Workday HCM Payroll Senior Manager

Protiviti • New York, NY

3d • $146,000 - $234,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Protiviti Career provides opportunity to learn, inspire, and advance within a collaborative and inclusive culture. We hire curious individuals for whom learning is a passion. We lean into our mission: We Care. We Collaborate. We Deliver. At every level, we champion leaders who live our values of integrity, inclusion, innovation, and commitment to success. Imagining our work as a journey, we believe integrity guides our way, inclusion moves us forward together, innovation creates new destinations, and our commitment to success empowers us to deliver on our vision to be the most trusted global consulting firm.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience serving as a Workday solution architect and workstream lead for HCM and Payroll.
• Demonstrated experience serving as a project manager over large, complex Workday HCM and payroll implementations.
• Demonstrated experience developing Workday HCM and payroll implementation plans, including estimating the level of effort, timing and costs.
• Demonstrated experience leading / managing future state design and process improvement projects focused on HCM and Payroll business functions.
• Demonstrated functional and systems experience focused on HCM and Payroll business functions.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing Workday HCM and Payroll with key responsibilities including leading and facilitating: requirements definition, design workshops, testing, data conversion, training, cutover, and post go-live support.
• Demonstrated experience designing and architecting Workday HCM and Payroll configurations, including core HCM, Compensation, Advanced Comp, Benefits Administration, Payroll and integrations with other systems.
• Demonstrated experience implementing best practices for Workday HCM and Payroll to ensure data accuracy, security, and compliance with applicable standards.
• Demonstrated experience conducting gap analysis between business needs and Workday capabilities, recommending solutions or enhancements.
• Demonstrated experience leading and performing Workday application control reviews and risk assessments.
• Demonstrated experience evaluating, summarizing, organizing, and interpreting data.
• Demonstrated experience establishing and cultivating business relationships and a professional network, including with senior executives.
• Demonstrated experience successfully pursuing business development opportunities and identifying and implementing strategies to obtain new work or clientele.
• Ability to translate and communicate issues, risk, or challenges to client personnel, including executives.
• Demonstrated leadership and direct supervisory experience of teams including conducting performance appraisals, mentoring and coaching, oversight and review of work, coordination across teams, and understanding how to motivate.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., Business Administration, Human Resources Management, Psychology, Information Technology/MIS, Engineering).
• 7+ years working in a related field or professional services.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite applications with specific emphasis on Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Secondary emphasis on Visio and Access.

Nice To Haves

• Assessing a Workday platform in the context of a Sarbanes-Oxley compliance effort is a plus.
• Professional Certification such as Workday HCM and/or Payroll or similar strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Partner with clients to identify and manage risk.
• Develop strategies to solve complex business problems using new ways of thinking, and devise solutions to support client needs through using the latest tools and methods.
• Develop lasting relationships with client personnel and further these relationships through quality product delivery.
• Foster a network within the business community and serve as an ambassador of Protiviti in the market.
• Serve as a mentor and provide performance development to teams as you oversee the successful completion of project work plans.
• Manage projects around Workday implementations and optimizations.
• Build relationships with clients and provide exceptional experiences.
• Promote a positive team culture that fosters open communication among all engagement team members.
• Create development opportunities for others, including participating in the creation and rollout of training, and ways for your team to improve our clients and communities.
• Contribute to the preparation of client proposals and strategies to win new business.
• Identify opportunities to integrate product solutions and resources to improve client service capabilities.
• Serve as a Workday solution architect and workstream lead for HCM and Payroll.
• Serve as a project manager over large, complex Workday HCM and payroll implementations.
• Develop Workday HCM and payroll implementation plans, including estimating the level of effort, timing and costs.
• Lead/manage future state design and process improvement projects focused on HCM and Payroll business functions.
• Design and implement Workday HCM and Payroll with key responsibilities including leading and facilitating: requirements definition, design workshops, testing, data conversion, training, cutover, and post go-live support.
• Design and architect Workday HCM and Payroll configurations, including core HCM, Compensation, Advanced Comp, Benefits Administration, Payroll and integrations with other systems.
• Implement best practices for Workday HCM and Payroll to ensure data accuracy, security, and compliance with applicable standards.
• Conduct gap analysis between business needs and Workday capabilities, recommending solutions or enhancements.
• Lead and perform Workday application control reviews and risk assessments.
• Evaluate, summarize, organize, and interpret data.
• Establish and cultivate business relationships and a professional network, including with senior executives.
• Pursue business development opportunities and identify and implement strategies to obtain new work or clientele.
• Translate and communicate issues, risk, or challenges to client personnel, including executives.
• Provide leadership and direct supervisory experience of teams including conducting performance appraisals, mentoring and coaching, oversight and review of work, coordination across teams, and understanding how to motivate.

Benefits

• Medical coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• FSA and HSA healthcare accounts
• Life insurance
• Accident insurance
• Adoption assistance
• Fertility assistance
• Paid parental leave up to 10 weeks
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• Company 401(k) savings and investment plan with an employer match of 50% on the first 6% of your contributions
• Choice Time Off (CTO) for vacation, personal needs, and sick time (New hires receive up to 20 days of CTO per calendar year)
• 11 paid holidays each calendar year
• Annual bonus plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior