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# W2 Only (No C2C) :: New York, NY (Remote + Travel) :: Certified Workday Payroll / HCM Functional Consultant || G.C / U.S.C

- **Company:** Bitsoft International, Inc.
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** JIRA, Microsoft Azure, Software Bug Management, Business Process Modeling, Data Conversion, Software Design Documents, RAID, Workday Time Tracking, Time Tracking Software, Workday HCM, Workday Payroll, Workday Compensation, EIB, Workday
- **Published:** October 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/68176862-c143-4864-bf24-a13f3811523d

## About the Role

Active Workday Payroll certification.

 - Active Workday HCM Core certification.
 - Hands-on Workday configuration experience with strong client facilitation and documentation skills.

Preferred qualifications

 - Participation in at least one end-to-end Workday implementation.
 - Workday Compensation certification.
 - Experience with multi-state payroll, retro pay, garnishments, and year-end processing., Active Workday Payroll certification.
 - Proven experience leading at least one full-cycle Workday Payroll implementation as the functional lead.
 - Strong stakeholder management, workshop facilitation, and executive communication skills.
 - Demonstrated ownership of documentation, testing, and issue management.

Preferred qualifications

 - Experience with multi-entity/multi-state payroll; unions and complex pay rules.
 - Exposure to Workday Time Tracking, Absence, Benefits, or Finance integrations.
 - Agile delivery experience and familiarity with Jira/Azure DevOps for user stories and defect tracking.

## Description

Partner with business and technology stakeholders to design, configure, test, and deploy Workday Payroll alongside Workday HCM Core and Compensation.

 - Translate business needs into scalable Workday solutions and documentation while supporting decision-making throughout the project lifecycle., Facilitate requirement and design workshops; document decisions, risks, issues, assumptions (RAID), and open questions.
 - Configure Workday Payroll (earnings, deductions, taxes, gross-to-net, pay groups, pay calc, retro, proration) and Core/Comp (comp plans, grades, packages, eligibility, merit/bonus cycles).
 - Set up and refine Business Processes; define security roles and domains relevant to Payroll and Comp.
 - Build and iterate tenant configurations and prototypes; write user stories and acceptance criteria.
 - Support data conversion and EIB loads; partner on integrations (Time Tracking, Benefits, Finance, third-party payroll/tax).
 - Create and execute test scenarios, support UAT, manage and resolve defects, and track outcomes.
 - Prepare cutover plans and post-go-live hypercare support; deliver knowledge transfer to client teams.
 - Maintain design documents, configuration workbooks, business process workbooks, and gap analysis updates., Expected deliverables
 - Configured tenant build(s) and prototypes.
 - User stories with acceptance criteria; test scenarios and results.
 - Defect triage and resolution logs.
 - Configuration workbook and Business Process workbook.
 - Design/decision logs and RAID management.
 - Gap definition document and periodic updates.
 - Knowledge transfer and support materials for go-live/hypercare., Serve as the functional lead for Workday Payroll across discovery, design, build, testing, cutover, and hypercare.
 - Drive client decision-making, own the Payroll solution integrity, and coordinate work across functional, integration, and testing teams., Lead design workshops; define the target-state Payroll operating model and solution roadmap.
 - Own configuration for Payroll components: earnings/deductions, tax setup, pay groups/schedules, pay calc, retro, proration, costing, absence/benefits impacts, and garnishments.
 - Oversee Business Process design and security related to Payroll; ensure compliance and audit readiness.
 - Define testing strategy; manage SIT/UAT cycles, traceability to requirements, and defect resolution.
 - Coordinate data conversion and EIB loads; partner on payroll-related integrations and parallel runs.
 - Prepare cutover strategy, payroll parallel validations, and go-live readiness; lead hypercare and transition to support.
 - Maintain rigor in documentation: design docs, decision logs, RAID, configuration and business process workbooks, gap analysis., Expected deliverables
 - Fully configured tenant build for Payroll with decision traceability.
 - User stories and test assets; executed test cycles with documented results.
 - Defect and issue logs with resolution plans.
 - Configuration workbook and Business Process workbook.
 - Design and decision documentation; RAID management.
 - Gap definition document and updates; cutover and hypercare plans; knowledge transfer materials.