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[Remote] Workday Payroll Consultant

Remote, USA Full-time Posted 2026-06-16

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Kainos is a company focused on creating real impact through innovative digital services and cutting-edge Workday solutions. The Workday Payroll Consultant will implement and configure Workday solutions for global customers, build relationships, and provide guidance while supporting junior team members.


Responsibilities

  • Implement and configure enterprise-scale Workday solutions for global customer base
  • Build relationships with customers, shaping and delivering solutions that are aligned to customer needs, fit for purpose and commercially viable
  • Provide excellent guidance to customers, understanding their business and requirements
  • Support junior members of the team and share knowledge with them

Skills

  • At least 2-3 years of Workday Payroll implementation experience
  • At least 2 years configuring Workday Payroll implementation from E2E with the last 3 years
  • Certification in Workday United States Payroll
  • The ability to build complex payroll calculations
  • Experience with multiple positions
  • Experience with implementing multiple FEIN's
  • Strong understanding of state taxes, local taxes, and FLSA calculations
  • An understanding of Workday Payroll, US Payroll, Time Tracking and Absence products and the interdependencies with Benefits, Time Tracking and Absence as well as other cross functional capabilities
  • Experience with Payroll regulatory requirements (Tax, Garnishments, Common Pay Master), retirement benefits (401K etc.), payroll processing, Unions/Collective Bargaining Agreements and payroll accounting
  • Excellent customer focus, able to assess customer needs, build relationships and manage customer expectations
  • Strong communicator, able to communicate with customers and colleagues with impact, credibility and empathy, including in a remote working situation
  • Sound ability to formally present to senior Client audiences
  • Strong commercial awareness and full understanding of project and business dynamics
  • Broad business and technology understanding and a good awareness of industry trends in either Human Resource management, Financials or Enterprise Resource Planning or Payroll
  • Ability to work to tight deadlines and make sensible decisions under pressure taking a balanced view of Customer demands and Kainos commercials
  • Ability to widen and maintain a network of external contacts
  • Strong consulting skills e.g. presenting, leading workshops, demonstrating and explaining complex functionality or solutions to customers
  • Willing to participate in PATT team internal discussions and help where possible
  • Willing and able to act as a role model within the capability and mentor and/or line manage more junior consultants
  • Willing to assist AMS with questions related to your subject area
  • Able to implement improvements in tools and/or processes to help the practice
  • Commercial understanding of utilization within a services organization and the importance of these targets
  • Able to rotate through various Workday delivery services
  • Able, if required, to travel to customer sites in the same region (minimal out of region travel may also be required)
  • Workday United States Payroll Certified required
  • Professional qualifications in your area of expertise (Certified Payroll Professional (CPP))
  • Experience in post deployment services

Company Overview

  • Kainos provides digital services, software solutions, and IT consulting to help organizations transform operations and customer. It was founded in 1986, and is headquartered in Belfast, Belfast, GBR, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.kainos.com.

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