Product Group Tech Lead II - Workday Payroll and Integration Specialist

Work Location:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hours:
37.5

Line of Business:
Technology Solutions

Pay Details:
$149,500 - $183,500 CAD

The pay details posted reflect a temporary market premium specific to this role that is reassessed annually.

TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidate's skills and experience, job-related knowledge, geographic location, and other specific business and organizational needs.

As a candidate, you are encouraged to ask compensation related questions and have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide you more specific details for this role.

Job Description:

Lead the development of technical solutions that support the TD's global payroll, benefits and compensation programs and adhere to enterprise architectural and technology delivery principles. Provides deep technical leadership and development experience in end to end execution of product team solutions. Partners with business, project management and technology groups to effectively communicate technology decisions and drive business results, ensuring alignment with the organization's Target Operating Model (TOM), technology roadmap and approach, and enterprise architecture/ technologies. Works collaboratively with relevant SaaS vendors to drive product consumption internally and vendor innovation .

Customer

• Work closely with partners and stakeholders to ensure technical solutions meet technical direction, requirements, budget, scalability and architectural goals, ensuring all risks and impacts are considered
• Leverage deep Workday technology expertise to support in the creation and delivery of end-to-end technical solutions and help to support driving business outcomes
• Participate in business planning discussions and define the technology delivery approach, and leverage synergies across the various teams and applications
• Act as lead expert to ensure compliance with enterprise and segment standards (e.g. TOM; enterprise assets)
• Monitor and manage incident escalation process; work with project managers and business partners as needed to efficiently and effectively resolve
• Identify and implement opportunities to minimize and reduce costs in collaboration with TAO; identify appropriate solutions and support the deployment of innovative product and software solutions
• Collaborate with partners and project teams on software quality assurance reviews
• Drive and execute on target state and roadmap-based investments
• Execute on strategic solution planning activities or POC
• Work with partners across Technology and apply deep understanding of relevant business needs to identify and leverage synergies across the various areas and projects

Shareholder

• Anticipate internal/external business and regulatory issues; recommends process / product / organizational improvements
• Manage resource requirements and assignment, ensuring project milestones are met and monitoring to keep projects on schedule and within budget
• Oversee business expenses and FTE plans and ensure controls in place to monitor, effectively track and manage to established plans
• Maintain knowledge and understanding of external development, technology and emerging solutions, market conditions and their impact
• Proactively identify emerging technologies and innovative solutions for building more robust platform domains
• Interact with governance and control groups, (e.g. regulatory and operational risk, compliance and audit) to provide subject matter expertise and consult on risk issues / items relating to technology and tools
• Protect the interests of the organization - identify and manage risks, and escalate non-standard, high risk transactions / activities as necessary
• Maintain a culture of risk management and control, supported by effective processes in alignment with risk appetite

Employee/Team

• Participate fully as a member of the team, support a positive work environment that promotes service to the business, quality, innovation and teamwork and ensure timely communication of issues/ points of interest
• Provide thought leadership and/ or industry knowledge for quality engineering best practices and participate in knowledge transfer within the team and business unit; may take on the role of Chapter Lead as applicable
• Keep current on emerging trends/ developments and grow knowledge of the business, related tools and techniques
• Participate in personal performance management and development activities, including cross training within own team
• Keep others informed and up-to-date about the status / progress of projects and / or all relevant or useful information related to day-to-day activities
• Contribute to team development of skills and capabilities through mentorship of others, by sharing knowledge and experiences and leveraging quality engineering best practices.
• Work collaboratively with the team and leadership to proactively identify and resolve issues related to product quality
• Lead, motivate and develop relationships with internal and external business partners / stakeholders to develop productive working relationships.
• Contribute to a fair, positive and equitable environment that supports a diverse workforce
• Act as a brand ambassador for your business area/function and the bank, both internally and/or externally

Breadth & Depth

• Lead Technical solutions at the Product Group level
• Deep expertise and knowledge of Workday Payroll, Compensation and Integrations as well as Varicent, including understanding of in-house and third-party architecture integration
• Has demonstrated experience supporting Workday Prism and Extend use case implementations.
• Advanced and highly specialized knowledge of TD applications, systems, networks, innovation, design activities, best practices, business / organization, Bank standards, regulatory and compliance standards, and may fulfill a governance role
• Provides leadership and guidance to several teams across the enterprise and solves cross-department issues
• Participates in the development of business strategies
• Ensures solutions are consistent with organizational objectives
• Utilize subject matter expertise to introduce new technologies, or new versions of existing technologies, into the organization
• Generally, reports to an executive

Experience and/or Education

• Undergraduate degree or Technical Certificate
• Graduate degree preferred
• 10+ years of development and technology delivery experience with Agile Delivery Experience preferred
• Workday technology expertise
• Deep knowledge of Workday Payroll, Compensation and Integrations as well as Varicent
• Demonstrated experience supporting Workday Prism and Extend use case implementations

Who We Are:

TD is one of the world's leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day, we strive to make every interaction, product, and experience remarkably human and refreshingly simple for over 27 million households and businesses in Canada, the United States and around the world. More than 95,000 TD colleagues bring their skills, talent, and creativity to foster deeper relationships, ensure disciplined execution, and build a simpler, faster banking experience. TD is deeply committed to being a leader in client experience, that is why we believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are client facing. Together, we are reimagining what banking can be for our clients, colleagues and communities.

Our Total Rewards Package
Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial, physical, and mental well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary, variable compensation, and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off, banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition programs. Learn more

Additional Information:
We're delighted that you're considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we're committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

Please be advised that this job opportunity is subject to provincial regulation for employment purposes. It is imperative to acknowledge that each province or territory within the jurisdiction of Canada may have its own set of regulations, requirements.

Colleague Development

If you're interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You'll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities.

If you're passionate about helping clients and building deep, lasting relationships, TD offers diverse career paths where you can grow your expertise and make a meaningful impact.

We're committed to your success and foster a respectful workplace where diverse perspectives are valued, everyone has fair opportunities to grow, and you can unlock your full potential to achieve your career goals. Here at TD, we hire and develop the best.

Training & Onboarding
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you've got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Interview Process
We'll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.

Accommodation
Your accessibility is important to us. Please let us know if you'd like accommodations (including accessible meeting rooms, captioning for virtual interviews, etc.) to help us remove barriers so that you can participate throughout the interview process.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Language Requirement (Quebec only):
Sans Objet