Summary: The Workday Payroll Tester role involves hands-on testing of Workday Payroll systems, requiring expertise in UK and ROI payroll processes and statutory requirements. The position focuses on executing end-to-end payroll testing, validating payroll calculations, and ensuring compliance with payroll legislation. The tester will collaborate with various teams to ensure payroll accuracy and resolve discrepancies during testing phases.

Key Responsibilities:

• Execute end-to-end payroll testing in Workday, including standard payroll runs, adjustments, statutory payments, and reporting.
• Validate gross-to-net payroll calculations, deductions, and tax compliance.
• Perform UAT (User Acceptance Testing) and system integration testing (SIT) for payroll processes.
• Test payroll-related integrations with Workday, HMRC RTI (FPS & EPS), ROS submissions for ROI, pension providers, and third-party payroll systems.
• Validate employee records, tax codes, NI categories, and pay elements.
• Execute leavers' payroll processing, including final payments and P45 generation.
• Ensure accurate payroll reconciliation by comparing Workday payroll outputs with legacy payroll systems.
• Support parallel payroll testing, identifying discrepancies and working with teams to resolve issues.
• Log, track, and escalate defects in the test management system.
• Collaborate with Payroll, HR, Finance, and IT teams to ensure payroll accuracy and compliance.

Key Skills:

• Strong experience with Workday UK Payroll testing and validation.
• Knowledge of UK payroll legislation, including tax, NI, statutory payments, and pensions.
• Knowledge of ROI payroll legislation, including tax, benefits in kind, statutory payments, and pensions.
• Experience executing payroll parallel runs and payroll reconciliations.
• Hands-on experience with RTI (Real-Time Information) reporting to HMRC.
• Familiarity with pension auto-enrolment and deductions.
• Experience testing payroll integrations with Workday, including finance, HR, and external systems.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Experience logging and managing defects in test management tools.
• Preferred: Experience with Workday Payroll configuration and troubleshooting.
• Preferred: Knowledge of BACS / SEPA payment file processing.

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Industry: IT