Principal PATTS Consultant, State & Local Government

Overview

The Principal PATTS Consultant ensures the successful implementation of the Workday Payroll/Absence/Time Tracking/Scheduling solution, providing product and implementation expertise to client engagements.

What you'll do

• Become a specialist in the Workday PATTS product suite, including proficiency in one or more products (Payroll/Absence/Time Tracking/Scheduling).
• Elicit and document customer business requirements.
• Configure the Workday solution to meet requirements.
• Document solutions for the client to reference in the future.
• Support the client and data conversion teams in converting legacy data into Workday.
• Support the integration teams in configuring and testing integrations between Workday and third-party/custom solutions.
• Assist the client in testing the Workday solution.
• Transfer Workday system knowledge to the customer to ensure customer satisfaction in their production environment.
• Communicate regularly with the project engagement manager regarding forecasting hours, time reporting, project risks, and mitigations.
• Work with Delivery Assurance to ensure compliance with agreed-upon checkpoints.
• Help mentor new Consultants.
• Find opportunities to position other service offerings.
• Participate in update training and other events that help share your product skills with other consultants.

What you'll need

• Senior Payroll Consultant (P4): 4+ years of experience with Payroll consulting, or 4+ years of Payroll operational experience, preferably for public sector institutions.
• Senior Payroll Consultant (P4): 4+ years of experience with Workday, SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, ADP or similar applications.
• Senior Payroll Consultant (P4): 4+ years of experience with the following functional areas: Payroll, Time & Labor, Labor Costing, Labor Allocation, Payroll Accounting, HCM business process, Benefits, Absence Management, Compensation, Performance Management.
• Principal Payroll Consultant (P5): 6+ years of experience with Payroll consulting, or 6+ years of Payroll operational experience, preferably for public sector institutions.
• Principal Payroll Consultant (P5): 6+ years of experience implementing Workday PATTS.
• Principal Payroll Consultant (P5): 6+ years of experience with the following functional areas: Payroll, Time & Labor, Labor Costing, Labor Allocation, Payroll Accounting, HCM business process, Benefits, Absence Management, Compensation, Performance Management.

Nice to have

• Previous experience with the operations and culture of State and Local Government entities (strongly preferred).
• Ability to travel up to 50% based on client and project needs, particularly for key implementation milestones.
• Comfort with working on long-term projects lasting over 12 months.
• Ability and comfort with managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Open-minded and willingness to consider multiple thoughts that differ from your own.
• Ability to learn technology quickly through instruction and self-training.
• Comfortable in a lead role and talking to all levels of management.
• Success in completing projects, activities and/or initiatives.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Business analysis and requirements gathering abilities.
• Experience with multiple HCM applications.
• Proven solutions design skills, with the ability to analyze business challenges and develop effective solutions that leverage technology and optimize resources.
• Exceptional relationship management skills, with a focus on building and maintaining strong relationships with clients, partners, and colleagues.

Details

• Location: USA Remote (primary location listed as Atlanta, GA).
• Work mode: Flex Work, with at least 50% of time each quarter in the office or in the field with customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role).
• Posting end date: 11/30/2026; applications accepted on an ongoing basis through the end date.