Workday HCM Payroll Implementations Consultant, Manager

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Chicago, IL
100K-232K Annually
5-7 Years Experience
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The Role
The role involves managing Workday HCM Payroll implementations, acting as a key business partner to enhance HR processes and solutions for clients. Responsibilities include leading project teams, coaching junior staff, analyzing client needs, and guiding them through the Workday implementation lifecycle. A strong focus is placed on building stakeholder relationships and improving client operational effectiveness.
Summary Generated by Built In

A career in our Workday Human Capital practice, within Workday Consulting services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients leverage Workday technology as a tool to enhance and unify Human Resources, talent management, and finance. We focus on understanding the forces shaping their business and developing industry tailored solutions that support our clients through the entire lifecycle of the Workday implementation. In joining, you'll be a part of a team that helps our clients reinvent the way they process human capital management and drive change across their businesses. Acting as a true business partner, we get to know their business and human capital processes so that we can zero in on bringing them strategic value through productivity and business effectiveness improvements with Workday.
To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.
As a Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

  • Develop new skills outside of comfort zone.
  • Act to resolve issues which prevent the team working effectively.
  • Coach others, recognise their strengths, and encourage them to take ownership of their personal development.
  • Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.
  • Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations.
  • Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm's/client's expectations.
  • Use data and insights to inform conclusions and support decision-making.
  • Develop a point of view on key global trends, and how they impact clients.
  • Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties.
  • Simplify complex messages, highlighting and summarising key points.
  • Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.


Job Requirements and Preferences:
Basic Qualifications:
Minimum Degree Required:
Bachelor Degree
Minimum Years of Experience:
6 year(s) of Workday product experience
Preferred Qualifications:
Degree Preferred:
Master Degree
Preferred Fields of Study:
Business Administration/Management, Human Resources Management, Organizational Management, Computer and Information Science
Certification(s) Preferred:
Workday Services functional certification(s) preferably Payroll and/or Engagement Manager certification
Preferred Knowledge/Skills:
Demonstrates extensive-level, abilities and/or a proven record of success with managing the identification and addressing of client needs:

  • Leading the Workday HCM US Payroll workstream while having experience with at least three full Workday implementations and preferably Workday HCM Canada, UK, etc. Payroll experience;
  • Gathering business requirements through facilitating discovery and design workshops;
  • Leading functional discovery and design sessions, including the translation of business requirements into configuration elements;
  • Preparing concise, polished deliverables, collaborating across teams as needed;
  • Providing recommendations based on leading practices and relevant industry experience;
  • Managing touchpoints with related Workday functional modules, including Core HCM, Core Compensation, Advanced Compensation, and Recruiting;
  • Identifying and addressing client needs while building, maintaining, and utilizing networks of client relationships and community involvement;
  • Communicating value propositions; managing resource requirements, project workflow, budgets, billing and collections;
  • Preparing and/or coordinating complex written and verbal materials;
  • Participating and leading client discussions and meetings;
  • Managing engagements or dedicated workstreams, including preparing concise, accurate documents and maintaining project economics while maintaining flexibility for unanticipated issues;
  • Supervising teams to create an atmosphere of trust and seeking diverse views to encourage improvement and innovation;
  • Answering questions and providing direction to less-experienced staff; and,
  • Coaching staff including providing timely meaningful written and verbal feedback.


Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work
PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.
For positions based in San Francisco, consideration of qualified candidates with arrest and conviction records will be in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the posting is removed, unless otherwise set forth on the following webpage. Please visit this link for information about anticipated application deadlines: https://pwc.to/us-application-deadlines
The salary range for this position is: $100,000 - $232,000, plus individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance

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