Workday Payroll provided by Strada
Unify HR and payroll for your global workforce
Harness a unified, agile HR and payroll system for your global workforce across 180+ countries.
Global HR and payroll, seamlessly delivered
In a rapidly changing world, organisations can no longer rely on disconnected and siloed HR and payroll systems that slow progress. Together Workday and Strada offer a unified, agile HR and payroll solution that empowers organisations to source, manage and pay their entire workforce around the world - employees, hourly, contractors and gig - in a simplified, adaptable way.
What sets us apart
Everything you need to consolidate and simplify operations globally
Run a flawless, global business
Don’t just run your business, run it flawlessly. Adapt processes with ease, support compliance and connect all aspects of your enterprise to harmonise global operations.
Let technology do the tough work
AI applied to real-time data flow and business processes supported by automation, streamlines your HR and payroll tasks, reduces errors, and fuels efficiency.
Make confident decisions faster than ever
Harness your entire workforce and compensation data set with advanced analytics and insights to inform data-driven decisions that drive your business forward.
Empower your people for maximum performance
Provide easy access to self-service tasks like finding their latest pay stub, requesting an absence, inquiring about benefits, or checking their holiday balance, all in one place.
“We started our transformation project only thinking about how to improve our HR processes and the related employee experience but during the deployment it quickly became clear how significant global payroll was in achieving our objectives. Together, with Workday and Strada, we now have a connected and unified experience for HR and payroll globally and have improved efficiency and productivity by embedding automation and standardisation."
HR Digital Innovation Director Prysmian Group![]()
How we help
Payroll processing your way
Stay ahead of compliance
Keeping up with regulatory change in all the countries you operate in, is no easy feat. Our dedicated experts actively monitor regulatory changes so you can remain confidently compliant.
Achieve greater payroll accuracy
Touchless, always on, AI-driven payroll enhances accuracy through instant recalculation when worker data is changed in Workday and is backed by automated anomaly detection.
Reduce costs with innovation
Harness the power of AI to auto-detect and correct pay anomalies, avoiding costly payroll leakage and tiresome overpayment recovery.
Obtain the right level of payroll support
From fully outsourced, to partially outsourced, you gain the flexibility to scale your payroll services support levels up or down while maintaining control and visibility.
Discover the full capabilities of our global payroll platform, built to scale with your business.
Frequently asked questions?
What is Workday payroll?
Workday payroll is a payroll system within Workday that helps organisations calculate and pay employees. When implemented correctly it gives organisational leaders visibility, control, and compliance across every location. With Strada which has over 300 successful Workday payroll deployments, the Workday system simplifies processes, reduces manual effort, and ensures payroll runs smoothly every time. With support to bring AI and machine learning to payroll operations for faster anomaly detection. As well as built-in compliance support for regulatory monitoring across one or multiple countries.
Strada is the only Workday partner to rely on to deploy and operate Workday Payroll in the UK, US, Canada, and France.
Does Workday do payroll?
Workday payroll is available in certain countries and is supported by Strada for broader global coverage. With the support of Strada for Workday payroll organisations can cover 180+ countries across the globe with a 99.9% average payroll accuracy achieved.
Strada’s expert team have successfully delivered more than 300 Workday payroll projects, with end-to-end services from advisory and deployment to optimisation and operations and beyond. This helps guide organisations through every step of the hire-to-pay cycle with support levels tailored to your needs.
How does Workday payroll work?
Workday payroll works by using employee data already in Workday to calculate pay, apply taxes, and process payments. With integration through the entire suite of Workday functionality including financial management, HCM, workforce adaptive planning and benefits, it is possible to visualise all payroll-impacting data allowing smarter insights for business decisions.
Strada is a leading Workday partner with end-to-end support capabilities to help organisations with planning, deployment, optimisation and operation of the full workday suite. Learn more about Workday payroll integrates with the wider Workday suite.
What is the difference between Workday native payroll and a third-party payroll provider?
Workday native payroll runs within the Workday system, while a Workday payroll partner provides payroll services where native payroll is not available. This happens in the situation such as a Workday partner like Strada having the ability to extend Workday payroll beyond territories like UK, US, Canada, and France to a further 180 countries globally. This is achieved by integrated solutions that allows a unified auditable view of all payroll impacting data across systems, Such as the Strada payroll platform that has extensive API integration possibilities for a seamless experience.
How long does a Workday payroll implementation take?
A Workday payroll implementation typically takes several months, depending on complexity and number of countries. This includes several stages such as planning, deployment, optimisation and operation, which all require a strategic approach with a partner that can guide best practises.
Strada are an experienced Workday deployment partner with 300+ successful payroll projects. With a proven methodology to guide organisations through complex decision-making, help avoid common pitfalls, and employ best practises to ensure you are set up for success on go-live and in the future.
What is a Workday payroll partner and why would I need one?
A Workday payroll partner helps extend payroll coverage, provide expertise, and support implementation and ongoing services. This can come in multiple levels of support from post-payroll processing support, day-to-day payroll operations and complete payroll management in the organisations Workday tenant.
Strada are the only Workday payroll partner with the ability to support with end-to-end services from advisory and deployment to optimisation and operation and beyond. Additionally, Strada’s systems integrate seamlessly with Workday’s payroll system to extend coverage to 180 countries around the globe to reduce complexity on multiple solutions being required.