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Workday Engineer III - PATT (Payroll, Absence, Time Tracking)

The People Technology Team at Expedia is looking for a Workday Engineer III with a focus on Payroll, Absence and Time Tracking to support the Expedia Group Brands. As an engineer, your main responsibility will be defining and implementing Workday Business Processes, Configurations, Integrations, and 3rd party tools with a deep focus on Payroll, Absence and Time Tracking. You will be part of an integral part of a team dedicated to constantly improving the configuration and customization of Workday to meet Expedia’s global requirements.

This position combines expert-level proficiency in Payroll, Absence and Time Tracking, plus a working understanding of other Workday areas with the ability to communicate clearly and collaborate with Product Managers/ Technical Product Managers, turning broad business requirements into deliverable business technology tools, primarily in Workday. The role will be responsible for bidirectional integration of the Workday with external tools to support business needs. The individual will also work with multi-functional teams to address system, interface, data, and vendor issues. 

What you'll do:

Participate in the design, analysis, development, and deployment efforts for multiple application projects to solve complex global problems and enhancements. 

Design, document, configure, and implement changes in Workday.​ 

Collaborating with Developers, Product managers, Technical Product Partner with TPMs on strategy and processes and provide proactive system related solution with a strong focus on continuous improvement, system utilization and adoption and data integrity.

Creating runbooks for troubleshooting, recovery, and routine maintenance of in-house developed systems. 

Collaborate with 3rd party companies that support native and custom Workday Integrations. 

Who you are:

5 plus years of experience in Workday, with focus on Payroll, Absence and Time Tracking.

Must have experience of designing, configuring and implementing Payroll, Absence and Time Tracking in Workday.

Have extensive experience in setting up Compensation Absence plans, Time Entry Templates, Time Calculations, Time Entry Codes, Eligibility Rules, Accrual Calculations, Business Processes, EIBs alongside setting up and supporting Global Time Tracking.

Expertise in the US Payroll and excellent understanding of Payroll legislation.

Experience in writing Payroll, Absence, Time Tracking related reports and dashboards is a must.

Demonstrate the configurations through the development of a prototype.

Conduct working sessions with stakeholders to gather, understand, and analyze business requirements; leveraging Workday standard methodologies.

Experience with Agile and SDLC including Requirements Analysis, Design, Development, Testing, and Deployment. 

Good knowledge of Workday Integration and other functional areas within Workday. 

Other skills 

Workday Pro certification is preferred but not required. 

Strong verbal and written communication skills. 

Bachelor's in information science, computer science, business, or equivalent work experience. 

Understanding of Agile project methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban, is required.

The total cash range for this position in Seattle is $137,500.00 to $192,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $220,000.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role.

Starting pay for this role will vary based on multiple factors, including location, available budget, and an individual’s knowledge, skills, and experience. Pay ranges may be modified in the future.

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