Workday Payroll Consultant Overtime Tax Compliance (Big Beautiful Bill Act), remote

• 5+ years of hands-on Workday Payroll configuration experience, including payroll tax setup, pay components, earnings/deduction codes, and retro processing.
• Demonstrated experience implementing legislative/compliance-driven payroll changes (tax law changes, regulatory updates) within Workday.
• Strong working knowledge of US federal payroll taxation, FICA, FUTA, and multi-state withholding; familiarity with overtime taxation rules.
• Experience with retroactive payroll configuration and testing, including balance adjustments and year-to-date corrections.
• Proven testing acumen: test plan design, parallel testing, defect tracking, and UAT support (JIRA or similar).
• Experience supporting year-end payroll activities (W-2s, tax filings, balancing) strongly preferred.
• Excellent communication skills; ability to work independently in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Bachelor's degree in HR, Information Systems, Accounting, or related field or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Workday Payroll certification (Pro/Adaptive).
• Experience in oil & gas, energy services, or other multi-state, hourly-heavy workforces.
• Prior Big Beautiful Bill / legislative compliance implementations in Workday.
• Familiarity with Workday Time Tracking, Absence, and integrations impacting payroll (e.g., benefits, GL, third-party tax services).