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Job DescriptionAs a Senior People Technology Engineer (Workday Time & Absence), you will act as the principal technical product partner and Domain SME for our global absence and time-tracking architecture. You will possess the autonomy to own the domain strategy and navigate highly complex legislative environments across the EMEA region and beyond. This is an urgent, high-impact role: you will lead the immediate remediation of legacy setup issues, ensure SOX compliance, and unblock our global expansion.
Beyond immediate project delivery, you will play a key role in our long-term vision: evolving into a dedicated, regionally aligned People Operations (POps) adjacent product team. You will drive continuous process optimizations, regional feature enablement, and holistic Workday support, ensuring our T&A ecosystem is scalable, secure, and legally compliant.
How we work:
We apply engineering principles to People Tech. You’ll be part of a team that values documentation, peer reviews, and scalable architecture. We empower teams to make decisions and take ownership. We value clear outcomes, strong cross-functional partnerships and measurable impact.
What you will be working on:
- Functional Configuration & Complex Architecture: Lead the hands-on architectural design and configuration of Workday Time Tracking and Absence Management. Build complex, highly customized statutory leave plans, time entry validations, and holiday logic for our global workforce.
- Domain Ownership & SOX Compliance: Take end-to-end responsibility for the technical health, reliability, and compliance of the T&A domain. Ensure all setups meet strict SOX compliance, financial audit requirements, and local labor laws, actively managing risk and technical debt.
- Strategic Stakeholder Partnership: Act as a true product partner to senior regional People Operations leaders (primarily EMEA). Translate complex legal requirements into scalable Workday functionality and advise stakeholders on system capabilities and best practices.
- Operational Excellence: Oversee the resolution of complex technical escalations. Identify root causes in our existing absence setup and architect long-term, scalable fixes rather than temporary patches.
- Technical Roadmap & Mentorship: Define the long-term technical roadmap for T&A in alignment with Wise’s global expansion plans. Act as a mentor and escalation point for standard contributors (IC2s) within the regional operational model.
- Deep Domain Expertise: Extensive, senior-level experience in Workday Time Tracking and Absence Management configuration, including building complex, multi-country statutory leave plans and time-entry rules from scratch.
- Risk & Compliance Acumen: Proven experience managing SOX controls, internal audits, and stringent legislative changes within an HRIS environment.
- Autonomy & Product Mindset: You are capable of owning a domain strategy independently, making high-level architectural decisions, and acting as a peer to senior business leaders.
- Problem-Solving Mindset: You are analytically minded—capable of translating convoluted legal jargon and local operational nuances into clean, effective system logic.
- Engineering Values: An egoless approach to work, a deep focus on data security/confidentiality, and a commitment to high-quality testing and documentation.
Nice to Have:
- Workday Core HCM, Time Tracking, or Absence Management certifications.
- Experience in broader Workday modules (e.g., Payroll integrations, Compensation) to support our long-term shift to a holistic POps product team model.
- Experience implementing Workday for new country launches in a hyper-growth environment.
Eligibility Requirements:
- You're placed in Tallinn, Estonia.
Sounds like the next step for you? Apply latest by 24th of October EOD by submitting your CV in English, and answering application questions.
Additional InformationFor everyone, everywhere. We're people building money without borders — without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive.
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Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.
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Skills Required
- Extensive senior-level experience configuring Workday Time Tracking and Absence Management
- Experience building complex, multi-country statutory leave plans and time-entry rules from scratch
- Experience managing SOX controls and internal audits in an HRIS environment
- Experience managing legislative changes within an HRIS environment
- Ability to independently own domain strategy and make high-level architectural decisions
- Ability to partner with and advise senior business leaders
- Strong analytical problem-solving skills and ability to translate legal requirements into system logic
- Commitment to data security, confidentiality, testing, and documentation
- Placement in Tallinn, Estonia
- Workday Core HCM, Time Tracking, or Absence Management certification
- Experience with Workday Payroll integrations or Compensation
- Experience implementing Workday for new country launches in a high-growth environment
Wise Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — U.S. materials describe extensive paid leave (PTO, sick time, holidays, “Me Days,” volunteer and compassionate leave) plus a paid six‑week sabbatical after four years. Feedback suggests the time‑off package is a standout element of the offering.
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Parental & Family Support — Benefits information highlights up to 18 weeks of fully paid parental leave in many locations, with clear tenure qualifiers in some markets. Feedback suggests these policies are robust and a notable strength.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Company and job-posting materials indicate RSUs are a regular part of compensation, with a shift toward RSUs since 2022. Feedback suggests the equity component is a relatively substantial part of total rewards.
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What We Do
Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world's money. With Wise Account and Wise Business, people and businesses can hold 40 currencies, move money between countries and spend money abroad. Large companies and banks use Wise technology too; an entirely new network for the world's money. Launched in 2011, Wise is one of the world’s fastest growing, profitable tech companies. In fiscal year 2025, Wise supported around 15.6 million people and businesses, processing over $185 billion in cross-border transactions and saving customers around $2.6 billion.
Why Work With Us
We’re truly global in who we are, how we work, and how we build. Everything we do is centred around creating a world of money that’s fast, easy, fair. And open to all. Everyone who works here owns a piece of Wise, from the work they do, to the stock they hold.
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