Principal Payroll Consultant, State & Local Government

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About the Role

The Principal PATTS Consultant will be tasked with ensuring the successful implementation of the Workday Payroll/Absence/Time Tracking/Scheduling solution. They will provide Workday product and implementation expertise to their engagements. The Principal PATTS Consultant will work with their clients to understand their business requirements and help configure and test the Workday solution. They will take direction and provide status to the Engagement Manager assigned to their project.

Become a specialist in the Workday PATTS product suite including proficiency in one or more products (Payroll/Absence/Time Tracking/Scheduling). Perform the following on a customer engagement:

Configure the Workday solution to meet requirements

Document solutions for the client to reference in the future.

Support the client and data conversion teams in converting legacy data into Workday

Support the integration teams in helping to configure and test integrations between Workday and third party/custom solutions

Assist the client in testing the Workday solution

Transfer Workday system knowledge to the customer to ensure customer satisfaction in their production environment.

Communicate regularly with the project engagement manager regarding forecasting hours, time reporting, project risks, and mitigations.

Work with Delivery Assurance to ensure compliance with agreed-upon checkpoints

Find opportunities to position other service offerings

Participate in update training and other events that help share your product skills with other consultants

Basic Qualifications: Senior Payroll Consultant (P4)

Experience (4+ years) with Payroll consulting, or 4+ years Payroll operational experience, preferably for public sector institutions

Experience (4+ years) with Workday, SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, ADP or similar applications

Experience (4+ years) with one or more of the following functional areas: Payroll, Time & Labor, Labor Costing, Labor Allocation, Payroll Accounting, HCM business process, Benefits, Absence Management, Compensation, Performance Management