Job Details

Workday Payroll Technical Consultant

We are seeking an experienced Workday Payroll Technical Consultant to provide strategic and highly technical support for a complex Workday environment. The consultant will serve as a technical subject matter expert for payroll-related Workday configurations, with particular emphasis on EIBs, calculation configurations, calculated fields, calc tags, and associated dependencies. A key responsibility will be leading the technical transition from the current implementation/support partner to the internal team.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a Workday Payroll technical/configuration subject matter expert.
• Review existing payroll-related Workday configurations.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive inventory of configurations developed by the implementation partner.
• Document configuration purpose, dependencies, logic, ownership, and maintenance/support requirements.
• Analyze and support EIBs and other Workday data-loading processes.
• Review and troubleshoot calculation configurations, calculated fields, calc tags, and related payroll components.
• Identify undocumented customizations or dependencies that could create post-transition support risk.
• Lead technical knowledge-transfer sessions with the implementation partner and internal stakeholders.
• Translate partner knowledge into sustainable internal documentation and support procedures.
• Troubleshoot complex payroll/workforce configuration issues.
• Recommend improvements to configuration governance and long-term support practices.

Essential Skills

• Strong hands-on Workday Payroll configuration experience.
• Advanced experience building, maintaining, troubleshooting, and supporting EIBs.
• Strong knowledge of calculation configurations, calculated fields, calc tags, and payroll-related configuration components.
• Ability to analyze existing Workday configurations and identify dependencies, customizations, upstream/downstream impacts, and ongoing support requirements.
• Experience creating comprehensive technical documentation and configuration inventories.
• Ability to independently lead technical knowledge transfer from an implementation/consulting partner to an internal support team.
• Strong troubleshooting skills within complex or highly customized Workday environments.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Strong analytical and technical troubleshooting capabilities.
• Ability to quickly understand an existing Workday tenant and configuration landscape.
• Strong technical documentation skills.
• Experience working with implementation partners or Workday consulting organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to take ownership of technical transition and knowledge-transfer initiatives.
• Strong communication skills with both technical and functional stakeholders.
• Experience within cruise line, maritime, hospitality, travel, or another organization with large and complex workforce/payroll requirements is highly desirable.

Work Environment

This is a fully remote opportunity. You will report to the Director of Payroll Accounting and work closely with IT and Payroll managers on the team. This role offers the chance to help bring a company through transformation and implement Workday at a billion-dollar organization. The streamlined, one-round interview process facilitates a quick start.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Miami, FL.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $55.00 - $64.00/hr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)