Senior Payroll Consultant – UKI at Workday
About the Team
Workday’s Payroll Consulting teams are driven by a passion for our products and the success of our customers in implementing our best‑in‑class cloud solutions. We’re a diverse group of people with an invaluable mix of experience and backgrounds, located across multiple locations within the region.
Our team promotes Workday’s core values with ‘Employees’ being the first. We offer flexible work schedules, empower you to follow your desired career path & achieve professional and personal goals, encourage work‑life balance and wellbeing, and champion equal opportunities for everyone.
About the Role
Join the EMEA Consulting team to help deploy one of our well‑established high‑growth products – Workday Payroll for the UK. Workday is looking for your domain expertise and experience to ensure success for our customers. As the lead payroll consultant, you will be responsible for the end‑to‑end implementation across a varied portfolio of customers, acting as a trusted advisor and leading or supporting the deployment of single or multiple functional streams on any given implementation project.
What You Will Achieve in Your First 12 – 24 Months
You’ll get the opportunity to learn and achieve many things as a Consultant at Workday. Here are some of the activities you will experience on your Workday career journey:
* Product Training and project ramp up on UK Payroll and complimentary products such as Absence, Benefits and Time Tracking.
* Work closely with other Consulting Teams on projects, including Data and Integration Consultants, to ensure seamless collaboration between the various touchpoints of the application.
Gain a practical understanding of Workday’s implementation methodology at each stage of the project:
* Gather and understand Customer’s Business Requirements and demonstrate core Workday concepts, utilizing pre‑delivered Workday solutions.
* Translate Customer requirements into configured solutions and ensure detailed unit testing of the Solution.
* Support your customer during multiple rounds of testing, responding to and resolving test issues.
* Undertake final deployment activities for the customer, including the provision of knowledge transfer and post‑production support activities.
About You
This role requires a blended mix of Functional and Technical Consulting skills relating to the implementation of business software applications. Workday Consultants act as trusted advisors to our Customers, guiding them through the functional aspects of the Workday platform.
Basic Qualifications
* 4+ years Consulting experience, either as an Internal Consultant or with a Consulting/Software Company.
* Expert in UK Payroll compliance and legislation.
* Demonstrated Ability working with, or Implementing a Tier 1 business software application such as: Workday, SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Ultimate Software, ADP, Ceridian or similar applications.
* Industry Payroll and Absence expertise (such as Public Sector, Retail, Hospitality, etc.).
Other Qualifications
* Business analysis and requirements gathering skills.
* A strong presenter with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
* Ability and desire to learn technology quickly through a mix of different mediums.
* Resourceful and adaptable; comfortable working remotely, utilizing a variety of tools with a high degree of autonomy.
* Ability to travel up to 50% of the time.
* Fluency in English is essential.
Our Approach to Flexible Work
With Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in‑person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners.
Additional Information
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