<div>We are looking for a Workday Payroll Specialist to join our People Systems team! This role will be crucial to ensuring the accuracy, compliance and efficiency of our payroll operations across markets using Workday.</div><div><br /></div><div>As part of the day-to-day, you’ll be responsible for configuring, maintaining and enhancing our Workday Payroll setup. You’ll support key stages of the payroll process lifecycle including system updates, regulatory compliance and process improvements while partnering with stakeholders across HR, Finance, Payroll Operations, IT and beyond to deliver flawless payroll experiences. We’re looking for a proactive team player who combines technical expertise with a problem-solving attitude and tight-knit collaboration skills. Come join the band!</div><h3>What Youll Do: </h3><ul><li>Configure, maintain and optimize Workday Payroll functionality, ensuring accuracy, scalability and alignment with business requirements</li><li>Partner cross-functionally with HR and Finance to capture requirements and deliver effective, compliant payroll solutions</li><li>Ensure compliance with country-specific payroll regulations, including tax, reporting and audit requirements</li><li>Provide subject matter expertise on payroll processing, testing, troubleshooting, and support for system enhancements and upgrades</li><li>Collaborate on Workday HCM initiatives, with a focus on payroll integrations and downstream system impacts</li><li>Support related areas such as Compensation, Time Tracking and Absence Management through cross-functional project work</li><li>Own and maintain documentation for configuration decisions, business processes, and change management actions</li><li>Tackle sophisticated configuration and functional issues, and lead them through to resolution in alignment with agreed service levels</li><li>Contribute to the design and operation of processes that support data integrity, security, and adherence to ITGC control frameworks</li><li>Lead user training for Workday payroll functionality and support engagement with business stakeholders</li><li>Actively contribute to improving ways of working within the team through open, candid collaboration</li></ul><h3>Who You Are: </h3><ul><li>5+ years of sophisticated, hands-on Workday Payroll configuration experience</li><li>Proven working knowledge of Workday Core HCM, with added experience in Compensation or Time &amp; Absence Management considered a strong plus</li><li>Deep understanding of payroll compliance, gross-to-net calculations, and payroll-related reporting</li><li>Proficiency in building sophisticated Workday reports, including Calculated Fields, and in using EIBs</li><li>Familiarity with SOX, IT General Controls, GDPR, and associated audit frameworks</li><li>Strong problem-solving skills, with high attention to detail and data integrity</li><li>Validated ability to support multiple priorities in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, while staying organized and flexible</li><li>Demonstrated capability in building effective cross-functional relationships, clearly communicating expectations, and collaborating with stakeholders across HR, Payroll, Accounting and Audit</li><li>A collaborative mentality with the ability to influence service management practices, while also supporting strategy and execution in the HR systems space</li><li>Strong investigation and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to work both independently and as part of a team</li><li>Comfort with working across global HR processes and policies, including the ability to navigate matrixed environments</li><li>Experience in or interest in using AI to deliver high quality solutions</li></ul><h3>Where Youll Be: </h3><ul><li>This role can be based in New York, NY or London, UK.</li><li>We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! There will be some in person meetings, but still allows for flexibility to work from home. We ask that you come in 2-3 times a week.</li></ul><div><span>The United States base range for this position is $69,541 to $99,344 plus equity. The benefits available for this position include health insurance, six month paid parental leave, 401(k) retirement plan, monthly meal allowance, 23 paid days off, 13 paid flexible holidays, paid sick leave. These ranges may be modified in the future.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span>Spotify is an equal opportunity employer. You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span>At Spotify, we are passionate about inclusivity and making sure our entire recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We have ways to request reasonable accommodations during the interview process and help assist in what you need. If you need accommodations at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know - we’re here to support you in any way we can.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span>Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the chance to enjoy and be passionate about these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service.</span></div>