Workday - US Payroll Lead Consultant

Are you an experienced Workday US Payroll Lead looking for your next client-side engagement?

We’re searching for a knowledgeable Workday US Payroll specialist to support a major organisation through a long-term staff-augmentation assignment. This role focuses on leading payroll configuration, compliance, and issue resolution, with a strong preference for experience in restaurant or large hourly-workforce environments.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading Workday US Payroll configuration, optimisation, and troubleshooting.
• Acting as the client-side subject matter expert for all US Payroll activities.
• Partnering with HR, Finance, and Operations teams to gather requirements and translate them into scalable Workday solutions.
• Ensuring payroll accuracy, compliance, and adherence to federal, state, and local regulations.
• Supporting payroll testing cycles, audits, enhancements, and month-end or year-end activities.
• Providing documentation, best-practice guidance, and operational support as needed.

What we’re looking for:

• Strong experience as a Workday US Payroll Lead, ideally within restaurant, hospitality, or high-volume multi-state payroll environments.
• Demonstrated success operating in a client-side staff-augmentation model.
• Deep knowledge of Workday US Payroll configuration, tax setup, deductions, EIBs, and payroll integrations.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate across distributed teams.
• Able to start immediately and commit to 30 hours per week for a 9-month assignment.

If you’re a skilled Workday US Payroll Lead ready to step into a high-impact role, we’d be happy to share more details. Apply now, or reach out to Adam Leaver – al@skillsearch.com

Years of experience and salary levels are shown purely as a guide. We will only consider applications from candidates that can demonstrate the skills or experience required for the role.

Please be aware that while we would love to respond to every application we receive, due to high numbers we cannot guarantee this. We do however appreciate any time you invest into the application and will make sure to get in touch should anything in future more closely fit your skillset.