[Remote] Payroll Consultant, Higher Education

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Workday is a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents. They are seeking an experienced Payroll Consultant to support Higher Education implementations by designing, configuring, and deploying Workday Payroll solutions while partnering with mission-driven organizations.

Responsibilities

• Design and configure Workday Payroll solutions
• Apply deep expertise in the Workday Payroll product across customer engagements
• Partner with customers to elicit, clarify, and document business requirements
• Configure Workday Payroll to align with customer needs and operational realities
• Document solution decisions clearly so customers can support and sustain their environment after go-live
• Support data conversion, integrations, and testing
• Partner with client and data conversion teams to support legacy payroll data conversion into Workday
• Partner with integration teams to support the configuration and testing of integrations between Workday and third-party or custom solutions
• Support customers through testing cycles, including issue triage and resolution
• Transfer system knowledge to customer teams to support adoption, confidence, and long-term success in production
• Drive project execution and stakeholder alignment
• Communicate regularly with the Engagement Manager on project status, hours forecasting, time reporting, risks, and mitigation plans
• Partner with Delivery Assurance to support compliance with agreed checkpoints and quality standards
• Help customers prepare for and navigate key implementation milestones, from design through testing and deployment
• Contribute to the practice and mentor others
• Mentor consultants who are newer to Payroll, Absence, and/or Time Tracking
• Participate in update training and knowledge-sharing opportunities that strengthen team capability
• Contribute to the Higher Education consulting practice by identifying opportunities for improvement and leading or participating in internal initiatives

Skills

• 4+ years of experience implementing and/or configuring Workday Payroll
• 4+ years of experience in a consulting, software, or internal Workday environment with hands-on responsibility for payroll configuration, testing, and partnering with stakeholders
• 6+ years of experience implementing and/or configuring Workday Payroll
• 6+ years of experience in a consulting, software, or internal Workday environment leading complex payroll initiatives that require cross-workstream coordination, stakeholder alignment, and structured testing
• Proven ability to build trusted, long-term relationships with payroll, HR, and/or finance stakeholders in Higher Education and/or Nonprofit environments, including navigating complex governance structures (e.g., committees, unions, shared governance)
• Ability to manage multiple customers in parallel, estimate effort accurately, surface risks early, and coordinate with Engagement Managers and project teams to keep scope, schedule, and quality on track
• Ability to travel up to 50% based on client and project needs, particularly for key implementation milestones such as design sessions and major testing events
• Experience working with Higher Education and/or Nonprofit organizations
• Ability to implement Absence and/or Time Tracking
• Experience with multiple payroll applications

Benefits

• This role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants
• Workday’s comprehensive benefits
• Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote
• Spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role)
• Freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs
• Opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter

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