Workday Functional Consultant
Posted 1 day ago by Context Recruitment
£625 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
London, UK
Summary: The Workday Functional Consultant role is focused on leading the administration and optimization of Workday within a rapidly expanding organization undergoing a significant HR systems transformation. The position involves configuring various Workday modules and supporting the onboarding of newly acquired businesses. This contract is expected to last for six months with a high likelihood of extension due to ongoing expansion plans. The consultant will play a critical role in the company's digital transformation and M&A strategy.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the day-to-day administration, optimisation and continuous improvement of Workday
- Configure Workday templates, modules, business processes, reports and workflow
- Support M&A activities through the onboarding of new groups of employees into Workday
- Requirements Gathering and Analysis, collaborating with stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into functional specifications
- Collaborate closely with HR and IT stakeholders to define requirements and deliver appropriate solutions
- Ensure data accuracy and integrity across systems and integrations (eg Payroll, ERP)
- Provide training and support to HR end users and stakeholders
- Maintain strong vendor relationships and oversee third-party integrations
- Ensure compliance with data governance and security standards
Key Skills:
- Proven experience as a Workday Consultant or Sys Admin
- Deep understanding of Workday configuration (including templates, workflows and reporting)
- Ideally experience supporting Workday in environments involving M&A requiring onboarding of new businesses
- Solid grasp of HR processes and how they map to systems
- Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently and strategically within an extremely fast-paced environment
Salary (Rate): £625 daily
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Workday Functional Consultant
London (4 days per week onsite/1 day WFH)
£575 - £625 p/d, outside IR35
6 months (high likelihood of extension)
A well-established, rapidly expanding organisation (8-10 acquisitions likely to complete this year alone), undergoing a major HR systems transformation is seeking an experienced Workday Functional Consultant/Systems Admin for an initial 6 month contract. Due to the ambitious expansion plans the contract is highly likely to extend.
It is a critical position within the company's digital transformation and M&A strategy, focusing on the ongoing optimisation and development of Workday.
This contract offers the opportunity to play a key role in configuring modules, workflows, business processes, reports, integrations as well as onboarding multiple newly acquired businesses onto the Workday platform.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the day-to-day administration, optimisation and continuous improvement of Workday
- Configure Workday templates, modules, business processes, reports and workflow
- Support M&A activities through the onboarding of new groups of employees into Workday
- Requirements Gathering and Analysis, collaborating with stakeholders to understand business needs and translate the into functional specifications.
- Collaborate closely with HR and IT stakeholders to define requirements and deliver appropriate solutions
- Ensure data accuracy and integrity across systems and integrations (eg Payroll, ERP)
- Provide training and support to HR end users and stakeholders
- Maintain strong vendor relationships and oversee third-party integrations
- Ensure compliance with data governance and security standards
Requirements:
- Proven experience as a Workday Consultant or Sys Admin
- Deep understanding of Workday configuration (including templates, workflows and reporting)
- Ideally experience supporting Workday in environments involving M&A requiring onboarding of new businesses
- Solid grasp of HR processes and how they map to systems
- Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently and strategically within an extremely fast-paced environment