Your work days are brighter here.

At Workday, it all began with a conversation over breakfast. When our founders met at a sunny California diner, they came up with an idea to revolutionize the enterprise software market. And when we began to rise, one thing that really set us apart was our culture. A culture which was driven by our value of putting our people first. And ever since, the happiness, development, and contribution of every Workmate is central to who we are. Our Workmates believe a healthy employee-centric, collaborative culture is the essential mix of ingredients for success in business. That's why we look after our people, communities and the planet while still being profitable. Feel encouraged to shine, however that manifests: you don't need to hide who you are. You can feel the energy and the passion, it's what makes us unique. Inspired to make a brighter work day for all and transform with us to the next stage of our growth journey? Bring your brightest version of you and have a brighter work day here.

About the Team
Workday's APAC & EMEA Payroll Team is driven by a passion for Workmates, Payroll and Innovation. We're a diverse group of people, with an invaluable mix of experience and backgrounds.

Our team promotes Workday's core values with 'Employees' being the first of them. This is why we:
• Empower you to follow your desired career path & achieve professional and personal goals• Encourage work-life balance and wellbeing• Are proud to champion equal opportunities for everyone.

We are a global team but that doesn't stop our sense of collaboration, supportiveness and fun!

About the Role

Workday is seeking a Senior Manager, Payroll - APAC & EMEA to join our team! Our employees are at the core of our business which means the ideal candidate has a passion for leading and motivating people, growing talent and building impactful teams. This candidate will also be a self-starter, a great communicator, and will enjoy collaborating with people with a diverse set of talents. The right individual will handle overall operations of payrolls for more than 25 countries primarily in Asia Pacific, and Europe. In doing so, you will be encouraged to ensure accurately and timely processing of payroll with strong data integrity. In addition, you'll need to evaluate and carry out practices to support compliance in each country. This is a great opportunity to help set a strategic direction for a team, mentor and develop that team, all while helping the team to achieve worthwhile lofty goals! Continual evaluation and evolution of the organization and its processes will be a key to achieving this success. As will be sharing your vision with the team and helping them to see how they can achieve that vision.

A few other keys include the following:

• Maintain a strong control environment, including protection of employee related data
• Partner with other Workday teams to design and implement cross-functional process improvements, uptake new system functionality and support initiatives that scale with business growth.
• Coordinate with internal and external customers to resolve payroll issues
• Evaluate and ensure maintenance of policies and procedures for third-party payroll team
• Actively encourage individual team member growth through mentoring and feedback

About You

Basic Qualifications:

• 5 + years experience leading a large-scale payroll operation
• 3 + years experience with 3rd party payroll providers
• Bachelors Degree

Other Qualifications:

• 10+ years of increasing experience in a high growth or public company
• Ability to prioritize and direct a team with purpose
• Excellent communicator
• Work with all levels of management, individual contributors
• Customer service focused, and solution oriented
• Experience with several cross-functional payroll projects (working with human resources, benefits, compensation or other teams)
• Uses experience and data points to make sound decisions
• Reasonable knowledge of accounting, HCM and payroll systems
• Experienced in applying concepts/philosophies for appropriate problem-solving and decision-making

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