Workday Functional Specialist - Excellent Benefits Package

Benefits:

• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Account
• Short and Long-Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Opportunity for advancement
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Seeking a Workday Functional Expert-Sr Payroll Specialist responsible for performing assigned duties regarding the processing of hourly and salaried payrolls for and Canadian ops. Serve as the Workday subject matter expert (SME) within the payroll department. While sitting within the payroll operations team, this role will serve as the key connection point between IT/Technology support, Hire to Retire continuous improvement support, and the payroll operations team. As an operations role, this is an excellent opportunity to gain experience within a global organization & use the ops knowledge to explore further career growth within the org.

Duration: Fulltime position
Work location: Remote USA (eastern time zone work hours) preference for eastern or central time zone candidates.

Must have:
-At 3yrs. exp. with Workday HCM
-At least 1yr. supporting Workday Payroll
-Strong technical aptitude & the ability to grasp a general knowledge of multiple disciplines & technologies.
-Strong analytical and interpersonal skills
-Ability to effectively organize and structure activities.
-Excellent communication skills, both written and oral

Education: Bachelors degreepreferred majors include business administration, accounting & management information systems.

Preferred:
-At least 5yrs of exp.
-Strong Workday business knowledge in HR processes & policies including but not limited to:
Benefits, Compensation, and Reporting
-Kronos exp.
-ADP exp.
Preferred certifications: CPP or PCP

Duties/responsibilities:
-Responsible for the timely and accurate payment of client payroll. Includes multi-company, multi-state, and multiple pay cycles.
-Drive improvement projects through optimization of Workday processes specifically focused on eliminating manual operations.
-Serve as SME and assistance in project execution for large strategic projects impacting payroll including but not limited to new system implementations, new business acquisitions, process improvement & process rationalization efforts.
-Assist in root cause investigation & corrective/preventative action implementation for repeat and impactful payroll errors.
-Proactive audits to ensure data accuracy and compliance with SOX to identify any control weaknesses. Initiates corrective action for system edit and error messages.
-Handle distribution of confidential information as needed to PWC, auditors, corporate, etc., as needed.
-Assist with year-end processing to ensure that tax forms are issued timely and accurately.
-Must be able to research federal and state rules & regulations for the U.S. and Canada.
-Able to make decisions to resolve pay issues that arise with the operations, balancing the needs of the employees with the cost to the company, while ensuring the company follows federal, state & local regulations.
-Serve as liaison between IT/Technology team & payroll operation team to trouble-shoot & address issues with Workday software connectivity and interface issues & other duties as assigned.

This is a remote position.