Senior Payroll Consultant

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We’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too.

About the Team

Workday’s Payroll Consulting teams are driven by a passion for our products and the success of our customers in implementing our best in class cloud solutions. We’re a diverse group of people, with an invaluable mix of experience and backgrounds, located across multiple locations within the region.

Our team promotes Workday’s core values with ‘Employees’ being the first.

This is why we:

Offer flexible work schedules;

Empower you to follow your desired career path & achieve professional and personal goals

Encourage work-life balance and wellbeing;

Are proud to champion equal opportunities for everyone.

We are often remote from one another but that doesn’t stop our sense of collaboration, supportiveness and fun!

About the Role

Join the EMEA Consulting team to help deploy one of our well established high growth products - Workday Payroll for the UK

Workday is looking for your domain expertise and experience to ensure success for our customers.

Representing professional services, the lead payroll consultant is responsible for the end-to-end implementation, across a varied portfolio of customers. You’ll act as a trusted advisor to the customer, either leading or supporting the deployment of single or multiple functional streams, on any given implementation project.

What you will achieve in your first 12 – 24 months

You’ll get the opportunity to learn and achieve many things as a Consultant at Workday.

Here are some of the activities you will experience on your Workday career journey:

• Product Training and project ramp up on UK Payroll and complimentary products such as Absence, Benefits and Time Tracking.
• You will work closely with other Consulting Teams on projects, including Data and Integration Consultants, to ensure seamless collaboration between the various touchpoints of the application

Gain a practical understanding of Workday’s implementation methodology at each stage of the project:

•  Gathering and understanding Customer’s Business Requirements and demonstrating cor Workday concepts, utilising pre-delivered Workday solutions
• Translating Customer requirements into configured solutions and ensuring detailed unit testing of the Solution
• Supporting your customer during multiple rounds of testing, responding to and resolving test issues
• Undertaking final deployment activities for the customer, including the provision of knowledge transfer and post-production support activities

About You

This role requires a blended mix of Functional and Technical Consulting skills relating to the implementation of business software applications. Workday Consultants act as trusted advisors to our Customers, guiding them through the functional aspects of the Workday platform. If you have existing or transferable experience in any of the following areas, then we’d love to hear from you: UK Payroll Deployment

Basic Qualifications

• 4+ years Consulting experience, either as an Internal Consultant or with a Consulting/Software Company
• Expert in UK Payroll compliance and legislation.
• Demonstrated Ability working with, or Implementing a Tier 1 business software application such as: Workday, SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Ultimate Software, ADP, Ceridian or similar applications
• Industry Payroll and Absence expertise (such as Public Sector, Retail, Hospitality, etc)

Other Qualifications

• Business analysis and requirements gathering skills
• A strong presenter with excellent verbal and written Communication skills
• Ability and desire to learn technology quickly through a mix of different mediums
• Resourceful and adaptable; you’ll be comfortable working remotely, utilising a variety of tools with a high degree of autonomy
• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time
• Fluency in English is essential

Our Approach to Flexible Work

With Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

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