Job#: 3053849 Job Description: Workday Payroll and Time & Absence Functional Configurator
Role Overview
We are seeking a functional configurator to support a Workday implementation. The ideal candidate will be responsible for the configuration and maintenance of Workday Payroll, Time Tracking, and Absence Management modules. This role involves translating business requirements into effective Workday solutions, supporting system testing, and providing production support.
Key Responsibilities
- Configure and maintain Workday Payroll, Time Tracking, and Absence Management functionality.
- Gather and analyze business requirements and translate them into Workday solutions.
- Configure earnings, deductions, payroll calculations, validations, payroll periods, and payroll processing rules.
- Configure time entry, time calculations, work schedules, time validations, and time tracking policies.
- Configure absence plans, leave programs, accrual schedules, eligibility rules, and leave administration processes.
- Configure and maintain payroll, time, and absence-related business processes.
- Develop and maintain calculated fields, condition rules, eligibility rules, and validations.
- Support payroll frequency conversion, payroll transformation, and payroll outsourcing initiatives.
- Conduct impact analysis for Workday releases and business enhancements.
- Support testing activities including SIT, UAT, payroll parallel testing, and regression testing.
- Perform payroll and time data validation, reconciliation, and audit activities.
- Troubleshoot application issues and provide production support.
- Partner with integrations, reporting, security, benefits, HR, and payroll teams to ensure end-to-end solution delivery.
- Create and maintain configuration documentation, process flows, and support procedures.
- Lead regression testing for bi-annual Workday releases; manage UAT, parallel runs, and cutovers.
- Perform Tier-2/3 support for payroll issues, including root cause analysis and corrective actions.
- Build reports and dashboards for gross-to-net, tax variance, costing, and payroll KPIs.
Required Qualifications
Education: A Bachelor's degree is required.
Technical Skills:- Workday Payroll Configuration
- Workday Time Tracking Configuration
- Workday Absence Management Configuration
- Payroll Business Process Configuration
- Time Tracking Business Process Configuration
- Leave and Absence Administration
- Earnings and Deductions Configuration
- Payroll Calculations and Validations
- Calculated Fields
- Eligibility Rules and Condition Rules
- Data Analysis and Reconciliation
- SIT/UAT Testing Support
- Production Support and Troubleshooting
Preferred Qualifications
- A Master's degree is preferred.
- 8+ years of Workday Payroll and/or Time & Absence configuration experience.
- Hands-on experience configuring Workday Payroll, Time Tracking, and Absence modules.
- Understanding of payroll processing, payroll compliance, and payroll operations.
- Experience supporting payroll implementations, enhancements, and production support.
- Experience configuring business processes, validations, and security related to payroll and time management.
- Experience supporting testing activities, payroll reconciliations, and deployment readiness.
- Analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum delivery environments.
Compensation & Benefits
A comprehensive benefits package is available to eligible employees.
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