Workday Systems Payroll HCM Manager
Carta provides an intelligent platform for private capital operations, connecting data, workflows, and people.
About Carta
Carta operates a platform for private capital that helps companies, private equity and venture capital firms, limited partners, and other financial organizations manage portfolios, move money, and model investment scenarios. Its offerings include equity and cap table management, valuations, compensation, liquidity, fund administration, fund tax, SPVs, deal CRM, portfolio valuations, loan operations, LP analytics, compliance, contracts, and attorney-led legal services. Carta combines software, AI capabilities, and expert human services for private capital workflows.
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About the Role
You will configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Workday Payroll to ensure accurate and compliant pay results. You will integrate payroll with HCM, time tracking, absence, compensation, and benefits; translate stakeholder needs into configurations; lead testing and releases; resolve issues; document configurations; and scale global time, absence, and payroll workflows.
Requirements
- 6-8+ years of hands-on Workday Payroll configuration experience
- Core HCM configuration knowledge, including organizations, staffing, and business processes
- Knowledge of payroll earnings, deductions, tax setup, and pay calculations
- Experience translating People or HR business needs into system configuration
- Experience managing configuration changes through testing, validation, and release cycles
- Knowledge of earning and deduction setups, tax configurations, and pay calculations
- Experience collaborating with HR or People teams
- Knowledge of regulatory compliance
Responsibilities
- Lead configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of the Workday Payroll module
- Design scalable payroll integrations with Core HCM, Time Tracking, Absence, Compensation, and Benefits
- Serve as the primary liaison between Payroll and People teams
- Maintain knowledge of Core HCM organizations, business processes, and staffing
- Lead payroll impact analysis, regression testing, and release validation
- Resolve payroll configuration issues with Payroll Operations
- Maintain configuration documentation and governance practices
- Own global configuration and optimization of Workday Time Tracking, Absence Management, and Payroll
- Lead implementation, administration, and scaling of timecards, paid time off, leave types, overtime rules, and payroll input workflows
Benefits
- Equity for all full-time roles