Workday Payroll and Time & Absence Functional Configurator

Our client, a Commercial Banking company, is looking for a Workday Payroll and Time & Absence Functional Configurator for their Remote - Atlanta GA / Charlotte NC / Greensboro NC / Richmond VA / Raleigh NC / Winston-Salem NC / Orlando FL location.

Responsibilities:

• Business Initiative/Purpose:
• The Workday Payroll and Time & Absence Configurator will be responsible for the configuration, enhancement, testing, deployment, and support of Workday Payroll, Time Tracking, Absence Management, Leave Administration, and related HCM functionality.
• This role will partner with Payroll, HR, Benefits, Technology, and Vendor teams to deliver scalable solutions supporting payroll operations, payroll transformation initiatives, regulatory compliance, and employee time and leave processes.
• Role Responsibilities:
• Configure and maintain Workday Payroll, Time Tracking, and Absence Management functionality.
• Gather and analyze business requirements and translate them into Workday solutions.
• Configure earnings, deductions, payroll calculations, validations, payroll periods, and payroll processing rules.
• Configure time entry, time calculations, work schedules, time validations, and time tracking policies.
• Configure absence plans, leave programs, accrual schedules, eligibility rules, and leave administration processes.
• Configure and maintain payroll, time, and absence-related business processes.
• Develop and maintain calculated fields, condition rules, eligibility rules, and validations.
• Support payroll frequency conversion, payroll transformation, and payroll outsourcing initiatives.
• Conduct impact analysis for Workday releases and business enhancements.
• Support testing activities including SIT, UAT, payroll parallel testing, and regression testing.
• Perform payroll and time data validation, reconciliation, and audit activities.
• Troubleshoot application issues and provide production support.
• Partner with integrations, reporting, security, benefits, HR, and payroll teams to ensure end-to-end solution delivery.
• Create and maintain configuration documentation, process flows, and support procedures.
• Lead regression testing for bi-annual Workday releases; manage UAT, parallel runs, and cutovers.
• Maintain configuration documentation, test scripts, and change control artifacts.
• Tier-2/3 support for payroll issues; root cause analysis; corrective actions.
• Build Reports, dashboards (gross-to-net, tax variance, costing), and payroll KPIs.

Requirements:

• Required Skills
• Workday Payroll Configuration
• Workday Time Tracking Configuration
• Workday Absence Management Configuration
• Payroll Business Process Configuration
• Time Tracking Business Process Configuration
• Leave and Absence Administration
• Earnings and Deductions Configuration
• Payroll Calculations and Validations
• Calculated Fields
• Eligibility Rules and Condition Rules
• Data Analysis and Reconciliation
• SIT/UAT Testing Support
• Production Support and Troubleshooting
• Plus/Nice to Have Skills/Prior Experiences:
• Workday Payroll and/or Time & Absence configuration experience.
• Hands-on experience configuring Workday Payroll, Time Tracking, and Absence modules.
• Strong understanding of payroll processing, payroll compliance, and payroll operations.
• Experience supporting payroll implementations, enhancements, and production support.
• Experience configuring business processes, validations, and security related to payroll and time management.
• Experience supporting testing activities, payroll reconciliations, and deployment readiness.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum delivery environments.

Why Should You Apply?

• Health Benefits
• Referral Program

Excellent growth and advancement opportunities