What You'll Do
Are you excited to join so--mething revolutionary? Do you want to be part of something special? If you answered yes to both those questions, keep reading! Avalara is looking for an extraordinary talent to innovate, design, and scale our Workday Payroll and Time Tracking --related processes and systems serving both internal and external business partners. This hands-on technical role demands a strong analytical, data modeling and business analyst background. Preferred candidates will have experience designing, developing and launching Payroll and Time Tracking configurations between Workday and other downstream systems that are integral to the Payroll process, such as ADP SmartConnect, Cloudpay Inc, time tracking systems among others.
- Must have 7+ years' of experience with configuring Workday**
- Continuously maintain and manage payroll configurations (i.e. Earnings and Deductions, External Earnings and Deductions, Time Tracking rules and eligibility, Reporting) supporting the Payroll business processes, and perform key administrative updates and roll out of Workday configuration/features.
- Perform root cause analysis of Workday Payroll/Time Tracking configuration issues and questions reported by the business and roll out relevant fixes and/or upgrades.
- Perform technical requirements gathering and breakdown of JIRA stories for new Finance/HR initiatives or changes to existing processes/procedures impacting Payroll and/or Time Tracking.
- Design, implement, test, and deploy systematic configuration in Workday, ADP and/or Cloudpay .
- Manage and support key technical initiatives to deploy additional Payroll systems functionality on the technology roadmap
- Evaluate new technological solutions and make recommendations to enhance Workforce user experienceDevelop appropriate documentation for architectural, design, technical, implementation and test activities.
What You'll Need to be Successful
- 7-10 years of experience supporting Payroll applications or in a corporate HRIS/IT role.
- Supported at least ONE end-to-end implementation of Workday Payroll and/or Time Tracking OR Workday Payroll PRO Certified
- Understanding of the impacts to Payroll processes and data feeds to other internal and external applications related to the Payroll process
- Hands-on configuration experience of Workday Core HR, Payroll and Time Tracking modules
- Functional knowledge of Workday Benefits, Absence, and Compensation modules
- Ability to create, deploy, and maintain Workday custom reports and dashboards
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to multi-task and comfortable providing end user support and functional trainings
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Workday technologies - Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB) Report Writer, Business Process Framework, Configurable Security, Calculated Fields
- Experience with Workday's Human Capital Management (HCM) suite - Benefits, Compensation, Payroll, Talent, Absence Management, Recruiting, Performance Management
- Experience with SOX principles and concepts and implementing them
How We'll Take Care of You
Total Rewards
In addition to a great compensation package, paid time off, and paid parental leave, many Avalara employees are eligible for bonuses.
Health & Wellness
Benefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance.
Inclusive culture and diversity
Avalara strongly supports diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is committed to integrating them into our business practices and our organizational culture. We also have a total of 8 employee-run resource groups, each with senior leadership and exec sponsorship.
Flexible hybrid working
We support hybrid work and flexible schedules for our employees.
Learn more about our benefits by region here: https://careers.avalara.com/
About Avalara
We’re Avalara. We’re defining the relationship between tax and tech.
We’ve already built an industry-leading cloud compliance platform, processing nearly 40 billion customer API calls and over 5 million tax returns a year.
Last year, we became a billion-dollar business
, and our tribe expanded by a cool thousand people - there’s nearly 5,000 of us now. Our growth is real, and we’re not slowing down - not until we’ve achieved our mission - to be part of every transaction in the world.
We’re bright, innovative and disruptive, like the orange we love to wear. It captures our quirky spirit and optimistic mindset. It shows off the culture we’ve designed, that empowers our people to win. Ownership and achievement go hand in hand here. We instill passion in our people through the trust we place in them.
We’ve been different from day one. Join us, and your career will be too.
EEO Statement
We’re an Equal Opportunity Employer. Supporting diversity and inclusion is a cornerstone of our company — we don’t want people to fit into our culture, but to enrich it. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, gender, national orientation, disability, sexual orientation, US Veteran status, or any other factor protected by law. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.
