Workday Global Payroll Consultant (Third-Party Payroll)
Intecrowd
| Company | Intecrowd |
| Category | Finance |
| Location | United States |
| Remote | On-site (inferred) |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Not stated |
| Salary | Not stated by the employer |
| Posted | 15 May 2026 |
| Last verified | 12 Aug 2026 |
| Source | Employer ATS (greenhouse) |
Description
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