Workday Global Payroll Consultant (Third-Party Payroll)

Founded by former Workday clients, we value partnership and engagement as a cornerstone of our business. With years of functional and technical experience in all phases of Workday's deployment life cycle, we can determine the most efficient integration designs and rapid deployment strategies. We develop maintainable solutions and provide support for integration testing and updates for new Workday releases.

We are seeking a Workday Global Payroll Consultant to support the design and deployment of international payroll solutions leveraging third-party providers such as ADP, CloudPay, and other global payroll platforms.This role is responsible for ensuring seamless alignment between Workday HCM and external payroll systems, enabling accurate, compliant, and efficient payroll processing across multiple countries. This is not a traditional Workday Payroll role where payroll is fully processed within Workday. Instead, this role focuses on configuring Workday to enable and integrate with third-party payroll providers, ensuring that payroll inputs, outputs, and processes are correctly designed and executed across systems. This position sits at the intersection of functional design, payroll operations, and integration alignment, playing a critical role in global Workday deployments.

What You’ll Do

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

What Makes You Successful

You understand how payroll operates across multiple countries, not just within a single system

You can connect Workday data structures to real payroll inputs and outputs

You’re comfortable working across HR, Payroll, Integration teams, and external vendors

You bring structure and clarity to complex, multi-country payroll environments

Qualifications

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

Payroll calendars, cutoffs, and processing cycles

Multi-country payroll considerations

Experience working with:

Global payroll vendors and service providers

Integration teams (functional collaboration, not development)

Data mapping and payroll file validation

Experience supporting:

Payroll testing (parallel runs, reconciliation)

Multi-country or global deployments

Strong client-facing communication skills and ability to manage multiple stakeholders

Preferred

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

Employer’s Rights:

Intecrowd has the right to revise this job description at any time. This job description is not a contract for employment. This job description does not list all the duties of the job. You may be asked by your supervisors or managers to perform other duties. You will be evaluated in part based upon your performance of the tasks listed in this job description.

Equal Opportunity Statement:

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