Payroll Consultant

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary subject matter expert for payroll-related data, processes, and reporting across Workday and PeopleSoft.
• Support all Workday Payroll implementation activities through go-live, ensuring alignment between legacy and future-state payroll environments.
• Analyze, validate, and reconcile payroll data between legacy PeopleSoft and new Workday systems, handling large volumes of complex data.
• Aid in payroll testing efforts, including unit testing, parallel testing, user acceptance testing (UAT), and payroll validation.
• Assist with execution of more than 3,000 payroll scenarios, including troubleshooting issues and ensuring accurate results.
• Partner closely with payroll, HRIS, finance, and implementation teams to identify, investigate, and resolve payroll issues and discrepancies.
• Identify and document payroll process gaps, system discrepancies, and areas for improvement between current and future-state processes.
• Facilitate data conversion and validation activities to ensure accurate and complete migration from PeopleSoft to Workday.
• Provide recommendations on payroll best practices during the implementation, leveraging deep knowledge of Workday Payroll and PeopleSoft.
• Support cutover planning and go-live readiness activities, helping stakeholders prepare for transition and stabilize post-implementation.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to make informed decisions that support a successful payroll transformation at an enterprise scale.

Essential Skills

• At least 5 years of experience working with payroll systems in complex enterprise environments.
• Hands-on Workday Payroll implementation experience spanning planning, testing, and go-live phases.
• Strong, practical experience with PeopleSoft payroll, including data structures and process flows.
• Pervious experience supporting payroll testing and validation efforts, including unit, parallel, and UAT testing.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze, validate, and reconcile large volumes of payroll data across multiple systems.
• Experience operating in complex enterprise environments with large employee populations.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to effectively engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently, manage priorities, and deliver results in a fast-paced project environment.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience with multiple Workday Payroll implementations is highly desirable.
• Experience in migrating payroll operations from PeopleSoft to Workday.
• Knowledge of payroll tax, wage and hour compliance, and payroll accounting principles.
• Experience supporting large employee populations within enterprise organizations.
• Previous consulting experience in payroll, HRIS, or enterprise systems implementation.
• Ability to contribute to strategic decision-making with key stakeholders during a major transformation.
• Interest in working on a high-visibility implementation project at a large, billion-dollar organization.