Senior Manager, Workday Payroll Technology

Location: Yonkers, New York | Grant Funded: No | Department: HRIS - HCM Operations

Work Shift: Day | Work Days: Monday–Friday | Scheduled Hours: 8:30 AM–5 PM (7.5 hours daily)

About the Role

Montefiore is seeking a Senior Manager, Workday Payroll Technology to lead the functional strategy, governance, and operational excellence of our Workday Payroll platform. This is a working management role responsible for overseeing a team of Workday Payroll consultants and analysts, ensuring the platform reliably supports payroll operations across a large, complex health system while driving continuous improvement, compliance, and enhancement initiatives.

The Senior Manager is expected to direct, prioritize, and quality-check the work of consulting resources, translate business and compliance requirements into technical direction, and serve as the primary escalation point between Payroll, HR, Finance, and IT stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Team & Vendor Leadership
  • Manage a team of Workday Payroll consultants (internal and third-party/staff augmentation), including work assignment, prioritization, and performance oversight
  • Serve as the primary point of accountability for consultant deliverables, ensuring work is scoped, tracked, and delivered on time and within budget
  • Manage relationships with Workday and any implementation/staffing partners, including SOW development, invoicing oversight, and vendor performance reviews
• Platform Ownership & Governance
  • Own the functional roadmap for Workday Payroll, including tax, UKG time tracking integration, garnishments, off-cycle processing, retro pay, and payroll accounting
  • Establish and enforce change management, testing, and release governance for all payroll configuration changes
  • Maintain system documentation, configuration standards, and audit-readiness across the payroll module
• Payroll Operations Support
  • Partner directly with Payroll Operations leadership to ensure the platform supports accurate, timely, and compliant pay processing for a multi-entity, multi-union health system workforce
  • Lead root cause analysis and resolution for payroll system issues, ensuring proper prioritization based on business and compliance impact
  • Oversee quarter-end, year-end, and tax filing readiness activities from a systems perspective
• Compliance & Risk
  • Ensure Workday Payroll configuration remains compliant with federal, New York State, and local tax and wage regulations, as well as union/CBA pay rules
  • Partner with Internal Audit, Compliance, and Legal on system controls, SOX-related requirements, and data privacy standards
  • Maintain a proactive posture on Workday releases, identifying impacts to payroll configuration and compliance obligations
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Act as the primary liaison between Payroll, HR Technology (HCM/Benefits), Finance, and IT on all Workday Payroll-related initiatives
  • Support integration design and issue resolution with upstream/downstream systems (time and attendance, general ledger, benefits, third-party tax and garnishment vendors)
  • Represent Payroll Technology in broader Workday governance forums and enterprise system initiatives

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Human Resources, Business, or related field, or equivalent professional experience
• 7+ years of experience supporting Workday Payroll in a functional/techno-functional capacity, including at least 2–3 years in a people leadership or team management role
• Demonstrated experience overseeing consultants or vendor resources on Workday Payroll configuration and projects
• Deep functional knowledge of Workday Payroll, including pay components, tax setup, garnishments, off-cycles, retro pay, and payroll accounting
• Experience supporting payroll in a large, multi-entity or unionized environment
• Strong understanding of payroll compliance requirements (federal, NY State, local)
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate between technical teams and payroll/HR business leaders

Preferred

• Experience in a healthcare or academic medical center environment
• Workday Payroll certification(s)
• Experience with UKG Time Tracking and/or Workday Payroll integrations (e.g., ADP tax filing, garnishment vendors, UKG)
• Familiarity with SOX controls and audit processes as they relate to payroll systems

What Success Looks Like

• Payroll runs accurately and on time, with system issues identified and resolved proactively rather than reactively
• Consultant resources are efficiently deployed against a clear, prioritized roadmap
• Montefiore maintains strong audit and compliance posture across all Workday Payroll configuration
• Stakeholders across Payroll, HR, and Finance view the Workday Payroll Technology function as a reliable, responsive partner

Pay

Pay Range: $160,000.00–$200,000.00