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Workday Configuration Manager (PATT)

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Hybrid (San Francisco, CA), Hybrid (New York, NY), Hybrid (Seattle, WA)$160k - $190kfull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Workday Payroll/HCM Manager responsible for global payroll configuration, accuracy, compliance, and scalable integrations within Workday, partnering with the People team to support 2,000+ employees across US, EMEA, and LATAM.

Responsibilities

  • Own Payroll Configuration: Lead the configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of the Workday Payroll module, ensuring accurate and compliant calculations, earnings, deductions, and pay results every pay cycle
  • Build Scalable Integration: Design payroll configuration that integrates cleanly and scalably with Core HCM, Time Tracking, Absence, Compensation, and Benefits, partnering with HRIS and Integrations teams as needed
  • Own the Stakeholder Relationship: Serve as the primary liaison between Payroll and People teams, owning the payroll stakeholder relationship and translating business needs into Workday configuration
  • Anchor in Core HCM: Maintain a strong working knowledge of Core HCM — organizations, business processes, and staffing — to ensure Payroll decisions align with the broader HCM foundation
  • Drive Testing & Releases: Lead payroll-impact analysis, regression testing, and validation for Workday releases and configuration changes before they reach production
  • Troubleshoot & Resolve: Serve as the escalation point for payroll configuration issues, partnering with Payroll Operations to diagnose root causes and implement fixes
  • Document & Govern: Maintain clear configuration documentation and governance practices so payroll setup stays auditable, consistent, and easy to hand off

Qualifications

  • 6-8+ years of hands-on Workday Payroll configuration experience
  • Strong background in Core HCM, including organizations, staffing, and business process configuration
  • Solid understanding of payroll fundamentals: earnings, deductions, tax setup, and pay calculation
  • Experience partnering with cross-functional stakeholders, especially the People/HR team, to translate business needs into system configuration
  • Comfortable managing configuration changes through testing, validation, and release cycles
  • Strong attention to detail and a compliance-first mindset
  • Proficient in core payroll mechanisms, including earning and deduction setups, tax configurations, and pay calculations
  • Proven experience collaborating with cross-functional partners, particularly HR/People teams, to translate business requirements into technical system settings
  • A detail-oriented professional with a strong commitment to regulatory compliance
  • Adept at guiding configuration updates across testing, validation, and release deployment phases

Skills

Required:Workday Payroll configurationCore HCMPayroll fundamentalsStakeholder collaborationTesting & release management
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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