Senior Workday HCM Analyst
Posted 2 days ago by eTeam
Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
Swindon, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Senior Workday HCM Analyst role involves supporting and enhancing Innovate UK’s Workday platform, focusing on Recruiting and Reporting. This hands-on technical position requires delivering system improvements and supporting live services within a BAU environment. The analyst will collaborate with stakeholders to optimize the platform for operational and strategic business needs. The contract is for 4 months with potential for extension, and the role is hybrid based in Swindon.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver enhancements across Workday HCM, including configuration, reporting, and business process optimisation
- Provide expert support for Workday Recruiting, including requisitions, candidate workflows, and offer management
- Build and maintain reports, dashboards, and analytics to support HR and recruitment insights
- Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and deliver effective system solutions
- Lead workshops and translate business requirements into technical designs
- Manage and prioritise BAU support tickets, enhancements, and system changes
- Support Workday releases, including impact assessments and feature enablement
- Ensure alignment with governance, security, and compliance standards (including GDPR)
- Provide guidance and mentoring to HR and IT stakeholders
- Promote continuous improvement and best practice across Workday usage
Key Skills:
- 5+ years’ Workday experience, with strong expertise in Workday HCM
- Proven experience with Workday Recruiting and reporting
- Strong understanding of Workday configuration, security, or integrations
- Experience building and maintaining reports and dashboards
- Demonstrable experience in business process optimisation
- Strong stakeholder engagement and requirements gathering skills
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
- Solid understanding of end-to-end HR and recruitment processes
- Experience supporting system changes, releases, and BAU operations
- Strong attention to detail in highly governed environments
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Swindon
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Role: Senior Workday HCM Analyst
Contract Length: 4 months (pending extension confirmation to 31st March 27, should be signed off soon)
Location: Swindon (Hybrid)
Ad hoc attendance for meetings. This may change later on, but they have team members UK wide.
IR35: inside
Minimum Requirement: Workday HCM Certification (essential)
Interview Process: 1 stage teams
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Senior Workday HCM Analyst to support and enhance Innovate UK’s Workday platform, with a strong focus on Recruiting and Reporting. This is a hands-on technical role within a BAU environment, responsible for delivering system improvements, supporting live services, and contributing to ongoing transformation initiatives. You will play a key role in ensuring the platform is optimised to meet both operational and strategic business needs.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver enhancements across Workday HCM, including configuration, reporting, and business process optimisation
- Provide expert support for Workday Recruiting, including requisitions, candidate workflows, and offer management
- Build and maintain reports, dashboards, and analytics to support HR and recruitment insights
- Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and deliver effective system solutions
- Lead workshops and translate business requirements into technical designs
- Manage and prioritise BAU support tickets, enhancements, and system changes
- Support Workday releases, including impact assessments and feature enablement
- Ensure alignment with governance, security, and compliance standards (including GDPR)
- Provide guidance and mentoring to HR and IT stakeholders
- Promote continuous improvement and best practice across Workday usage
Essential Skills & Experience
- 5+ years’ Workday experience, with strong expertise in Workday HCM
- Proven experience with Workday Recruiting and reporting
- Strong understanding of Workday configuration, security, or integrations
- Experience building and maintaining reports and dashboards
- Demonstrable experience in business process optimisation
- Strong stakeholder engagement and requirements gathering skills
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
- Solid understanding of end-to-end HR and recruitment processes
- Experience supporting system changes, releases, and BAU operations
- Strong attention to detail in highly governed environments
Desirable Skills
- Workday Prism Analytics experience
- Experience with additional Workday modules (e.g. Compensation, Absence, Payroll, Finance)
- Experience with Workday integrations (e.g. job boards, background checks)
- Public sector or highly regulated environment experience
- Consulting background
Qualifications
- Workday HCM Certification (essential)
- Workday Recruiting certification highly desirable
Key Competencies
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
- High attention to detail and quality
- Collaborative and proactive approach
- Strategic thinking with a delivery-focused mindset
Why Join:
- Opportunity to work on a critical Workday platform within a respected public sector organisation
- Exposure to a complex, high-visibility environment with meaningful impact
- Flexible hybrid working model
- Chance to lead improvements and influence system evolution