Workday Payroll Consultant

Title: Workday Payroll Consultant
Location: Remote 
Role Balance: 70% Functional / 30% Technical
Position Overview
We are looking for a skilled Workday Payroll Consultant to manage, configure, and optimize our Workday Payroll platform. The ideal candidate brings a strong core of functional expertise in end-to-end payroll processing, tax compliance, and business process design (70%), complemented by hands-on technical capabilities in custom reporting, calculated fields, and EIB integration management (30%).
Key Responsibilities
1. Functional Responsibilities (70%)
•    Payroll Configuration & Setup: Configure and maintain pay groups, earning/deduction codes, run categories, accumulators, and payment election rules.
•    Business Process Management: Design, build, and optimize Workday Payroll Business Processes (BPs), condition rules, and step sequences.
•    Compliance & Tax Management: Ensure adherence to federal, state, and local tax requirements, quarterly/year-end processing (W-2s, 1099s), garnishments, and statutory reporting.
•    Testing & Validation: Lead parallel payroll testing, regression testing, unit testing, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for new implementations and bi-annual Workday feature updates.
•    Stakeholder Support: Partner with HR, Benefits, Finance, and Accounting teams to resolve payroll operational issues, configure GL mapping, and refine gross-to-net calculations.
2. Technical Responsibilities (30%)
•    Reporting & Analytics: Build and maintain Advanced, Matrix, and Composite reports utilizing complex Calculated Fields to support payroll audit and finance needs.
•    Data Integration & EIBs: Configure and execute inbound/outbound Enterprise Interface Builders (EIBs) for mass data updates and vendor interface updates.
•    Integration Support: Troubleshoot integration points between Workday Payroll, Time Tracking, Absence Management, Benefits, and external General Ledger (GL) systems.
•    Issue Triage: Analyze system log files, debug condition rules, and assist with API/Core Connector errors.
Qualifications & Key Requirements
•    Experience: 7+ years of hands-on Workday Payroll configuration and administration experience.
•    Certification: Workday Payroll Functional Certification (US or Global) is strongly preferred.
•    Functional Expertise: In-depth knowledge of gross-to-net processing, tax authority setups, garnishments, and GL accounting touchpoints.
•    Technical Skills: Proficient in Workday Report Writer, Calculated Fields, EIBs, and Core Connectors. Familiarity with XSLT, XML, or Workday Studio is a plus.
•    Communication: Excellent problem-solving and communication skills to bridge technical specifications with business stakeholder requirements.