IT field including background/education in both technology and human resources
• 5+ years Payroll operations in Workday. This includes but is not limited to architecture, design, configuration, testing, deployment, and support.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Workday of which includes configuring and implementing Workday solutions for Payroll.
• Demonstrated experience with requirements gathering, integration design, testing, and solutions deployment.
• Experience working with/in diverse teams and influencing stakeholders and other leaders not reporting to her/him
• Strong program management and project management skills

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