Workday HCM Lead
Posted Today by Almanac Recruitment
£725 Per day
Outside
Remote
United Kingdom
Summary: The Workday HCM Lead role is a remote position focused on guiding an internal Workday HCM team through process optimization and operational readiness, particularly in the context of M&A onboarding and transitions. The ideal candidate will have a strong functional Workday background and experience in driving process maturity within HCM teams. This hands-on leadership role requires collaboration with stakeholders to improve workflows, documentation, and governance. The position is contract-based for 6 months with an immediate start date.
Key Responsibilities:
- Act as the functional lead and advisor to the Workday HCM team, supporting day-to-day operations and ongoing improvements.
- Drive process refinement and standardisation across HCM-related activities, ensuring scalable and repeatable practices.
- Design and implement operational processes to manage new M&A integrations, ensuring documentation, communication, and transition activities are smooth and consistent.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to assess current pain points, identify gaps, and introduce improvements across the employee lifecycle.
- Support with documentation standards, process flows, team playbooks, and best practices to ensure knowledge retention and smoother onboarding of future team members or acquisitions.
- Align Workday HCM operations with business and HR strategy, enabling a more proactive and agile function.
- Act as a liaison between HR, IT, and business leadership to ensure expectations are met and opportunities for improvement are identified.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience as a Workday HCM Lead, HCM Functional Consultant, or HCM Operations Lead.
- Strong knowledge of Workday Core HCM and its application across HR operations and employee lifecycle processes.
- Experience supporting or leading teams through process optimisation and operational transformation.
- Background in M&A environments with hands-on involvement in the HR systems side of onboarding and integration.
- Excellent documentation, process mapping, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Comfortable working autonomously and guiding others in a dynamic, remote-first environment.
- Based in or available to work to UK/EU time zones.
Salary (Rate): £725 per day
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: HR
Location: Remote UK/EU
Contract – 6 Months
Start Date: ASAP
Rate: £725per day (outside Ir35 for the UK)
We are seeking an experienced Workday HCM Lead to support and guide an internal Workday HCM team through a period of process optimisation and operational readiness. The focus will be on improving internal workflows, documentation, and governance — particularly around M&A onboarding and transitions. This is a hands-on leadership role, ideal for someone with a strong functional Workday background and proven experience in driving process maturity within HCM teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the functional lead and advisor to the Workday HCM team, supporting day-to-day operations and ongoing improvements.
- Drive process refinement and standardisation across HCM-related activities, ensuring scalable and repeatable practices.
- Design and implement operational processes to manage new M&A integrations, ensuring documentation, communication, and transition activities are smooth and consistent.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to assess current pain points, identify gaps, and introduce improvements across the employee lifecycle.
- Support with documentation standards, process flows, team playbooks, and best practices to ensure knowledge retention and smoother onboarding of future team members or acquisitions.
- Align Workday HCM operations with business and HR strategy, enabling a more proactive and agile function.
- Act as a liaison between HR, IT, and business leadership to ensure expectations are met and opportunities for improvement are identified.
Skills & Experience Required
- Proven experience as a Workday HCM Lead, HCM Functional Consultant, or HCM Operations Lead.
- Strong knowledge of Workday Core HCM and its application across HR operations and employee lifecycle processes.
- Experience supporting or leading teams through process optimisation and operational transformation.
- Background in M&A environments with hands-on involvement in the HR systems side of onboarding and integration.
- Excellent documentation, process mapping, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Comfortable working autonomously and guiding others in a dynamic, remote-first environment.
- Based in or available to work to UK/EU time zones.