Shire Jobs

This is a job for a Workday Managing Consultant (Payroll) Virtual position with the company located in Jackson, MS area.

Responsibilities: Analyzes, defines, and documents complex business requirements and processes relating to the Workday Payroll deployment. Leads design and review sessions/workshops with technical and functional resources at all levels, including members of management. Understands the scope and details of project plan and can identify and communicate the need for resources for tasks or assigned areas of responsibility. Manages multiple, parallel projects using exceptional organizational and time management techniques to successfully complete tasks in a timely manner. Manages Payroll implementations through the various lifecycle stages, from business need through design and delivery. Performs lead and/or principal consultant duties as the lead functional on Workday Payroll implementations, responsible for the analysis, design, scheduling, construction, and delivery of the Workday solution. Act as a Lead Subject Matter Expert for Workday Payroll; expected to demonstrate deep knowledge and experience in this area of expertise. The SME will guide, recommend, and lead the team through the project as it relates to this area. Understands and educates clients on interactions between Payroll and other Workday modules (HCM, Compensation, Benefits, Time Tracking, Absence). As a Subject Matter Expert, vital to provide guidance on how their area of capability can help resolve client needs and actively participates in all phases of the Workday life cycle. Monitors progress of tasks against plan, and reports status to leadership on project issues. Establishes and maintains client relationships. Communicates client feedback to leadership as appropriate. Suggests improvements and proactively addresses issues. Answers all inquiries in a timely basis. Participates in training and development initiatives to keep abreast of current trends and practices. Contributes to knowledge management capital through activities such as sharing documented lessons learned, Q&A, documented deliverables, facilitation of Workday Workshops, and regularly posting best practices and knowledge sharing information to the internal info sharing site. Understands quality standards for own work and monitors and manages work of team members, providing feedback as appropriate. Completes assigned tasks in prescribed timelines consistent with deliverables and asks for support and direction as appropriate. Understands the scope and details of project plan and can identify and communicate the need for resources for tasks or assigned areas of responsibility. May provide guidance, instruction, direction, and leadership to other team members.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in technical, business, or financial discipline or relevant field of study required.

5 to 7 plus years previous experience implementing Payroll systems. Such experience may include Workday, PeopleSoft, SAP, ADP, Oracle E-Business, Ultipro, or other SaaS software solutions. Workday deployment experience and certification preferred. Previous consulting experience either as an internal consultant or with a consulting/software organization. Possesses strong facilitation/presentation skills. Experience in transforming business requirements into complex system configurations. Ability to be effectively and actively engaged on multiple, parallel projects. Demonstrates ability to prioritize conflicting demands with little supervision. Demonstrates strong work ethics, setting an example for others. Excellent oral and written communications skills. Proficient to advanced MS Excel Skills to be used to transform data. (Advanced formulas). Workday HCM and/or Payroll certification required. Ability to travel up to 40%. Successful completion of the Workday certification or currently Payroll Certified is a requirement of the role.

Equal Opportunity Employer -- minorities/females/veterans/indiv duals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity.