Payroll, Time Tracking, & Absence Consultant, Higher Education & Nonprofit

Workday • Atlanta, GA

3d • $133,300 - $236,900 • Hybrid

About The Position

Workday is seeking an experienced Payroll, Time Tracking, & Absence Consultant to support implementations for higher education and nonprofit organizations. The consultant partners with mission-driven clients to design, configure, and deploy Workday solutions, translating business requirements into practical designs and supporting accuracy and long-term sustainability. The role owns Payroll, Time Tracking, & Absence workstreams and collaborates with customers, project teammates, and the Engagement Manager to advance implementations with clarity, quality, and strong partnership. Hiring may be at the Senior or Principal level, depending on experience, expertise, and track record leading complex engagements.

The Higher Ed/Nonprofit Functional Consulting team leads implementations end-to-end, balancing scope, milestones, and quality across projects. Team members bring knowledge of higher education and nonprofit operating environments, including shared governance and academic calendars, and use Workday AI tools and knowledge sharing to improve implementation quality and efficiency.

The role also supports data conversion, integrations, testing, project execution, stakeholder alignment, and customer knowledge transfer. Consultants contribute to practice improvement and may mentor less experienced consultants. The role uses Workday’s flexible-work approach: at least half of each quarter is spent in an office or in the field with customers, prospects, or partners, with travel of up to 50% based on client and project needs.

Requirements

• Senior level: 4 or more years implementing and/or configuring Workday Payroll, Time Tracking, and Absence.
• Senior level: 4 or more years in a consulting, software, or internal Workday environment with hands-on responsibility for Payroll, Time Tracking, and Absence configuration, testing, and stakeholder partnership.
• Principal level: 6 or more years implementing and/or configuring Workday Payroll, Time Tracking, and Absence.
• Principal level: 6 or more years in a consulting, software, or internal Workday environment leading complex Payroll, Time Tracking, and Absence initiatives involving cross-workstream coordination, stakeholder alignment, and structured testing.
• Ability to build trusted relationships and communicate clearly with stakeholders and across teams and workstreams.
• Ability to balance customer needs, project realities, and solution quality.
• Ability to manage multiple customers in parallel, estimate effort, surface risks early, and coordinate project delivery.
• Ability to travel up to 50% based on client and project needs.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with higher education or nonprofit organizations.
• Experience with multiple Payroll, Time Tracking, and Absence applications.
• Experience building long-term relationships with Payroll, Time Tracking, Absence, HR, and/or finance stakeholders in higher education or nonprofit environments, including navigating committees, unions, or shared governance structures.
• Strong judgment, learning agility, and a collaborative approach to solving complex customer problems.

Responsibilities

• Design and configure Workday Payroll, Time Tracking, and Absence solutions for customer needs and operational realities.
• Apply Workday product expertise across customer engagements and recommend solution approaches for long-term success.
• Elicit, clarify, and document customer business requirements and solution decisions.
• Support conversion of legacy Payroll, Time Tracking, and Absence data into Workday in partnership with client and data conversion teams.
• Partner with integration teams to support configuration and testing of integrations between Workday and third-party or custom solutions.
• Support customer testing cycles, including issue triage and resolution.
• Transfer system knowledge to customer teams to support adoption and long-term success in production.
• Communicate project status, hours forecasting, time reporting, risks, and mitigation plans to the Engagement Manager.
• Partner with Delivery Assurance to support compliance with agreed checkpoints and quality standards.
• Help customers prepare for and navigate implementation milestones from design through testing and deployment.
• Mentor consultants who are newer to Payroll, Time Tracking, and Absence.
• Participate in update training and knowledge-sharing opportunities.
• Identify practice improvement opportunities and lead or participate in internal initiatives.
• Manage multiple customer engagements and coordinate with Engagement Managers and project teams to keep scope, schedule, and quality on track.

Benefits

• May be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus.
• May be eligible for annual refresh stock grants.
• Workday describes a comprehensive benefits package; specific benefits are not listed in the posting.
• Flexible scheduling through Workday’s Flex Work approach.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed