Trident Consulting is seeking a "Workday Payroll Integration Developer" for one of our clients in "Remote" A global leader in business and technology services.
Role: Workday Payroll Integration Developer
Type: Contract - Remote
Duration: 12+ Months
Pay: $80 - $85/hr on W2 (Inclusive all)
Job Summary
What you will do
- Design, build, and enhance Workday outbound payroll integrations to Dayforce using PECI, Core Connectors, Workday Studio, and EIB
- Build integrations covering worker, job, organization, compensation, deductions, tax, bank account, leave, and termination data
- Handle effective-dated changes, retro scenarios, and rehires so Dayforce receives accurate changes in the correct pay period
- Work with payroll, HRIS, and Dayforce partners to turn requirements into integration designs, field mappings, and transformation rules
- Test and validate integrations across sandbox and implementation tenants, including parallel payroll runs and cutover rehearsals
- Build reconciliation and exception reporting to confirm Workday data matches what Dayforce received and processed
- Set up and maintain SFTP delivery, scheduling, file encryption, and error notification
- Troubleshoot integration errors, find root causes, and document designs, mappings, and runbooks
- Support cutover and hypercare after go-live
What we are looking for
- 7+ years of Workday integration development (Core Connectors, EIB, Workday Studio, Web Services, calculated fields)
- Hands-on experience building PECI or other Workday payroll interfaces for a third-party payroll vendor
- Strong understanding of payroll data, including effective dating, retro changes, earnings and deduction mappings, and pay groups
- Experience with SFTP-based file integrations, including file formats, scheduling, PGP encryption, error handling, and security
- Experience building reconciliation and exception reporting for payroll data
- Strong troubleshooting skills and attention to data accuracy
- Clear communication and the ability to work independently on a fast-moving project
Nice to have
- Dayforce integration or implementation experience
- Experience with a payroll vendor migration or cutover
- Experience with international or multi-country payroll integrations
- Familiarity with Workday Prism, Extend, or REST and SOAP APIs