Shape Workday HCM and Payroll architecture at the University of Waterloo, guiding secure configuration, integrations, reporting, and cross-module design. This senior architecture position governs Workday solutions spanning Human Capital Management, Payroll, and Financial Management. You guide functional owners and analysts toward supported platform capabilities while addressing legal, privacy, security, audit, and regulatory requirements. The role facilitates complex design decisions across HR, Payroll, Finance, Procurement, Research, and related institutional systems, while maintaining the target state architecture and transition plan.

Key Responsibilities
- Guide coherent solutions across HCM, Payroll, and Financial Management
- Identify dependencies, customization risks, duplication, and technical debt
- Resolve complex design issues across institutional systems




- Review security designs, controls, exceptions, and privacy implications
- Mentor analysts, configurators, developers, specialists, and administrators

Requirements:
- Minimum eight years of progressive enterprise application experience
- Depth across multiple Workday domains and architectural leadership
- Experience with large-scale ERP transformation and integration environments
- Solid communication, facilitation, analysis, and presentation skills
- Workday Pro and/or Partner certification required Apply Workday HCM, Payroll, security, and solution design leadership across the University of Waterloo’s enterprise systems.

📌 Workday HCM Payroll Architect (Ottawa)
🏢 Waterloo International
📍 Ottawa