Workday Payroll Lead
Posted 2 days ago by 1764670768
Negotiable
Outside
Remote
USA
Summary: The Workday Payroll Lead role at Kainos requires Workday-certified professionals with expertise in Time & Absence and Launch experience to support a Phase 2 implementation for Access Group, focusing on US Payroll. The position involves collaboration with benefits and integration teams to ensure effective payroll processes and configurations. Candidates with Canadian Payroll experience are also considered, provided they hold active Canadian payroll certification.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and support Workday US Payroll configuration, testing, and implementation.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams on US benefits and payroll-impacting integrations.
- Configure payroll components including pay groups, run categories, costing, GL, period schedules, and tax requirements.
- Support payroll processing activities including retro, off-cycle, involuntary withholding, and audit reporting.
- Drive setup and validation of payroll data conversion elements.
- Provide expertise on Time & Absence where required, especially in relation to payroll.
- Participate in Launch methodology planning and execution.
Key Skills:
- Workday Payroll Certified (Active)
- Workday Launch Experience Mandatory
- Experience with Time & Absence (Workday Certified preferred).
- Strong hands-on experience with Workday Payroll configuration in areas such as:
- Payment elections, rules, banking setup
- Payslip/check layouts
- Costing and GL setup
- Pay components, accumulations, balances
- Involuntary withholding orders
- Audit and Payroll Command Center
- Tax configuration (federal, state, local), ACA, W-2
- Period schedules & FLSA rules
- Prior experience working on Kainos-led implementations is a strong plus.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: USA
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Overview
We are seeking Workday-certified Time & Absence professionals with Launch experience to join the Kainos team supporting a Phase 2 implementation for Access Group. The role will primarily focus on US Payroll, including liaison with benefits and integration teams to ensure payroll-impacting integrations are properly designed and executed.
A similar opening is also available for candidates experienced with Canadian Payroll, requiring active Canadian payroll certification.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and support Workday US Payroll configuration, testing, and implementation.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams on US benefits and payroll-impacting integrations.
- Configure payroll components including pay groups, run categories, costing, GL, period schedules, and tax requirements.
- Support payroll processing activities including retro, off-cycle, involuntary withholding, and audit reporting.
- Drive setup and validation of payroll data conversion elements.
- Provide expertise on Time & Absence where required, especially in relation to payroll.
- Participate in Launch methodology planning and execution.
Required Skills & Experience
- Workday Payroll Certified (Active)
- Workday Launch Experience Mandatory
- Experience with Time & Absence (Workday Certified preferred).
- Strong hands-on experience with Workday Payroll configuration in areas such as:
- Payment elections, rules, banking setup
- Payslip/check layouts
- Costing and GL setup
- Pay components, accumulations, balances
- Involuntary withholding orders
- Audit and Payroll Command Center
- Tax configuration (federal, state, local), ACA, W-2
- Period schedules & FLSA rules
- Prior experience working on Kainos-led implementations is a strong plus.