Workday Payroll Senior Lead - Emerging Markets

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Own the payroll delivery and enablement strategy for our Emerging Markets segment – small and mid‑sized customers who are newer to Workday and have less complex needs than traditional enterprise clients – with an exclusive focus on Kainos’s accelerated Spark & Grow deployment methodology. Lead implementations, partner with Sales on scoping, and build the playbooks, templates, and accelerators that make delivery for this segment repeatable, scalable, and cost‑effective.

• Lead Workday Payroll implementations for small and mid‑sized customers using Kainos’s rapid Spark & Grow methodology, guiding them from discovery through go‑live with a focus on rapid, repeatable delivery and high customer satisfaction.

• Configure complex payroll calculations; handle scenarios such as multiple positions and multiple FEINs; apply strong knowledge of Workday Payroll and interdependencies with Time Tracking, Absence, and Benefits.
• Navigate regulatory and contractual complexity (e.g., tax, garnishments, Common Pay Master, retirement plans, union/CBAs, payroll accounting) across applicable markets.

• Partner with Sales on qualifying opportunities, running discovery, shaping the solution approach, and producing right‑sized estimates/SOW inputs; participate in client‑facing demos and orals.
• Translate business needs into clear scope, assumptions, risks, and resourcing appropriate for compressed timelines and lean budgets, balancing outcomes with commercial considerations.

• Establish repeatable delivery by creating and maintaining localization checklists, configuration templates, testing packs, and knowledge articles tailored to smaller customers.
• Codify best practices into accelerators that improve quality, predictability, ramp time, and cost‑to‑serve; measure adoption and iterate.

• Manage ambitious timelines through pragmatic, MVP‑first approaches, crisp decision logs, and time‑boxed design.
• Design creative, right‑sized solutions that maximize delivered value within tight budget constraints (e.g., templated configurations, phased scope, standard integrations).

• 5+ years Workday Payroll implementation experience, including 3+ years leading end‑to‑end implementations recently with hands‑on configuration; certification in at least one Workday Payroll country plus one additional Workday module.
• Proven ability to build complex payroll calculations; experience with multiple positions and multiple FEINs.
• Deep knowledge of Workday Payroll and interdependencies with Time Tracking, Absence, Benefits; solid understanding of tax/garnishments, Common Pay Master, retirement plans, CBAs/unions, payroll accounting.
• Consulting toolkit: lead workshops, present to senior audiences, and guide design trade‑offs under tight deadlines; strong commercial awareness and project fluency.

• Canada
  : T4, RRSP, ROE, CPP.
• U.S: state/local taxes, FLSA calculations.

• Workday HCM / Payroll certifications
• Professional qualifications in your area of expertise (Certified Payroll Professional (CPP))
• Experience with post‑deployment services/AMS and knowledge transfer.
• Experience with Small and Medium Business market segments
• Exposure to multi‑country operating models and partner integrations in non‑native Workday payroll contexts.

• 90 days:
  Segment playbook v1 (scope assumptions, estimate templates, testing packs) adopted on at least one…