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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Workday Implementation Specialist - **Company:** Remote Technology - **Location:** San Francisco, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $70,000.0 - $80,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Excel, Asana, Data Mapping, Data Migration, Data Mining, Data Structures, Human Resources Information System (HRIS), Cloud Services, Workday Integrations, Salesforce.Com, Systems Integration, Time Tracking Software, Workday HCM, Workday Payroll, Workday - **Published:** August 19, 2026 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/remotecom/jobs/7635556003 ## About the Role * Proven experience implementing or integrating Workday HCM, ideally within a global payroll or HRIS context. * Strong understanding of Workday modules including Core HCM, Compensation, Absence, Time Tracking, and Integrations. * Experience delivering end-to-end payroll implementations leveraging Workday as the source of truth for HR and employee data. * Demonstrated ability to map and validate data between Workday and external payroll systems, ensuring compliance and data accuracy. * Excellent and proficient understanding of global payroll operations, statutory compliance, and multi-country payroll setup. * Strong customer onboarding and project management experience for complex, multi-entity implementations. * Advanced data management and analysis skills (Google Sheets or Excel). * An analytical, detail-oriented mindset with strong problem-solving abilities. * Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, international environment with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities. * Strong communication and relationship-building skills with a customer-first mindset. * Self-starter, comfortable working independently and asynchronously across time zones. * Fluent in English (written and spoken). * Experience working remotely is a plus. * Familiarity with Monday.com, Notion, Slack, and Salesforce is a plus. * Knowledge of other payroll platforms is a plus. ## Description This is an exciting time to join Remote and make a personal difference in the global employment space as a Senior Workday Implementation Specialist, joining our Global Payroll Implementation team. In your role, you will be responsible for implementing and integrating multiple new customers onto our Remote Global Payroll platform where Workday serves as the core HCM system, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and seamless delivery within agreed timescales. You will be reporting to the Manager, Global Payroll Workday Implementations., * Lead end-to-end Workday payroll integrations for large and complex customers, ensuring successful setup, data migration, and go-live. * Serve as the primary technical and functional point of contact for customers implementing Remote's Global Payroll integrated with Workday. * Analyse customers' Workday environments to understand data structures, configurations, and dependencies for integration into Remote's systems. * Manage the data extraction, transformation, and validation processes between Workday and Remote's Global Payroll platform. * Partner closely with customers' HRIS, Payroll, and IT teams to align HCM-to-Payroll data flows, ensuring accurate configuration and compliance. * Configure Remote's Payroll system on a customer-by-customer basis, ensuring adherence to local regulations and tax requirements. * Coordinate and validate parallel payroll runs, reconciliations, and year-to-date adjustments to confirm setup accuracy. * Oversee payroll go-live readiness, ensuring all integrations, validations, and compliance checks are complete. * Transition customers to Payroll Operations teams with complete and accurate configuration documentation. * Provide training and guidance to customers on Workday integration processes, data mapping, and payroll best practices. * Maintain strong customer relationships to drive satisfaction, adoption, and retention. * Contribute to continuous improvement by identifying opportunities for automation, scalability, and process optimisation. * Maintain the confidentiality and integrity of customer and employee data at all times. * Participate in quality assurance reviews of peer implementations to ensure consistency and compliance with Remote's standards. * Support the creation and maintenance of Workday integration playbooks and internal process documentation., Remote's Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap-labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in-location rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries. At first glance our salary bands seem quite wide - here is some context. At Remote we have international operations and a globally distributed workforce. We use geo ranges to consider geographic pay differentials as part of our global compensation strategy to remain competitive in various markets while we hiring globally. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay for the successful candidate in this role is dependent upon many factors such as location, transferable or job-related skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, and market demands. The base salary range may be subject to change. At Remote, we foster internal mobility as a key element of our culture of employee growth and development, supported by a compensation philosophy that guarantees pay equity and fairness. Therefore, all compensation changes associated with an internal move will be reviewed by the Total Rewards & People Enablement team on a case by case basis., How did you hear about Remote?* Select... Please choose the country in which you are located.* Select... Work eligibility is extremely important. Are you legally eligible to work in the country where you're planning to work from?* Select... Will you require sponsorship if you join Remote?* Select... Do you have a non-compete in place with your previous or current employer that prevents you from working for us?* Select... What pronouns should we use to refer to you?* Select... At Remote, we are committed to transparency, innovation, and care for our employees and candidates. To support this and ensure we are able to focus on you, not on taking notes, we use brighthire.ai to record and auto-transcript our interviews. If we decide you are good potential fit for the role, do you consent to us using this tool during the interviewing process? Declining recording will not affect your candidacy.* Select... https://brighthire.com/ Privacy notice* Select... When you apply to a job at Remote on this site, the personal data contained in your application will be collected by Remote, which consists in a network of legal entities. However, for data protection purposes the entities in control of all personal data processed in connection with your application are: * Remote Europe Holding, B.V., a company registered in the Netherlands under number 7403597, at Kraijenhoffstraat 137A, 1018RG Amsterdam, The Netherlands; and * Remote Technology Services, Inc., a company registered in the United States of America under number 7988145 at 2261 Market St STE 86540 San Francisco, CA 94114; collectively referred to as 'Controller'. Controller's data protection is handled by our Data Protection Officer, who can be contacted at dpo@remote.com. Your personal data will be processed under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation - GDPR) for the purposes of managing the Controller's recruitment related activities, which include setting up and conducting interviews and tests for applicants, evaluating and assessing the results thereto, and as is otherwise needed in the recruitment and hiring processes. Such processing is legally permissible under Art. 6(1)(f) of GDPR as necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Controller, which are the solicitation, evaluation, and selection of applicants for employment. Your personal data will be stored with Greenhouse Software, Inc., a cloud services provider located in the USA and engaged by the Controller to help manage its recruitment and hiring process on the Controller's behalf. Accordingly, if you are located in the EU, your personal data will be transferred to the United States once you submit it through this website. Greenhouse Software, Inc. is an active participant in the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework program**.** We'll review your public LinkedIn profile, and this may influence our decision to proceed with your application. If your application is successful, the Controller will make an offer for employment which may be conditional on you passing a few additional checks, such as an ID verification check and employment history check. We conduct these checks via Veremark Ltd (United Kingdom) and Persona Identities, Inc. (USA). You will receive an additional notice if and when the Controller requires these checks. Your personal data will be retained by the Controller as long as the Controller determines it is necessary for its legitimate interest under 6(1)(f) of GDPR ****(to evaluate your suitability for the role you are applying for) but in any event for no longer than a year. Under GDPR, you have the right to request access to your personal data, to request that your personal data be rectified or erased, and to request that processing of your personal data is restricted. You also have the right to object and the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection authority. Have you got previous Workday Implementation experience?* Select... Notice at Collection for California Job Applicants * Select... This Notice at Collection describes the categories of personal information that Remote ("the Business") collects about California residents in their capacity as job applicants and the purposes for which that information is used., * Inclusive Hiring: To ensure our hiring process is inclusive, complies with applicable law and regulations, and that people of all backgrounds are represented in our talent pool. * Verification: To verify your candidacy information, identity and legal right to work in respective country. Employment verification involves contacting past employers and may also include contacting listed references. * Legal Compliance: To comply with applicable law and regulations including state and federal laws, such as equal employment opportunity reporting requirements. * Security: To prevent and detect fraud and investigate security incidents. Selling or Sharing of Personal Information Remote does not "sell" or "share" (as those terms are defined by the CCPA) the personal information of job applicants to third parties. We only disclose specific pieces of information to service providers (e.g. Greenhouse) for the specific business purposes described above. Retention Periods We retain all categories of personal information for as long as is reasonably necessary to fulfill the recruiting and hiring purpose for which it was collected but in any event for no longer than a year, or as required by applicable law. Your Rights and More Information For more details on your rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act-including your Right to Know, Right to Delete, and Right to Correct-please visit our CCPA/CPRA Privacy Policy. Third Parties that Control the Collection of Personal Information In some instances, not only Remote may control the collection of your personal information as job applicant. For certain parts of the application process, the following third parties may control the collection of your data: Successful Application Checks: If your application is successful, Remote will make an offer for employment which may be conditional on you passing additional checks. ID and Employment Verification: These checks, including ID verification and employment history, are conducted via Veremark Ltd (United Kingdom) and Persona Identities, Inc. (USA). Direct Collection: These third parties may control the collection of personal information directly from you to perform these specific verification services. Additional Notice: You will receive an additional notice (Notice at collection) from the these third parties if and when Remote requires these specific checks. 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