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Lead, People Systems - Payroll, Absence and Time-Tracking

  • Canada
  • Remote
  • Posted Jul 29, 2026
  • 1 position

$89,600–$112,000 / year

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Employment type
Full-time
Experience level
Senior · 7+ years
Minimum education
Professional degree
Posting language
English
Working hours
40 hours per week
Location requirements
Country, Canada

Job summary

The Lead, People Systems will configure and maintain Workday modules including Payroll, Absence, Time Tracking, and Core HCM. They will also partner with business teams to translate requirements into scalable system designs and drive process automation.

Job details

The Lead, People Systems will configure and maintain Workday modules including Payroll, Absence, Time Tracking, and Core HCM. They will also partner with business teams to translate requirements into scalable system designs and drive process automation. Candidates must have 7+ years of experience as a Workday Business Systems Analyst with deep hands-on knowledge of PATT configuration and security models. Professional certifications in Workday HCM, Payroll, Absence, or Time Tracking are required.

What you’ll do

The Lead, People Systems will configure and maintain Workday modules including Payroll, Absence, Time Tracking, and Core HCM. They will also partner with business teams to translate requirements into scalable system designs and drive process automation.

Requirements

Candidates must have 7+ years of experience as a Workday Business Systems Analyst with deep hands-on knowledge of PATT configuration and security models. Professional certifications in Workday HCM, Payroll, Absence, or Time Tracking are required.

Benefits

  • Health benefits
  • Life insurance
  • Group savings with employer match
  • 20 vacation days
  • 4 wellness days
  • Unlimited sick and mental health days
  • 90 days away work program
  • Equity

Listed skills

  • Change Management · Preferred
  • Technical Documentation · Preferred
  • Stakeholder Management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

  • Workday Payroll
  • Workday Absence
  • Workday Time Tracking
  • Workday Core HCM
  • System configuration
  • Business process design
  • Workday security model
  • Data auditing
  • Change management
  • Reporting and dashboards
  • Process automation
  • AI tools application
  • Technical documentation
  • Stakeholder management
  • Impact analysis

Job areas

  • Human Resources
  • Technology
  • Software
  • Data & Analytics
  • Finance & Accounting