Senior Workday Implementation Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Europe.

📋 Description

• Lead comprehensive Workday payroll integrations for large and complex clients, ensuring effective setup, data migration, and successful go-live.

• Act as the primary technical and functional liaison for clients implementing Remote’s Global Payroll integrated with Workday.

• Analyze clients’ Workday environments to comprehend data structures, configurations, and dependencies for integration into Remote’s systems.

• Manage the processes of data extraction, transformation, and validation between Workday and Remote’s Global Payroll platform.

• Collaborate closely with clients’ HRIS, Payroll, and IT teams to synchronize HCM-to-Payroll data flows, ensuring precise configuration and compliance.

• Configure Remote’s Payroll system on an individual customer basis, ensuring compliance with local regulations and tax obligations.

• Coordinate and verify parallel payroll runs, reconciliations, and year-to-date adjustments to validate setup accuracy.

• Oversee payroll go-live readiness, ensuring that all integrations, validations, and compliance checks are finalized.

• Transition clients to Payroll Operations teams with thorough and accurate configuration documentation.

• Provide training and guidance to clients on Workday integration processes, data mapping, and payroll best practices.

• Maintain strong relationships with clients to enhance satisfaction, adoption, and retention.

• Contribute to ongoing improvement by identifying opportunities for automation, scalability, and process optimization.

• Uphold the confidentiality and integrity of customer and employee data at all times.

• Participate in quality assurance reviews of peer implementations to ensure alignment with Remote’s standards.

• Assist in the development and maintenance of Workday integration playbooks and internal process documentation.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in implementing or integrating Workday HCM, particularly within a global payroll or HRIS environment.

• Strong knowledge of Workday modules, including Core HCM, Compensation, Absence, Time Tracking, and Integrations.

• Experience in delivering end-to-end payroll implementations with Workday as the primary source of HR and employee data.

• Demonstrated capability to map and validate data between Workday and external payroll systems, ensuring compliance and data integrity.

• Excellent understanding of global payroll operations, statutory compliance, and multi-country payroll configurations.

• Significant experience in customer onboarding and project management for intricate, multi-entity implementations.

• Advanced data management and analytical skills (Google Sheets or Excel).

• An analytical, detail-oriented approach with strong problem-solving capabilities.

• Ability to excel in a fast-paced, international setting with numerous stakeholders and competing priorities.

• Strong communication and relationship-building skills with a customer-centric approach.

• Self-motivated, comfortable working independently and asynchronously across various time zones.

• Fluent in English (both written and spoken).

• Experience in remote work is advantageous.

• Familiarity with Monday.com, Notion, Slack, and Salesforce is beneficial.

• Knowledge of additional payroll platforms is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Work from anywhere

• Flexible paid time off

• Flexible working hours (we operate in an asynchronous manner)

• 16 weeks of paid parental leave

• Mental health support services

• Stock options

• Learning budget

• Home office budget & IT equipment

• Budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces