✦ Luna Orbit — ERP & CRM Systems

Payroll Consultant, Higher Education

at Workday

📍 Remote, US Remote 💰 $111K – $197K USD / year Posted April 14, 2026
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Position Details

Salary $111K – $197K USD / year
Type Not Specified
Experience senior
Exp. Years Not specified
Education Not specified
Category ERP & CRM Systems

About this role

Support Higher Education implementations by designing, configuring, and deploying Workday Payroll solutions. Partner with clients and internal teams to translate business requirements into practical outcomes while owning the payroll workstream.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, configure, and deploy Workday Payroll solutions
  • Own the payroll workstream and recommend design approaches
  • Translate client business requirements into practical solutions
  • Lead end-to-end implementations with scope, milestones, and quality
  • Partner with clients, project teammates, and the Engagement Manager

Technical Overview

Workday Payroll functional consulting with end-to-end implementation ownership across scope, milestones, and quality. Uses Workday’s AI tools to enhance implementation quality and efficiency, and adapts solutions to shared governance and academic calendar realities.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is an experienced Payroll Consultant with strong Workday product and implementation expertise, specifically supporting Higher Education organizations. They can design, configure, and deploy Workday Payroll solutions end-to-end, translate business requirements into practical solutions, and own the payroll workstream while partnering closely with clients and the Engagement Manager.

Must-Have Skills

experienced Payroll Consultant to support Higher Education implementationsWorkday product and implementation expertiseability to designconfigureand deploy Workday Payroll solutionspartner with clients to translate business requirements into practical solutionsmeaningful ownership over the payroll workstream

Nice-to-Have Skills

experience in Higher Education implementationsexperience with shared governanceacademic calendarsand public or public-adjacent organizations

Tools & Platforms

WorkdayWorkday PayrollWorkday’s AI tools

Required Skills

Workday Payroll solutionsWorkday product expertisepayroll workstream ownershipdesignconfiguredeployend-to-end implementationsscopemilestonesqualitytranslate business requirementsclient engagementsshared governanceacademic calendarsWorkday’s AI tools

Hard Skills

Workday Payroll solutionsWorkday product and implementation expertisepayroll workstream ownershipdesignconfiguredeploy Workday Payroll solutionsclient requirements translationsystem implementations end-to-endscope managementmilestones managementquality managementimplementation lifecycle supportWorkday’s AI tools (using Workday AI tools)

Soft Skills

stakeholder managementbuilding trust with stakeholdersstrong partnershipcommunicationproblem-solvingmanaging implementation milestones with confidencecross-functional collaborationclient engagement

Industry & Role

Industry SaaS
Job Function Implement and deliver Workday Payroll solutions for Higher Education clients
Role Subtype Workday Payroll Consultant
Tech Domains Workday

Keywords for Your Resume

Payroll ConsultantWorkday PayrollWorkdayWorkday product and implementation expertiseHigher Education Functional ConsultingHigher EdFunctional Consulting teamend-to-end implementationsdesignconfiguredeploypayroll workstreamEngagement Managerscopemilestonesqualityclient engagementstranslate business requirementspractical solutionsshared governanceacademic calendarspublic or public-adjacent organizationsWorkday’s AI toolsHigher Education

Deal Breakers

Must have Workday product and implementation expertise (explicit requirement via role description), Must support Higher Education implementations (role focus)

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