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Senior Workday Analyst, Payroll

Canada Locations💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-20 → 2026-09-26

Core

Technical anchor for Workday Payroll ecosystem, driving automation and modernization of payroll operations while ensuring system health and compliance.

Role type

Senior Workday Analyst (Payroll)

Builds

Scalable Workday solutions for payroll, automated processes, and new country onboarding configurations.

Domain

Financial Services / Human Capital Management (HCM) / Payroll

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure

Required skills

Workday HCM configuration, Workday Payroll module expertise, Workday Reporting, Workday Time and Absence, payroll processing logic, payroll calculations, retro payroll, reconciliations, payroll auditing, SOX ITGC compliance, EEO-1/VETS-4212 filings, T4/ROE processes, stakeholder management, cross-functional project leadership, data flow management, integration troubleshooting, custom report development, dashboard creation, Tier 3 support.

Preferred skills

Workday Payroll certifications (US/Canada), EIB/Studio/Core Connectors knowledge, Workday automation tools (Illuminate/Extend), new country implementation experience.

Technologies

Workday, Workday Illuminate, Workday Extend, EIBs, Studio, Core Connectors

Responsibilities

Lead technical configuration for Workday Payroll changes end-to-end; onboard new payroll countries; automate manual payroll processes; resolve complex HCM and Payroll tickets as Tier 3 expert; manage payroll compliance controls and annual filings; develop custom Workday reports and dashboards.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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