Senior Worday Tester - Canada/LATAM/Nearshore

HCM & Payroll Domain Depth

•       7+ years of hands-on experience in HCM systems testing, implementation, or functional consulting - with deep understanding of the hire-to-retire employee lifecycle

•       Demonstrated expertise writing and executing test scripts for Core HCM business processes: Hire, Onboarding, Job Change, Compensation Adjustment, Leave of Absence, Termination, and Offboarding

•       Strong working knowledge of Workday Payroll - earnings, deductions, taxes, off-cycle runs, payroll audits, and pay calc reconciliation; Puerto Rico payroll familiarity strongly preferred

•       Hands-on experience with Workday integration testing: EIB, Core Connectors, Studio, and report-based integrations - including field-level mapping validation and file format verification

•       Solid understanding of Workday security model as it affects testing - security group access, business process step permissions, and integration system user (ISU) configuration

Testing Craft & Execution

•       Proven track record owning the full QA lifecycle on an enterprise HCM or ERP deployment - not just executing scripts but building the strategy, plan, and governance framework from scratch

•       Ability to author high-quality test plans, test scripts, traceability matrices, defect reports, and UAT coordination documents without templates or significant direction

•       Experience leading parallel payroll testing cycles - reconciling outputs, applying tolerance thresholds, and obtaining formal sign-off from Payroll leadership

•       Strong defect management discipline - clear documentation, severity classification, root cause thinking, and ability to distinguish a configuration issue from a data issue from a process gap

•       Experience with test management and defect tracking tools (ServiceNow, Smartsheets etc)

UAT Leadership & Stakeholder Orchestration

•       Demonstrated experience orchestrating cross-functional UAT with non-technical business users - HR, Payroll, Operations, and Finance stakeholders - driving accountability and completion on schedule

•       Ability to run daily testing check-ins, escalate blockers clearly, and influence workstream leads and vendor partners to prioritize defect resolution

•       Strong written and verbal communication skills in English - capable of producing executive-ready status reports and presenting testing risk clearly to senior stakeholders

•       Experience working alongside third-party implementation vendors understanding the vendor/client accountability split and navigating it effectively