What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Workday Payroll & Benefits Lead position at AccruePartners?
The Team You’ll Be Joining
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- A premier, market-leading platform within a highly specialized and recession-resilient industry experiencing sustained growth, increasing complexity, and strong long-term demand
- Be part of a multibillion-dollar organization recognized for its scale, financial strength, and reputation for delivering sophisticated solutions to complex business challenges
- Work alongside top-tier professionals and industry experts in a high-performance environment where collaboration, innovation, and excellence are expected and rewarded
- Gain direct exposure to influential leadership and strategic initiatives in a business actively investing in talent, technology, and future growth
- Thrive in a culture that blends the resources, stability, and reputation of a large enterprise with the speed, visibility, and entrepreneurial spirit of a growth organization
- Step into a role where your contributions are visible, your voice is valued, and high performers are empowered to make a meaningful impact across the business
- A unique opportunity to accelerate your career within a dynamic, high-growth industry while gaining exposure to complex, high-value work that sharpens your expertise and expands your influence
- Competitive compensation, strong benefits, and a performance-driven culture that rewards results, recognizes achievement, and invests in employee success
- A collaborative environment that offers mentorship, leadership accessibility, professional development, and clear pathways for long-term growth and advancement
- Robust benefits offerings, including healthcare coverage, retirement planning support, paid time off, and programs focused on overall well-being and financial security
- The role will help ensure payroll accuracy, compliance, tax configuration, and seamless integration with finance and accounting systems.
- Acts as a bridge between HR, Payroll, Benefits, Finance, and external partners throughout the conversion and optimization process.
- Supports the organization's broader goal of leveraging Workday as a strategic platform rather than a transactional system.
- Plays a key role in identifying automation opportunities, improving efficiencies, and reducing manual processes.
- Directly impacts employee experience by ensuring payroll and benefits operations run accurately and effectively.
- Deep hands-on experience supporting Workday Payroll, Payroll Accounting, and Benefits modules.
- Strong understanding of payroll operations, payroll taxes, retro pay processing, deductions, and earnings configuration.
- Experience supporting Workday integrations, EIBs, data loads, testing, and system configuration activities.
- Knowledge of Benefits, Open Enrollment, Absence, and Time Tracking functionality within Workday.
- Experience participating in payroll implementations, payroll conversions, or major Workday enhancement projects.
- Exposure to international payroll environments, multi-currency operations, or UK/Canada payroll processes is highly preferred.
- Self-starter with strong troubleshooting, stakeholder management, and process improvement capabilities.
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