Workday Senior Payroll Consultant

Position Overview

Join us on a journey of endless possibilities At Strada, possibility isn’t just a promise – it’s the foundation of everything we do. We believe in unlocking potential for every colleague, creating a journey of growth, discovery, and impact. With the support, resources, and opportunities we provide, you’ll build a fulfilling future – working on meaningful projects that span industries and regions, contributing to outcomes that matter.

Strada is a people, payroll, and technology leader simplifying international workforce management. Operating in 180+ countries, we design and deliver people-first solutions powered by cloud-based technology – helping organizations grow and enabling work forces to perform at their best. Learn more at

As a Workday Functional Consultant, you will play a key role as part of an industry-leading team, helping to drive results for our clients by delivering innovative and effective solutions within our Professional Services business group. Location is home-based with travel to client sites (up to 40%)

• Become a hands‑on subject matter expert in the Workday product suite, specializing and deepening your skill set within the Workday UK Payroll functional area
• Work closely with the client to understand post go‑live requirements and design, build, configure and test the Workday solution
• As a Lead Functional Consultant play an important part in the training development of junior Consultants
• Play an active role in your area of expertise, a point of reference for sharing knowledge and information with colleagues, collaborating to improve internal capability, including training and mentoring of new team members
• Build an excellent rapport with Professional Service clients, guiding and assisting them on getting the most from their Workday deployment
• Develop strong and trusting relationships with other members of the project team and management as well as external clients
• Bring insights from your product and industry knowledge, by being innovative and keeping well informed on HR and Financials business landscape
• Understand and apply Workday and Strada methodologies
• Contribute to Strada’s financial performance by delivering excellence to our clients and managing your work on several clients in parallel

• Excellent oral and written communication skills – fully fluent English is a pre‑requisite for this role
• Advanced analytical and functional skills evidenced by playing a role in projects or in a support environment
• Certified in Workday UK Payroll or minimum 2 years experience supporting Workday UK payroll as a client
• Exposure to the maintenance and enhancement of HR Systems (post go‑live)
• Consultancy experience of HR processes and/ or worked within an HR Services team is desirable
• Excellent presentation and facilitation skills, a clear ability to ‘consult’ for and with your clients
• Experience of confidently managing stakeholders
• Evidence of collaboration and contribution in your previous work environments
• Ideally, experience working on multiple concurrent work assignments
• Ideally, experience playing a key role in virtual teams
• Ability to act with integrity
• Able to self‑manage confidently, with good personal productivity and self‑motivation

At Strada, our values guide everything we do:
Anticipate Customer Needs – We stay ahead of trends so our customers can grow and succeed.

Own the Outcome – We take responsibility for delivering excellence and ensuring things get done right.

Challenge Ourselves to Work Smarter – We move faster than the world around us to drive change and accomplish more.

Empower Each Other to Solve Problems – We tackle challenges head on, ask tough questions, and collaborate to find the best…