Workday Architect - Payroll

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Abbott is a global healthcare leader th helps people live more fully all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Working Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work th mters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an internional company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU educion benefit - an affordable and convenient ph to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a gre place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company th is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Abbott Park, IL locion within the CHR Corpore Human Resources Division.

The Workday Architect will be a member of the Abbott HRTS group supporting US Payroll. Payroll Architect will lead the design, governance, and continuous improvement of Workday Payroll. This role will own end-to-end payroll architecture, ensuring scalable configurion, robust integrions, audit-ready compliance, and a frictionless employee experience across pay cycles. You will be the technical thought leader driving payroll modernizion, operional reliability, and stregic roadmap delivery.

Wh You’ll Work On

• Lead HRTS Projects, providing expertise to associe architects and ensuring projects are delivered on time and are documented appropriely.
• Own the Workday Payroll architecture across configurion, integrions, reporting, security, and da governance.
• Design scalable solutions for gross-to-net processing, taxion, garnishments, pretax/post-tax deductions, retro and off-cycle payrolls, bonus/commission, and year-end activities.
• Work with Sr. Architects to identify innovive opportunities to enhance our customers’ experience.
• Serve as a primary resource for associe architects and other functional leads to review proof of concept and/or new ways to deliver system da.
• Architects have a responsibility to ensure cross-HRTS alignment on priority initiives.
• Architects work with the clients within their vertical or across verticals.   They are responsible for helping to define the scope of projects and managing the timelines for any project their team is associed with. They gher requirements and make recommendions to meet our client's needs within the parameters of our systems.
• Architects document processes and seek approvals to have them routed for signure.
• Architects may have Associe Architects and contract workers who will report to them within their vertical. They may work on independent projects; however, the Architect will be responsible for ensuring th their team is working within the guidelines of the project.

Required Qualificions

• Bachelor’s Degree required. Master’s Degree preferred.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Informion Technology Management, Business Administrion or in a highly reled field of study
• 7-10 years of experience in Technology required.
• 4 or more years of Workday experience required.
• HR Informion System background and cloud-based HR systems background preferred.

Preferred Qualificions

• Experience with Workday modules – US Payroll required.
• Experience with Workday modules – time tracking and Absence is preferred
• Workday certificion/training for US Payroll is a plus.
• Deep knowledge of U.S. payroll tax, multi-ste compliance, garnishments, benefit taxion, and year-end processing.
• Experience with payroll accounting and reconciliion with Finance/GL.
• Excellent communicion skills.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:  www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirions to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company th can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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The base pay for this position is $99,300.00 – $198,700.00. In specific locions, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

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