Senior Workday HR Analyst

Job Description

Job Purpose:
Smiths Detection is implementing Workday as its strategic global HR platform. As Workday becomes the system of record for HR operations, the organisation requires dedicated in-house capability to support, maintain, optimise and enhance the application following implementation.
This newly created role forms a key component of the target HR Technology support model. Smiths Detection does not currently have sufficient internal Workday expertise and therefore requires a specialist resource to reduce dependency on implementation partners, provide business continuity, support end users and maximise value from the Workday investment.
The role will support transition into a sustainable product operating model and act as a Workday SME for ongoing support, optimisation and enhancement delivery. The successful candidate will act as a Workday subject matter expert, partnering with HR, Technology and business stakeholders to maximise value from the Workday investment and support the evolution of Workday into a sustainable global product.

Duties:

• Support transition to an operational product team model
• Optimise and enhance the Workday MVP solution
• Manage configuration, security, reports, dashboards and business processes
• Gather and translate business requirements
• Support backlog prioritisation and delivery
• Coordinate testing and releases
• Establish governance and service management processes
• Partner with HR, Technology and business stakeholders

Qualifications

Technical Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Essential:

• Over 8 years of extensive experience in Workday HCM consulting, implementation, and managed services.
• Significant hands-on Workday configuration experience across multiple modules.
• Experience supporting Workday in either a post-implementation, optimisation or product ownership environment.
• Strong understanding of Workday HCM and related functional areas.
• Experience developing reports, dashboards, calculated fields and business processes.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to balance operational support requirements with continuous improvement activities.

Desirable:

• Experience supporting Workday implementations and post-go-live stabilisation.
• Experience transitioning from project delivery into a product operating model.
• Knowledge of Agile product delivery and backlog management approaches.
• Experience with Absence, Learning, Advanced Compensation, Benefits or Integrations.
• Experience working within global matrix organisations.

Additional Information

Join us and we’ll help build your career, with excellent training and opportunities for career growth across the business, both locally and globally. You’ll experience an inclusive environment, with strong leadership and a focus on safety and wellbeing. You’ll also have the flexibility to choose from a wide range of benefits to suit your lifestyle, offering you and your family support from a health and wellbeing, financial and lifestyle perspective.

Join us and work for a world-leader, with the benefits and training to reward your dedication and skills. Be part of a team where we are making the world a safer place.

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.

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