[Remote] Workday Global Payroll Consultant (Third-Party Payroll)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Intecrowd LLC is a company founded by former Workday clients that emphasizes partnership and engagement in their business. They are seeking a Workday Global Payroll Consultant to support the design and deployment of international payroll solutions leveraging third-party providers, ensuring alignment between Workday HCM and external payroll systems.

Responsibilities
• Serve as the functional lead for global payroll design, defining how Workday supports payroll processing through third-party providers
• Translate business requirements into end-to-end payroll process designs spanning Workday and external payroll systems
• Configure Workday Payroll components where required to support third-party payroll models, including:
• Payroll inputs and outputs
• Pay groups and payroll calendars
• Earning and deduction structures aligned to vendor requirements
• Data structures supporting outbound and inbound integrations
• Define and document:
• Payroll data flows (Workday → vendor → Workday)
• Country-specific payroll considerations and dependencies
• Roles and responsibilities across HR, Payroll, and vendor teams
• Partner with integration teams to ensure interfaces are designed and built in alignment with payroll requirements, including:
• Worker and organizational data exports
• Compensation, benefits, and time data feeds
• Payroll results inbound integrations
• Collaborate directly with global payroll vendors (ADP, CloudPay, etc.) to align on:
• File specifications and data mapping
• Payroll calendars and cutoffs
• Data validation and processing expectations
• Support global payroll testing cycles, including:
• Parallel payroll testing
• Payroll input/output validation
• Issue triage across Workday, integration, and vendor teams
• Identify and resolve gaps between Workday configuration and vendor payroll requirements
• Advise clients on global payroll operating model decisions, including:
• Centralized vs decentralized payroll
• Standardization vs localization
• Governance and ownership across regions
• Provide post-go-live support, helping stabilize payroll operations and optimize integrations
• Contribute to development of global payroll accelerators, templates, and best practices

Skills
• 5–10+ years of experience in global payroll, HCM consulting, or payroll transformation initiatives
• Hands-on experience supporting Workday deployments integrated with third-party payroll providers (e.g., ADP GlobalView, ADP Celergo, CloudPay, Safeguard, etc.)
• Experience configuring Workday Payroll components in support of third-party payroll integrations (not full in-country payroll processing)
• Strong understanding of payroll inputs, outputs, and data dependencies
• Strong understanding of payroll calendars, cutoffs, and processing cycles
• Strong understanding of multi-country payroll considerations
• Experience working with global payroll vendors and service providers
• Experience working with integration teams (functional collaboration, not development)
• Experience with data mapping and payroll file validation
• Experience supporting payroll testing (parallel runs, reconciliation)
• Experience supporting multi-country or global deployments
• Strong client-facing communication skills and ability to manage multiple stakeholders
• Experience with ADP GlobalView, ADP Celergo, CloudPay, or similar platforms
• Workday HCM or Payroll certification
• Experience supporting global Workday deployments across multiple regions
• Understanding of integration concepts (e.g., EIB, PECI) without being a technical developer

Company Overview
• Intecrowd is a Workday services partner with strong expertise in initial deployment, phase X, and post-production support for HCM, Financials, Adaptive Planning, Integrations, Extend, and more. It was founded in 2014, and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is http://www.intecrowd.com/.

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