Senior Systems Architect, Payroll & HR

Kohler Co. • Kohler, WI

108d • $129,150 - $165,000

About The Position

Kohler Co. is a global leader in the manufacture of kitchen and bath products, tile and home interiors, and an international host to award-winning hospitality and world-class golf destinations. Kohler Co. values and invests in associates, and recognizes that their talent, capability, and engagement support our innovation and growth. Kohler Co. is committed to creating a workplace that helps associates be their best not merely in their careers, but as a whole person. We are looking for candidates who enjoy working with accountable global team members who like to have fun at work in a collaborative environment. The ideal candidate will have experience with designing and writing specifications for integrations with the Workday HCM system and providing integration support with global payroll and time and attendance systems.

Requirements

• Overall 7+ years of implementation experience in HR, Payroll or IT.
• Experience architecting/designing Global HR/Payroll system implementations.
• Bachelor’s degree in information technology preferred.
• Workday knowledge of standard connectors, API’s, EIB’s and Workday Studio.
• Outstanding analytical, problem solving and fact-finding skills.
• Ability to understand the customer’s business problem, need, or opportunity and to design a solution that completely and correctly addresses the need.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; mastery in English and local language.
• Ability to identify, clarify and resolve project issues and risks as needed.
• Ability to identify data governance issues, and assist with unique security requirements and compliance.
• Ability to manage and prioritize time and resources efficiently and effectively.
• Ability to work independently.
• Mentor less experienced team members.

Responsibilities

• Combine HR/Payroll business acumen with technical skills working closely with HR/Payroll to architect high quality solutions.
• Design solutions that are reusable, secure, reliable, cost effective, operationally excellent and performant.
• Develop solution options, recommendations, designs based on roadmaps/requirements, enterprise IT standards and reference architectures.
• Provide input on HR/Payroll technology roadmaps and strategy in collaboration with HR business stakeholders and IT Business Process Organization.
• Identify and evaluate new technologies, innovations, and outsourced development partner relationships for alignment with technology roadmap and business value.
• Provide technical leadership and effectively collaborate with onshore or offshore teams.
• Advocate and drive adoption of 'standard methodologies' to ensure standardization of solution designs across the enterprise for HR/Payroll system implementations through design reviews.
• Responsible for creating technical design documentation, technical specifications, data mapping documents for assigned projects.
• Provide thought leadership and assist in the development of test strategies.
• Participate in various testing phases through test plan development, execution and issue resolution.
• Lead the estimation process for project proposals during financial planning.
• Provide leadership guidance to a managed service team for day to day support and provide tier three support.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k

What This Job Offers

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