Workday Tester

Description :

We are hiring a Workday Functional Tester with strong expertise in Workday HCM, Time Tracking, Absence, and Payroll Interface testing. The role involves executing structured test cycles for a global Workday ? ADP integration and payroll transformation program across multiple countries.

You will be responsible for validating integrations, performing data checks, documenting defects, working with functional and technical teams, and ensuring high-quality delivery across SIT, UAT, regression, and end-to-end testing cycles.

Key Responsibilities :

Test Planning & Test Execution :

- Execute detailed test scenarios for Workday HCM, Time Tracking, Absence, Compensation, and Payroll Interface modules.

- Review BRDs, functional specs, and mapping documents to derive test conditions.

- Participate in test plan creation, scoping, and test estimation activities.

- Perform hands-on execution of SIT, UAT, E2E, regression, PGLS, and cutover testing.

Integration & Data Validation :

- Validate end-to-end data flows for Workday ADP integrations including :

1. PECI (Payroll Effective Change Interface)

2. PICOF

3. EIB (Inbound/Outbound)

4. Core Connectors & Studio Integrations

- Validate data mapping between Workday HCM and downstream payroll systems.

- Verify data transformation logic, field-level accuracy, pay components, time entries, absence accruals, and costing data.

Payroll & Time/Absence Testing :

- Support payroll testing cycles : gross-to-net inputs validation, pay group checks, and payroll readiness activities.

- Validate time tracking rules, schedules, work tags, time entry flows, and absence balances.

- Validate Workday pay inputs (earning/deduction codes) and their movement into ADP systems.

- Verify job changes, transfers, promotions, retro events, terminations, and other Job Data impacting payroll.

Defect Management :

- Document defects clearly with replication steps, screenshots, and impact details.

- Perform defect triaging along with functional & technical teams.

- Work closely with Workday consultants, developers, ADP teams, and HCM SMEs to validate fixes.

- Re-test and close defects ensuring complete traceability from requirement test case , execution , closure.

Cutover, Go-Live & Hypercare Support :

- Support cutover testing, mock migrations, and production readiness checks.

- Validate data conversion & migration loads for worker data, comp data, and time/absence data.

- Participate in Go-Live testing cycles and stabilization/hypercare activities including issue validation and root-cause analysis.

Documentation & Reporting ;

- Maintain detailed and reusable test scripts, run logs, and traceability matrices.

- Prepare daily/weekly status reports for leadership and stakeholders.

- Document gaps, enhancements, and testing insights for process improvements.

- Maintain test evidence for audit & compliance purposes.

Required Technical & Functional Skills :

Must-Have :

- 3- 5+ years of Workday Functional Testing experience.

- Hands-on experience testing in Workday HCM, Absence, Time & Payroll Interface modules.

- Strong experience validating integrations involving Studio, EIB, APIs, PECI/PICOF.

- Strong understanding of HR master data, worker lifecycle events, and payroll impacting fields.

- Ability to read data mapping sheets, transformation logic, and conduct field-level validation.

Good to Have :

- Experience in Workday HCM configuration or strong functional knowledge.

- Experience working on Workday ADP integration/testing projects.

- Familiarity with payroll concepts (pay groups, pay components, costing, deductions).

- Experience using JIRA, ALM, Confluence, TestRail, qTest or other test management tools.

- Basic SQL or data analysis experience.

- Experience with global HR/payroll data validation across multiple countries.

Soft Skills & Work Behaviors :

- Excellent documentation, reporting, and communication skills.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

- Ability to work independently in a global delivery model (onsiteoffshore).

- High attention to detail with a quality-first mindset.

- Ability to multitask across multiple testing cycles.