About this course
Workday Payroll is one of the most in-demand Workday skillsets employers are hiring for today. This program is built for professionals and career-switchers who want a hands-on, job-ready skillset in this area. You'll work hands-on in a live sandbox, cover payroll configuration & pay components; Earnings, deductions & tax setup; Payroll processing & off-cycle payments, and finish with a client-style paid project you can showcase to recruiters.
Every batch is led live by a practising Workday consultant, and every session is recorded — so you never lose a class even if you miss one. On completion, Fortified EDI's placement team introduces you to hiring partners actively looking for Workday Payroll talent.
What you'll learn
Payroll configuration & pay components
Earnings, deductions & tax setup
Payroll processing & off-cycle payments
Payroll accounting & GL integration
Compliance & regulatory reporting
Hands-on labs in a live sandbox environment
Best practices used in real Workday implementations
Apply everything on a live, paid client project
Course curriculum
- Overview of Workday Payroll and where it fits in the Workday ecosystem
- Key terminology, architecture and prerequisites
- Setting up your practice / sandbox environment
- Core concepts and configuration steps for Payroll configuration & pay components
- Guided hands-on exercises in the live lab
- Common real-world scenarios and troubleshooting
- Core concepts and configuration steps for Earnings, deductions & tax setup
- Guided hands-on exercises in the live lab
- Common real-world scenarios and troubleshooting
- Core concepts and configuration steps for Payroll processing & off-cycle payments
- Guided hands-on exercises in the live lab
- Common real-world scenarios and troubleshooting
- Core concepts and configuration steps for Payroll accounting & GL integration
- Guided hands-on exercises in the live lab
- Common real-world scenarios and troubleshooting
- Core concepts and configuration steps for Compliance & regulatory reporting
- Guided hands-on exercises in the live lab
- Common real-world scenarios and troubleshooting
- Mock exam / assessment and doubt-clearing sessions
- Reporting, dashboards and real-world documentation
- Live, paid client project with mentor review
Your mentor
Vikram Chauhan
Lead Workday Consultant & Trainer · 10+ yrs experience
Vikram has delivered Workday projects for enterprise clients across India, the Middle East and the US, and has trained 776+ learners at Fortified EDI.
Learner reviews
The live labs made every concept click, and the mentor's real project examples made all the difference.
Aditya Joshi
Workday Payroll, Batch 22
Weekend batch fit around my job perfectly, and the paid project gave me something real to talk about in interviews.
Ritu Chawla
Workday Payroll, Batch 21
Placement team lined up interviews within a month of my certification. Grateful for the support.
Manoj Pillai
Workday Payroll, Batch 20
Frequently asked questions
Working professionals, IT / functional graduates, and career-switchers who want to build a hands-on, job-ready skillset in Workday Payroll. No prior Workday experience is required — we start from fundamentals before moving into advanced, real-world scenarios.
No prior hands-on experience is required for most learners. A basic familiarity with computers is enough — we start from Workday Payroll fundamentals before moving into advanced, real-world configuration.
All classes are 100% live and mentor-led. Every session is also recorded and added to your LMS, so you can revisit any topic or catch up on a missed class.
On completing the course and paid project, our placement team preps your resume, runs mock interviews, and introduces you to relevant openings across our 500+ hiring partners until you're placed.
Yes, no-cost EMI options are available. Share your details in the callback form and a counsellor will walk you through the plans.
You get lifetime access to class recordings, presentations and your LMS, including future content updates at no extra cost.
