Workday Payroll Manager

Protiviti • Los Angeles, CA

2d • 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. Protiviti is looking for a Workday Payroll Manager to join our growing People & Change segment within our Business Performance Improvement team. As a Manager, you’ll partner with our clients to identify and manage people & change transformation opportunities. You'll develop strategies to solve complex business problems using new ways of thinking, and devise solutions to support your clients' needs through using the latest tools and methods. You’ll develop lasting relationships with client personnel and further these relationships through quality product delivery. You’ll foster a network within the business community and serve as an ambassador of Protiviti in the market. You will also be a mentor and provide performance development to teams as you oversee the successful completion of project work plans.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in relevant academic area or equivalent relevant work experience.
• 5+ years working in Human Capital Consulting, Human Resources or Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, or related field, either in professional services or industry.
• Demonstrated experience with or understanding of: Collaborating with stakeholders and internal teams to assess current payroll operations and regulatory requirements, gathering business requirements, and designing scalable, optimized processes.
• Assisting in the development of payroll and HR transformation strategies including process redesign, operating model changes, and alignment of HR, time tracking, and financial processes.
• Translating business requirements into system configurations, test cases, and training materials for Workday implementation projects.
• Identifying opportunities to improve payroll processing efficiency, accuracy, compliance, and controls and recommending practical, scalable solutions that align with business and regulatory requirements.
• Supporting the planning, configuration, and deployment of Workday Payroll and related modules, including but not limited to Compensation, Benefits, Time Tracking, and absence.
• Developing project documentation including design decisions, configuration workbooks, test results, presentations, and client facing deliverables
• Staying current on Workday releases payroll technology trends to provide proactive, value-driven insights to clients.
• Establishing and cultivating business relationships and a professional network.
• Ability to translate and communicate HR-related issues, risks or challenges to client personnel, including executives.
• Supervisory experience of teams including mentoring, oversight and review of work, coordination across teams, and understanding how to motivate.
• Ability to translate and communicate risk topics and audit issues to client personnel, including executives.
• 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.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite applications with specific emphasis on Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Secondary emphasis on Visio and Access.

Nice To Haves

• Workday US Payroll Certification strongly preferred.
• Workday Absence, time tracking, etc. certification strongly preferred.
• Professional Certification such as PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, SHRM SCP, PMP or similar strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Helping organizations design, build, and operationalize an efficient payroll operating model
• Building relationships with clients and providing exceptional experiences
• Project management and team leadership
• Promoting a positive team culture that fosters open communication among all engagement team members
• Creating development opportunities for others, including participating in the creation and rollout of training, and ways for your team to improve our clients and communities
• Contributing to the preparation of client proposals and strategies to win new business
• Identifying opportunities to integrate product solutions and resources to improve client service capabilities
• Working with a diverse portfolio of clients across multiple industries

Benefits

• Employees are eligible for medical, dental, and vision coverages, FSA and HSA healthcare accounts, life and accident insurance, adoption and fertility assistance, paid parental leave up to 10 weeks, and short/long term disability.
• We offer eligible employees a company 401(k) savings and investment plan with an employer match of 50% on the first 6% of your contributions.
• We provide Choice Time Off (CTO) for vacation, personal needs, and sick time. The amount of (CTO) varies based on years of service. New hires receive up to 20 days of CTO per calendar year.
• Protiviti also recognizes up to 11 paid holidays each calendar year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees