Workday Payroll Configurator​/SME Remote

Fourways Consulting is seeking an experienced, highly technical, and certified Workday Payroll Configurator / SME with deep professional Workday implementation expertise to join our consulting practice on a full-time, remote basis (H1B candidates are welcome). In this specialized enterprise human capital management and payroll role, you will spearhead configuring, testing, and optimizing Workday Payroll modules, earnings, deductions, taxes, and pay groups for global enterprise clients.

You will work closely with client HR executives, finance leads, and project managers to ensure seamless payroll delivery and statutory compliance. Ideal candidates bring a mandatory Workday Certified Consultant credential, extensive hands-on configuration experience, and immediate availability for remote deployment.

As a Workday Payroll Configurator / SME at Fourways Consulting in a remote capacity, you will take full ownership of designing, configuring, testing, and supporting complex Workday Payroll and business process solutions. Your day-to-day responsibilities encompass configuring earnings, deductions, tax jurisdictions, and pay groups, building and refining payroll calculations and business processes, executing rigorous UAT testing, and resolving production support tickets.

You will collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to align payroll configurations with corporate financial policies, manage integrations, and ensure flawless payroll cycle execution. Working in a fast-paced global consulting environment, you will drive payroll excellence and client satisfaction.

• Design, configure, test, and deploy Workday Payroll solutions, earnings, deductions, taxes, and pay groups for enterprise clients.
• Build, maintain, and optimize complex Workday business processes, calc scripts, and payroll calculation rules.
• Execute comprehensive end-to-end testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), scenario validation, and defect troubleshooting.
• Provide expert implementation advisory and production support services for active Workday global payroll deployments.
• Collaborate closely with client finance teams, HR leaders, and IT stakeholders to capture accurate business requirements.
• Troubleshoot payroll calculation discrepancies, integration errors, and tax calculation anomalies with rapid root-cause resolution.
• Ensure strict compliance with local statutory regulations, tax frameworks, and corporate financial governance standards.
• Maintain comprehensive technical documentation, functional design documents (FDDs), and configuration workbooks.
• Participate actively in client workshops, status meetings, and executive steering committee reviews.
• Coordinate with Workday integration engineers and downstream third-party banking/benefits vendors.

• Mandatory Workday Certified Consultant credential in Workday Payroll.
• Minimum 4+ years of professional hands-on consulting experience configuring and deploying Workday Payroll solutions.
• Deep technical mastery of Workday Payroll configuration, earnings, deductions, tax setup, and pay group management.
• Proven practical expertise in building Workday business processes, condition rules, and payroll calculation policies.
• Solid background in UAT testing execution, payroll parallel runs, issue troubleshooting, and production support.
• Exceptional stakeholder communication, consultative advisory, and cross-functional leadership capabilities.
• Professional availability for full-time remote employment (Application email: ; H1B candidates welcome).

• Additional Workday certifications in Workday Absence Management, Time Tracking, Financials, or Integrations (EIB/Core Connectors).
• Prior working…