Job Description

Job Location: Dallas Campus - Dallas, TX 75204
Position Type: Temporary
Job Category: HybridJob

Summary:
We are seeking a highly skilled Payroll, Time & Absence Specialist for a temporary position to support our transition from Paycom to Workday, in partnership with Avaap, our certified Workday Implementation Consultants. Avaap is a full-service technology and management consulting firm specializing in Workday implementations, helping organizations modernize systems, transform business processes, and drive meaningful outcomes—particularly in higher education, government, and nonprofit sectors.
This role is critical in ensuring payroll accuracy, compliance, and continuity across payroll, time tracking, and absence management throughout implementation and post–go-live stabilization. The ideal candidate brings hands-on Workday Payroll experience, strong payroll tax expertise, and the ability to collaborate cross-functionally to make this transition as seamless as possible.
Key Responsibilities
- Support payroll, time tracking, and absence management operations during the transition from Paycom to Workday, ensuring accuracy and continuity
- Serve as a subject matter expert for Workday Payroll, Time Tracking, and Absence during implementation, partnering closely with internal teams and Avaap
- Assist with Workday configuration, testing, data validation, and parallel testing for payroll, time, and absence
- Ensure proper flow of time and absence data into payroll and validate earnings, deductions, and accruals
- Identify risks or gaps across payroll, time, or absence setup and proactively recommend solutions
- Support payroll tax setup and compliance, including:
- Coordinating setup with a third-party payroll tax vendor (e.g., ADP), or
- Supporting payroll tax processing managed in-house
- Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local payroll tax regulations
- Document payroll, time, and absence processes, controls, and best practices
- Troubleshoot issues during implementation and post-go-live stabilization
- Support knowledge transfer to internal payroll, HR, and timekeeping teams as needed

Qualifications

Required Qualifications
- Proven experience as a Payroll Specialist, Payroll Analyst, or similar role
- Hands-on Workday Payroll experience (required)
- Experience with Workday Time Tracking and/or Absence Management
- Experience supporting a payroll or HCM system implementation or conversion
- Strong working knowledge of payroll tax compliance (federal, state, and local)
- Experience working with payroll tax vendors or managing taxes in-house
- High attention to detail with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, implementation-driven environment
- Strong communication skills and ability to partner across HR, Finance, IT, and external vendors
Preferred

Qualifications
- Prior experience transitioning from Paycom to Workday