Senior Payroll Data Migration Specialists (Workday)

Project Description:

We are looking for experienced Payroll Data Migration Specialists to join an international HR & Payroll transformation project.

The role focuses on coordinating and overseeing payroll data migration activities across multiple countries, ensuring data accuracy, consistency, and compliance with global migration standards.

The engagement is scheduled to begin in January/February 2027 on a full-time basis. The initial duration is a minimum of 6 months, with the possibility of extension.

Required Qualifications:

• Hands-on experience with Workday – mandatory.

• Business-fluent English, both written and spoken.

• Proven experience in complex, preferably international, data migration projects.

• Strong understanding of HR and payroll data structures, processes, and dependencies.

• Practical experience with data mapping, data cleansing, data validation, and reconciliation.

• Good understanding of ETL processes and data migration methodologies.

• Experience in stakeholder coordination and project management.

• Ability to work effectively with international teams and country-level stakeholders.

• Understanding of data protection and security principles related to sensitive personnel and payroll data.

• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a global project environment.

Nice to Have:

• Previous experience in global Workday implementations or payroll transformation programmes.

• Experience coordinating multi-country payroll migrations.

• Familiarity with payroll compliance requirements across different countries.

• Experience with migration readiness assessments, cutover planning, and post-migration validation

Scope of Services:

• Coordinate payroll data migration activities across multiple countries, ensuring alignment with the global migration methodology.

• Ensure migration documentation, deliverables, and supporting evidence are complete, consistent, and traceable.

• Consolidate migration progress, track key milestones, and provide status updates across participating countries.

• Assess migration readiness, identify potential risks, and provide recommendations to the Global Project Manager and Programme Manager.

• Define and oversee data cleansing strategies to ensure data quality and migration readiness.

• Monitor Extraction, Transformation & Loading (ETL) processes from legacy HR/payroll systems into the target environment.

• Establish reconciliation frameworks to validate the accuracy and completeness of migrated data.

• Perform or coordinate payroll data reconciliations, including headcount, salary totals, tax configurations, and other critical payroll elements.

• Collaborate with international stakeholders, local country teams, and technical teams to resolve migration-related issues.

• Ensure compliance with data protection, confidentiality, and security requirements when handling sensitive employee information.