We are looking for a skilled Workday Project Manager to oversee the implementation of Workday systems in a long-term contract role. Based in Irving, Texas, this position requires a proactive leader who can manage complex projects, coordinate with multiple stakeholders, and ensure a seamless transition from legacy systems. This hybrid role offers the opportunity to work closely with executive leadership and system integrators to achieve successful outcomes.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Lead the end-to-end implementation of Workday systems, ensuring all project milestones are met.<br>• Collaborate with the system integrator and internal teams to align project goals and execution.<br>• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans and schedules using Smartsheet.<br>• Facilitate stakeholder meetings, driving engagement and alignment across various departments.<br>• Identify and address risks proactively, escalating issues when necessary and ensuring timely resolution.<br>• Oversee User Acceptance Testing activities to validate system functionality and performance.<br>• Coordinate phased rollouts, starting with the national office and extending to affiliate locations.<br>• Partner with Change Management teams to promote adoption and minimize disruption.<br>• Provide regular progress updates and reports to executive leadership.<br>• Ensure all deliverables are completed within scope, budget, and timeline.
We are looking for a Payroll, Time & Absence Specialist for a contract position to support our transition from Paycom to Workday. This role is critical in ensuring payroll accuracy, compliance, and continuity across payroll, time tracking, and absence management throughout implementation and post–go-live stabilization. The ideal candidate brings hands-on Workday Payroll experience, strong payroll tax expertise, and the ability to collaborate cross-functionally to make this transition as seamless as possible. <br> Key Responsibilities • Support payroll, time tracking, and absence management operations during the transition from Paycom to Workday, ensuring accuracy and continuity • Serve as a subject matter expert for Workday Payroll, Time Tracking, and Absence during implementation, partnering closely with internal teams • Assist with Workday configuration, testing, data validation, and parallel testing for payroll, time, and absence • Ensure proper flow of time and absence data into payroll and validate earnings, deductions, and accruals • Identify risks or gaps across payroll, time, or absence setup and proactively recommend solutions • Support payroll tax setup and compliance, including: o Coordinating setup with a third-party payroll tax vendor (e.g., ADP), or o Supporting payroll tax processing managed in-house • Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local payroll tax regulations • Document payroll, time, and absence processes, controls, and best practices • Troubleshoot issues during implementation and post-go-live stabilization • Support knowledge transfer to internal payroll, HR, and timekeeping teams as needed