• Own and evolve our Workday Payroll ecosystem • Serve as the primary SME for Workday Payroll (US and Canada) • Gather and translate business requirements into user stories and functional designs; propose options with pros/cons and recommend best-fit solutions • Configure and maintain pay components, earnings/deductions, tax elections, garnishments, benefits/payroll integration touchpoints, costing allocations, and pay slip layouts • Manage retro, on-cycle/off-cycle, settlement, and payroll accounting configuration and controls • Maintain Workday security roles and business processes for Payroll; ensure segregation of duties and audit readiness • Build, test (unit, SIT, UAT, parallel), and deploy enhancements and fixes • Develop advanced/matrix/composite reports, dashboards, and calculated fields; Support payroll accounting and GL posting, journal validation, and financial reconciliation with Finance/Accounting • Own Workday releases (R1/R2) and for Payroll, including impact assessments, regression testing, and feature adoption • Troubleshoot production issues, drive root-cause analysis, and implement preventive controls • Facilitate workshops and demos, align stakeholders, and manage vendor relationships as needed.