Senior Manager, Workday Payroll Technology; JR

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Montefiore is seeking a Senior Manager, Workday Payroll Technology to lead the functional strategy, governance, and operational excellence of our Workday Payroll platform. This is a working management role responsible for overseeing a team of Workday Payroll consultants and analysts, ensuring the platform reliably supports payroll operations across a large, complex health system while driving continuous improvement, compliance, and enhancement initiatives.

This role is functional/operational in nature — the Senior Manager is expected to direct, prioritize, and quality-check the work of consulting resources, translate business and compliance requirements into technical direction, and serve as the primary escalation point between Payroll, HR, Finance, and IT stakeholders.

Team & Vendor Leadership

• Manage a team of Workday Payroll consultants (internal and third-party/staff augmentation), including work assignment, prioritization, and performance oversight.
• Serve as the primary point of accountability for consultant deliverables, ensuring work is scoped, tracked, and delivered on time and within budget.
• Manage relationships with Workday and any implementation/staffing partners, including SOW development, invoicing oversight, and vendor performance reviews.

Platform Ownership & Governance

• Own the functional roadmap for Workday Payroll, including tax, UKG time tracking integration, garnishments, off-cycle processing, retro pay, and payroll accounting.
• Establish and enforce change management, testing, and release governance for all payroll configuration changes.
• Maintain system documentation, configuration standards, and audit-readiness across the payroll module.

Payroll Operations Support

• Partner directly with Payroll Operations leadership to ensure the platform supports accurate, timely, and compliant pay processing for a multi-entity, multi-union health system workforce.
• Lead root cause analysis and resolution for payroll system issues, ensuring proper prioritization based on business and compliance impact.
• Oversee quarter-end, year-end, and tax filing readiness activities from a systems perspective.

Compliance & Risk

• Ensure Workday Payroll configuration remains compliant with federal, New York State, and local tax and wage regulations, as well as union/CBA pay rules.
• Partner with Internal Audit, Compliance, and Legal on system controls, SOX-related requirements, and data privacy standards.
• Maintain a proactive posture on Workday releases, identifying impacts to payroll configuration and compliance obligations.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Act as the primary liaison between Payroll, HR Technology (HCM/Benefits), Finance, and IT on all Workday Payroll-related initiatives.
• Support integration design and issue resolution with upstream/downstream systems (time and attendance, general ledger, benefits, third-party tax and garnishment vendors).
• Represent Payroll Technology in broader Workday governance forums and enterprise system initiatives.

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Human Resources, Business, or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 7+ years of experience supporting Workday Payroll in a functional/techno-functional capacity, including at least 2–3 years in a people leadership or team management role.
• Demonstrated experience overseeing consultants or vendor resources on Workday Payroll configuration and projects.
• Deep functional knowledge of Workday Payroll, including pay components, tax setup, garnishments,…