Manager, Workday Payroll

$129,300 - $223,900/Yr

KPMG - Atlanta, GA

Full-time - Mid Level

Atlanta, GA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Manager, Workday Payroll - Implementation role at KPMG involves leading Workday Payroll projects, focusing on strategy, implementation support, and optimization of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. This position is crucial in managing client engagements, ensuring project success, and fostering a collaborative team environment. The role emphasizes professional growth and development within a rapidly expanding advisory practice.

Responsibilities

• Lead Workday Payroll Projects involving strategy, implementation support, and ERP optimization related to IT operations, business processes, security, and data integrity for Workday applications.
• Support business development activities such as identification, proposal development, and other pursuit activities; collaborate with KPMG resources from other service lines/industries.
• Lead day-to-day activities of ERP Advisory engagements for various clients, including process design, package implementation lifecycle support, and project reviews.
• Supervise and performance manage staff working on assigned engagements.
• Manage engagements according to KPMG's financial/cost management policies.
• Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment.

Requirements

• Minimum of five years of recent enterprise resource planning, payroll implementation and upgrade experience with a completion of one full implementation with Workday Payroll; must be certified in Workday Payroll.
• Bachelor's degree in an appropriate field from an accredited university/college preferred.
• Functional Payroll Certification (FPC) from American Payroll Association or equivalent from global payroll associations or prior demonstrated certification preferred.
• Detailed understanding of enterprise resource planning system concepts and general module functionality.
• Travel as needed.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in managing large-scale ERP projects.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and dental plans
• Vision coverage
• Disability and life insurance
• 401(k) plans
• Personal well-being benefits to support mental health
• Personal Time Off per fiscal year
• Firmwide breaks during the year
• Paid holidays