Senior Workday Implementation Specialist

Remote is a company focused on enabling modern organizations to navigate global employment compliantly by facilitating recruitment, payment, and management of international teams. The company operates with a fully remote global workforce across six continents and integrates Automation and AI capabilities into roles. The position is part of the Global Payroll Implementation team.

• Proven experience implementing or integrating Workday HCM, ideally in global payroll or HRIS contexts.
• Strong understanding of Workday modules including Core HCM, Compensation, Absence, Time Tracking, and Integrations.
• Experience delivering end-to-end payroll implementations using Workday as the HR and employee data source.
• Demonstrated ability to map and validate data between Workday and external payroll systems ensuring compliance.
• Excellent understanding of global payroll operations, statutory compliance, and multi-country payroll setups.
• Strong customer onboarding and project management experience for complex, multi-entity implementations.
• Advanced data management and analysis skills using tools like Google Sheets or Excel.
• Analytical, detail-oriented with strong problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, international environment with multiple stakeholders.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills with a customer-first mindset.
• Self-starter comfortable working independently and asynchronously across time zones.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken).
• Experience working remotely is a plus.
• Familiarity with Monday.com, Notion, Slack, and Salesforce is a plus.
• Knowledge of other payroll platforms is a plus.

• Lead end-to-end Workday payroll integrations for large and complex customers, including setup, data migration, and go-live.
• Serve as the primary technical and functional point of contact for customers implementing Remote’s Global Payroll integrated with Workday.
• Analyse customers’ Workday environments to understand data structures, configurations, and dependencies.
• Manage data extraction, transformation, and validation processes between Workday and Remote’s Global Payroll platform.
• Partner with customers’ HRIS, Payroll, and IT teams to align HCM-to-Payroll data flows ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Configure Remote’s payroll system per customer with adherence to local regulations and tax requirements.
• Coordinate and validate parallel payroll runs, reconciliations, and year-to-date adjustments.
• Oversee payroll go-live readiness including integrations, validations, and compliance checks.
• Transition customers to Payroll Operations teams with complete and accurate documentation.
• Provide training and guidance to customers on Workday integration, data mapping, and payroll best practices.
• Maintain strong customer relationships to drive satisfaction, adoption, and retention.
• Identify opportunities for automation, scalability, and process optimisation.
• Maintain confidentiality and integrity of customer and employee data.
• Participate in quality assurance reviews of peer implementations to ensure standards.
• Support creation and maintenance of Workday integration playbooks and internal process documentation.

• Applications accepted from all ethnic groups, genders, sexualities, ages, abilities, disability statuses, and under-represented groups.
• Equal employment opportunity employer promoting diversity and inclusion.
• Accommodations available upon request during the interview process.
• Application and CV must be submitted in English.
• Application process includes interviews and prior employment verification checks.