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Job Title: Workday Payroll Consultant
Job Description
This role focuses on serving as a sr Workday Payroll Consultant for a large-scale payroll transformation initiative. You will act as a key subject matter expert, bridging payroll data, processes, and reporting between Workday and PeopleSoft while supporting comprehensive testing, validation, and implementation activities. The organization is working through more than 3,000 payroll-related scenarios leading up to go-live and needs a consultant who can contribute immediately with minimal ramp-up time. You will play a central role in shaping future-state payroll processes, partnering with stakeholders across payroll, HRIS, finance, and implementation teams in a fully remote, high-visibility project environment.
Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary subject matter expert for payroll-related data, processes, and reporting across Workday and PeopleSoft.
• Support all Workday Payroll implementation activities through go-live, ensuring alignment between legacy and future-state payroll environments.
• Analyze, validate, and reconcile payroll data between legacy PeopleSoft and new Workday systems, handling large volumes of complex data.
• Assist with payroll testing efforts, including unit testing, parallel testing, user acceptance testing (UAT), and payroll validation.
• Support execution of more than 3,000 payroll scenarios, including troubleshooting issues and ensuring accurate results.
• Partner closely with payroll, HRIS, finance, and implementation teams to identify, investigate, and resolve payroll issues and discrepancies.
• Identify and document payroll process gaps, system discrepancies, and areas for improvement between current and future-state processes.
• Facilitate data conversion and validation activities to ensure accurate and complete migration from PeopleSoft to Workday.
• Provide recommendations on payroll best practices during the implementation, leveraging deep knowledge of Workday Payroll and PeopleSoft.
• Support cutover planning and go-live readiness activities, helping stakeholders prepare for transition and stabilize post-implementation.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to make informed decisions that support a successful payroll transformation at an enterprise scale.

Essential Skills

• At least 5 years of experience working with payroll systems in complex enterprise environments.
• Hands-on Workday Payroll implementation experience spanning planning, testing, and go-live phases.
• Strong, practical experience with PeopleSoft payroll, including data structures and process flows.
• Proven experience supporting payroll testing and validation efforts, including unit, parallel, and UAT testing.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze, validate, and reconcile large volumes of payroll data across multiple systems.
• Experience operating in complex enterprise environments with large employee populations.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to effectively engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently, manage priorities, and deliver results in a fast-paced project environment.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience with multiple Workday Payroll implementations is highly desirable.
• Experience in migrating payroll operations from PeopleSoft to Workday.
• Knowledge of payroll tax, wage and hour compliance, and payroll accounting principles.
• Experience supporting large employee populations within enterprise organizations.
• Previous consulting experience in payroll, HRIS, or enterprise systems implementation.
• Ability to contribute to strategic decision-making with key stakeholders during a major transformation.
• Interest in working on a high-visibility implementation project at a large, billion-dollar organization.

Work Environment
This position operates in a 100% remote work environment, offering flexibility while supporting a large-scale, enterprise-level Workday Payroll implementation. You will collaborate closely with payroll accounting leadership, IT teams, and payroll stakeholders across the organization, using modern collaboration tools to coordinate testing, data validation, and implementation activities. The project environment is fast-paced and transformation-focused, with streamlined processes including a one-round interview. You will be part of a cross-functional team driving a major payroll and systems transformation, contributing to future-state design and implementation in a fully remote setting.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Miami, FL.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $55.00 - $64.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a fully remote position.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Aug 12, 2026.
About Aston Carter
Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® Platinum Award winner for both client and talent service.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email astoncarteraccommodation@astoncarter.com for other accommodation options.
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