WorkDay SME

Full Description

Workday Consolidation & Integration Lead

HR Technology Strategy | Workday-First Environment

London | Hybrid

Total Package: c. £100k base + £18k bonus + strong pension + full family healthcare + enhanced leave

This role owns the Workday platform for a complex enterprise environment and requires a true Workday SME across Core HCM and Talent, ensuring the system is correctly designed, configured,integrated and optimised to support business outcomes.

The ideal candidates WorkDay module coverage will include Talent & Recruiting, Core, Time & Pay!

Integration & Connectors including Workday-Native, Ecosystem & Tooling. This role requires a true Workday authority as opposed to a short term configurator-for-hire

THE ROLE:

• In-house Workday SME for Core HCM and foundations (org structures, job architecture, hierarchies, BPs).

• Lead configuration across business processes (hire → change → terminate and associated workflows).

• Own and improve Workday Security: roles, approvals, domain access, BP security, and governance standards.

• Provide foresight on platform impacts: what will break, what will scale, and where downstream impacts will land.

• Support legacy HR decommissioning and migration touchpoints; manage change with minimal operational disruption.

• Enable launch of additional modules post-Core HCM (nice-to-have exposure across Absence/Time, Compensation, Talent, Recruiting, etc.).

• Drive controlled delivery: requirements workshops, challenge assumptions, produce rational options, implement clean solutions.

• Create a Workday workstream within the team: standards, documentation, training, and repeatable ways of working.

• Coach and upskill analysts to reduce dependency on external partners and improve time-to-change.

MUST HAVE

• Proven hands-on Workday configuration experience

• Strong Workday foundations + Core HCM capability

• Strong understanding of Workday Security and how it links to business processes and approvals

• Confident engaging stakeholders, asking the right questions, and challenging requirements with credibility

• Able to transfer knowledge and uplift internal capability

NICE TO HAVE

• ~7+ years in Workday environments (flexible if depth is clear)

• In-house Workday team experience (preferred)

• Experience with legacy HR decommissioning / migrations to Workday

• Exposure to multiple modules beyond Core HCM (2+ desirable): Absence/Time, Compensation, Talent, Recruiting, Learning, etc.

• Certifications helpful but not required