Workday Payroll
Simplify the way you pay
Strada helps you deliver accurate, compliant, and timely payroll with Workday Payroll. We streamline operations, reduce risk, and give you the tools and support to manage payroll with confidence no matter where your workforce is located.
A smarter way to manage payroll complexity
Payroll is one of the most sensitive and high-stakes functions in any organization. Employees expect to be paid correctly and on time. Leaders need visibility, control, and compliance across every location. Strada helps you implement and operate Workday Payroll to simplify processes, reduce manual effort, and ensure payroll runs smoothly every time.
The Strada advantage
300+
Workday Payroll deployments completed
2.7M
Employees served on Workday Payroll System
99.9%
Average payroll accuracy achieved
$1.4T
Payroll transactions processed annually
1,000+
Workday projects completed
180+
Countries covered with payroll
What sets us apart
Purpose-built to power payroll performance
Trusted experience
With decades of payroll expertise, we know what works and what doesn’t. Our team helps you design and operate a payroll solution that’s accurate, scalable, and aligned to your business.
Innovation in action
Strada brings AI and machine learning into your payroll operations to reduce manual work, detect anomalies, and improve decision-making. We help you move faster with smarter tools built into the core of Workday.
Operational efficiency
We create a seamless connection between HR and payroll, giving you the transparency and flexibility to scale. Our solutions reduce friction and improve accuracy across every step of the process.
Global compliance
Strada helps you stay ahead of changing regulations with built-in compliance support. Whether you operate in one country or across many, we help you maintain accuracy and consistency.
Proven satisfaction
Strada is the only Workday partner that you can count on to deploy and operate Workday Payroll in the UK, US, Canada, and France. We set unprecedented reliability and superior customer experience with the highest satisfaction ratings in the industry.
How we help
Services that simplify and scale payroll
Advisory
From pre-deployment planning to post-deployment support, Strada provides expert payroll guidance every step of the way. We share our operational know-how to ensure your in-house teams are confident, capable, and set up for long-term success.
Deployment
Strada brings together deep Workday technical expertise and over 20 years of payroll processing experience. As the only Workday partner that both deploys and operates Workday Payroll, we embed best practices and optimal configuration from day one.
Optimization
Workday Payroll is always evolving and so should your environment. Strada helps you stay ahead by adopting new features, refining workflows, and enhancing configurations. Our optimization services keep payroll accurate, compliant, and aligned with your changing business needs.
People Services
Remove the risk and complexity of running Workday Payroll in-house with flexible managed payroll services to complement your existing strengths and investments.
Global Payroll
Complement operations with an integrated solution for Workday global payroll, putting you in full control of your multi-national workforce and ensure accurate payments on time, all the time—no matter the location, language or currency.
“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 standardization.”
HR Digital Innovation Director Prysmian Group
Discover the full capabilities of our global solution, Workday Payroll provided by Strada, built to scale with your business.
Frequently asked questions?
What is Workday payroll?
Workday payroll is a payroll system within Workday that helps organizations calculate and pay employees. When implemented correctly it gives organizational 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 organizations 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 optimization and operations and beyond. This helps guide organizations 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 visualize all payroll-impacting data allowing smarter insights for business decisions.
Strada is a leading Workday partner with end-to-end support capabilities to help organizations with planning, deployment, optimization 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, optimization 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 organizations through complex decision-making, help avoid common pitfalls, and employ best practices 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 organizations Workday tenant.
Strada are the only Workday payroll partner with the ability to support with end-to-end services from advisory and deployment to optimization 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.
