Senior Engineer-Workforce Management

Invesco Ltd. • Houston, TX

9d • Hybrid

About The Position

Invesco is seeking a Senior Engineer to serve as the technical lead for Workforce Management (WFM) and Payroll integrations. This role involves defining solution architecture, guiding configuration and integration strategy, and ensuring secure, scalable, and compliant capabilities globally. The position requires close collaboration with HR, Finance, Payroll, and Technology teams to deliver sustainable and cost-effective solutions. Additionally, the Senior Engineer will partner with the HR/Payroll product team to design system enhancements. The HR Technology team is a highly collaborative, globally focused group responsible for Workforce Management (WFM) and Payroll solutions at scale, acting as the backbone for Time Tracking, Absence Management, and Payroll integrations. The team emphasizes an architecture-first approach, focusing on scalable integrations, data quality, and alignment with regulatory and business requirements, while shaping the future of Workday capabilities.

Requirements

• 5–7+ years of Workday experience with strong expertise in Time Tracking, Absence Management, and multi‑country Payroll PECI design.
• Hands‑on experience with EIB, Core Connectors, Studio, Calculated Fields, and Workday Security.
• Deep knowledge of effective‑dated HR data, retro pay impacts, time valuation, accruals, and eligibility logic.
• Experience with release management, tenant lifecycle governance, and regression testing.
• Strong documentation skills, including solution designs, data mappings, and workflow diagrams.

Nice To Haves

• Workday Pro or Partner certifications in Time, Absence, or Integrations (nice to have).
• Payroll expertise across US FLSA, Canadian provincial rules, and EU working time directives.
• Experience with Workday Reporting, Calculated Fields, and Report‑as‑a‑Service patterns.
• Background in SOX/internal controls and audit readiness.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the domain lead for Workday Time Tracking, Absence Management, and Payroll integrations.
• Act as the primary technical lead for HR/Payroll, third‑party vendors, and implementation partners.
• Define target‑state architecture, integration patterns (Core Connectors, EIB, Studio, Extend), and security models aligned to least‑privilege principles.
• Govern PECI and all outbound payroll integrations (e.g., ADP, CloudPay, Alight, NGA, local in‑country vendors).
• Design & Delivery: Translate complex pay rules and region‑specific labor requirements into Workday configuration (time codes, accruals, eligibility rules, time calculations).
• Perform gap analyses and author functional/technical specifications for new or enhanced business processes.
• Maintain documentation for system functionality and cross‑functional processes while defining configuration standards, development conventions, and operational playbooks for releases and incident management.
• Lead biannual Workday release impact assessments, regression strategies, and feature adoption planning for Workday Time Tracking, Absence Management, and Payroll integrations.
• Integrations & Data Quality: Design robust PECI frameworks including effective‑dated logic, retroactivity, error handling, and reconciliation processes.
• Establish data quality rules and exception handling across HR, WFM, and Payroll ecosystems.
• Partner with Data & Analytics to deliver audit‑ready reporting using Workday Report Writer, Calculated Fields, Integrations, and Prism.
• Compliance & Controls: Ensure solution designs comply with FLSA, local labor laws, union CBAs, and global privacy/security standards (GDPR, SOC, SOX as applicable).
• Implement controls for segregation of duties, approvals, retro events, and adjustments.
• Maintain audit documentation, test evidence, and control artifacts.

Benefits

• Flexible paid time off
• Hybrid work schedule
• 401(K) matching of 100% up to the first 6% with a discretionary supplemental contribution
• Health & wellbeing benefits
• Parental Leave benefits
• Employee stock purchase plan

What This Job Offers

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