HRIT Integrations Lead -Workday Payroll

KION Group • Grand Rapids, MI

112d • $80,000 - $135,000

About The Position

KION SCS is looking for a hardworking, innovative, and collaborative Workday Payroll and Integration Lead. This role involves working closely with the Global HR and Workday teams on complex or emerging requirements and integration with other allied solutions such as UltiPro Payroll / UKG Workforce management. The successful candidate will liaise with senior level business contacts in critical issues and deployments.

Requirements

• 8+ years delivering large-scale engagements with a combination of Workday Payroll, Time Tracking and Absence Management with leadership responsibilities
• Serve as the senior Workday representative for product and solution issues on large scale, sophisticated deployments
• Responsible for the high-level design and end-to-end solutions based upon product strategy and functionality and relevant risk mitigating strategies
• Collaborate with Global payroll team and Workday product management in conversations to understand the strategic direction of Workday's Global Payroll solutions
• Identify design, deployment obstacles and opportunities to optimize current functionality and integrate with third party solutions such as UKG Workforce management
• Experience working with UltiPro Payroll system and Integration with SAP is a plus
• Strong track record of implementing operational improvements to support strategies, able to influence organizational change
• Proven results in working within a high-performance work team and gaining credibility
• Knowledgeable in current practices, trends, and information; stays on top of industry and market trends
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to simplify complex concepts, and tailor messages to the higher levels within an organization
• Ability to work independently and lead multiple customer projects simultaneously
• Experience identifying and addressing client needs, actively participating in client discussions and meetings, managing engagements including preparing concise, accurate documents
• Experience with engaging partners to gather and prioritize business needs
• Strong oral and written communications with excellent partnership and interpersonal skills
• Experience in Workday Payroll, Time Tracking
• Willingness to travel up to 10% in US and EMEA
• Bachelor's Degree or higher

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with UltiPro Payroll system and Integration with SAP

Responsibilities

• Responsible for configuration support and implementing part or all of the Workday payroll solution in accordance with an agreed Functional design
• Support the Workday Payroll solution during Hypercare and post go-live of the Project
• Work with the implementation partner and internal business partners on detailed functional design for payroll solution
• Manage System Performance, planning and monitoring of maintenance strategies for the cloud solution
• Provide educated inputs on lifecycle sourcing needs, including contract negotiation, training services, restructuring activities, and program planning
• Improve process efficiencies, enhance cost savings, minimize operational risk exposure, control critical vendor relationships, and handle vital software assets
• Recommend and implement testing plans (A/B) to understand drivers of response and value
• Participate in meetings and build trust with internal business customers, understand business objectives and seek alignment
• Define and implement interfaces to upstream and downstream systems
• Manage and understand functional architecture analysis, research, design and development of new functionality and integration with key applications and services
• Monitor Risks / Issues and prepare appropriate mitigation plans
• Ensure best practices are followed and required processes and specifications are documented
• Support to sign-off/change management process on technical changes proposed to responsible systems
• Design, develop, and support of technical integrations to both Workday Payroll and Benefits and Workday HCM according to KGIT standards

Benefits

• Career Development
• Competitive Compensation and Benefits
• Pay Transparency
• Global Opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Machinery Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees