Workday Solution Architect Payroll and Time Tracking

Job Title:
Workday Payroll, Absence & Time Tracking Consultant

Location: California or Texas
Employment Type: Contract

We are seeking a highly skilled Workday Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking Consultant with strong hands‑on configuration experience. This role requires an expert who can independently design, build, test, and deploy complex payroll and time tracking solutions in Workday. Candidates must have deep functional knowledge and practical experience working with large‑scale Workday Payroll implementations, preferably with California and multi-state payroll exposure.

• 5+ years of hands‑on Workday Payroll configuration experience.
• Proven experience configuring Workday Absence and Time Tracking modules.
• Strong understanding of U.S. payroll rules
  , including California compliance (overtime, leaves, taxes, and labor laws).
• Ability to design and maintain custom pay components, earning/deduction rules, and absence accrual plans
  .
• Experience in testing payroll parallel runs and reconciling results.
• Excellent analytical, documentation, and problem‑solving skills.

• Workday certification(s) in Payroll, Absence, or Time Tracking
  .
• Experience supporting multi-state payroll operations.
• Prior consulting experience with a Workday partner or large enterprise
  .
• Exposure to integrations (PICOF, PECI, or EIB) is a plus.