JOB REQUISITIONWorkday HCM Payroll Senior Manager
LOCATIONATLANTA - PEACHTREE RD
ADDITIONAL LOCATION(S)AUSTIN, CHARLOTTE, DALLAS, DENVER, HOUSTON, MIAMI, ORLANDO, PHILADELPHIA, PHOENIX, TAMPA
JOB DESCRIPTIONWorkday HCM/Payroll Senior ManagerWhere We Need You Protiviti is looking for a Technology Consulting Associate Director to join our growing Workday team.
What You Can Expect As a Senior Manager, you'll partner with our clients to identify and manage risk. You'll develop strategies to solve complex business problems using new ways of thinking, and devise solutions to support your clients' needs through using the latest tools and methods. You'll develop lasting relationships with client personnel and further these relationships through quality product delivery. You'll foster a network within the business community and serve as an ambassador of Protiviti in the market. You will also be a mentor and provide performance development to teams as you oversee the successful completion of project work plans.
What Will Help You Be Successful - You enjoy managing projects around Workday implementations and optimizations.
- You are motivated to learn and interested in all things related to Workday implementations, including the latest trends and developments.
- You are passionate about building relationships with clients and providing exceptional experiences.
- You have an inherent interest in project management and team leadership.
- You promote a positive team culture that fosters open communication among all engagement team members.
- You create development opportunities for others, including participating in the creation and rollout of training, and ways for your team to improve our clients and communities.
- You have interest in contributing to the preparation of client proposals and strategies to win new business.
- You excel at identifying opportunities to integrate product solutions and resources to improve client service capabilities.
- You have interest in working with a diverse portfolio of clients.
Do Your Talents Include the Following? - Demonstrated experience with:
- Serving as a Workday solution architect and workstream lead for HCM and Payroll.
- Serving as a project manager over large, complex Workday HCM and payroll implementations
- Developing Workday HCM and payroll implementation plans, including estimating the level of effort, timing and costs
- Leading / managing future state design and process improvement projects focused on HCM and Payroll business functions.
- Functional and systems experience focused on HCM and Payroll business functions.
- Designing and implementing Workday HCM and Payroll with key responsibilities including leading and facilitating: requirements definition, design workshops, testing, data conversion, training, cutover, and post go-live support.
- Designing and architecting Workday HCM and Payroll configurations, including core HCM, Compensation, Advanced Comp, Benefits Administration, Payroll and integrations with other systems.
- Implementing best practices for Workday HCM and Payroll to ensure data accuracy, security, and compliance with applicable standards.
- Conducting gap analysis between business needs and Workday capabilities, recommending solutions or enhancements.
- Leading and performing Workday application control reviews and risk assessments.
- Assessing a Workday platform in the context of a Sarbanes-Oxley compliance effort is a plus.
- Evaluating, summarizing, organizing, and interpreting data.
- Establishing and cultivating business relationships and a professional network, including with senior executives.
- Successfully pursuing business development opportunities and identifying and implementing strategies to obtain new work or clientele.
- Ability to translate and communicate issues, risk, or challenges to client personnel, including executives.
- Leadership and direct supervisory experience of teams including conducting performance appraisals, mentoring and coaching, oversight and review of work, coordination across teams, and understanding how to motivate.
Your Educational and Professional Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., Business Administration, Human Resources Management, Psychology, Information Technology/MIS, Engineering)
- 7+ years working in a related field or professional services.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite applications with specific emphasis on Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Secondary emphasis on Visio and Access.
- Professional Certification such as Workday HCM and/or Payroll or similar strongly preferred.
Our Hybrid Workplace Protiviti practices a hybrid model, which is a combination of working in person with a purpose and working remotely. This model creates meaningful experiences for our people and our clients while offering a flexible environment. The ratio of remote to in-person requirements vary by client, project, team, and other business factors. Our people work both in-person in local Protiviti offices and on client sites, which can include local or out-of-state travel based on our projects and client requests and commitments.
Starting salary is based on a full-time equivalent schedule. Placement in the range is dependent upon experience, skills and geographic work location. Below is the salary range for this job.
$137,000.00 - $219,000.00
Our annual bonus plan provides eligible employees additional cash and/or discretionary stock compensation opportunities. Below is the bonus target opportunity for this job.
14%
The total cash range is estimated from the sum of the base salary range plus the bonus target opportunity. Below is the estimated total cash range for this job.
$156,180.00 - $249,660.00
Employees are eligible for medical, dental, and vision coverages, FSA and HSA healthcare accounts, life and accident insurance, adoption and fertility assistance, paid parental leave up to 10 weeks, and short/long term disability. We offer eligible employees a company 401(k) savings and investment plan with an employer match of 50% on the first 6% of your contributions. We provide Choice Time Off (CTO) for vacation, personal needs, and sick time. The amount of (CTO) varies based on years of service. New hires receive up to 20 days of CTO per calendar year. Protiviti also recognizes up to 11 paid holidays each calendar year.
Learn more about the variety of rewards we offer at Protiviti at https://www.protiviti.com/sites/default/files/2026-01/2026_u.s._benefit_highlights.pdf.
Any benefits outlined are part of our reward offerings for full-time employees in the U.S. Your Open Enrollment materials, insurance contracts, plan documents and Summary Plan Descriptions together comprise the official plan document which legally governs the administration of your benefit plans. Protiviti reserves the right to terminate or amend your benefit plans in any way and at any time.
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