Workday - Payroll Consultant

About Meridian

Meridian is a 10-time Inc. 5000 honoree and one of the nation's fastest-growing small businesses. We are a certified Workday Services Partner and SAP Services Partner. We serve state and local governments, federal agencies, and K–12 organizations, providing efficient, scalable, and mission-aligned enterprise solutions. Our team is dedicated to integrity, excellence, and client-centered service, offering meaningful work that improves communities and public services.

The Opportunity

We are expanding our Workday practice and seek an experienced Workday Payroll Consultant to join our team. This full-time, salaried position is remote within the United States and offers up to 30% domestic travel. The role requires eligibility to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Lead production support services for Payroll, serving as the primary point of contact and strategic advisor for client stakeholders.
• Manage day-to-day support activities, triaging tickets, troubleshooting issues, and overseeing timely resolution in alignment with Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
• Own Workday release management, analyzing feature updates, assessing client impact, and coordinating testing and deployment with client teams.
• Partner with clients to understand complex benefits structures, including union, non-union, and retiree populations governed by state and local policies.
• Identify opportunities to improve client processes and system configuration for efficiency, accuracy, and compliance.
• Provide end-user training and support during implementation and post-implementation phases.
• Lead collaborative discovery sessions to document requirements and translate them into effective, compliant Workday configurations.
• Apply Meridian’s internal Workday Delivery Framework (MDF) and Workday Delivery Implementation Methodology (WDIM) across all phases.
• Maintain project documentation, RAID logs, and deliverable quality in accordance with internal governance and QA checkpoints.
• Support risk identification and mitigation planning in partnership with the Practice Director and Project Manager.
• Provide expert guidance on Workday Payroll best practices, ensuring configuration aligns with delivered functionality and avoids unnecessary customization.
• Participate in internal knowledge-sharing sessions and contribute to the Practice’s continuous improvement and innovation repository.
• Maintain a strong understanding of public sector-specific reporting and compliance requirements.
• Translate policy requirements into compliant configuration and business process design.
• Serve as the internal SME for interpreting union-related benefits rules and ensuring configuration meets legal and contractual obligations.

Qualifications

• Active Workday certification in Payroll and Core HCM required.
• Active Workday certifications in Time Tracking and/or Absence highly desirable.
• 1+ years Public Sector consulting experience within state or local agencies highly desirable.
• 2+ years of Workday Payroll experience, including configuration, deployment, and post-production of Payroll and related modules.
• 1+ years of post-implementation support experience with Workday Payroll, and preferably Time Tracking, and/or Absence modules.
• 1+ years of experience with leading the troubleshooting, optimization, and maintenance of the Workday Payroll, and preferably Time Tracking, and/or Absence modules.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Ability to work standard East Coast hours.

Pay Transparency

Compensation for roles at Meridian varies depending on a wide array of factors including, but not limited to, the specific practice, role, skillset, and level of experience. As required by law, Meridian provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired. Base Salary Range is $120,000 to $150,000 plus bonus is available for this specific role.