HR Workday Analyst
Role Type: Contract - 6 months
Work Setup: Remote
Salary: £313.80 per day
Who We Are
Robert Walters is the world's most trusted talent solutions business. Across the globe, we deliver recruitment, outsourcing, and talent advisory services for businesses of all sizes, opening doors for people with diverse skills, ambitions, and backgrounds.
Who You Will Work With
Our client is a well-established company in the insurance sector, known for its focus on customer service and growth. It promotes a positive workplace culture that supports employee development and balance. The company offers opportunities for meaningful contributions in a dynamic environment.
What you'll do:
* Configure and manage SaaS environments, including organisations, data, tenants, integrations, security and audit frameworks.
* Handle complex and large-scale data requests.
* Design, develop, and test new features, enhancements and defect fixes to ensure smooth delivery.
* Optimise SaaS solutions using deep business knowledge, acting as an internal systems expert to recommend improvements, simplify processes and assess HRIS-wide impacts.
* Guide, train and mentor team members to build capability and remove single-point dependencies.
* Research and design solutions, advise functional and programme owners, and contribute to the Business Design Authority by reviewing, sizing and prioritising the change portfolio.
* Engage in SaaS communities to represent the business, influence product roadmaps and prioritise enhancements that improve service delivery, employee experience and efficiency.
* Help shape chatbot strategy; monitor performance, usage and feedback; oversee content creation and deployment updates.
What you bring:
* Strong Workday expertise (Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB), Workday Studio, Report Writer, DTS) with HR systems and data process knowledge.
* Proficient in core modules such as HCM, Time Tracking, Absence, and Payroll.
* Skilled in translating business needs into technical solutions, with strong problem-solving, analytical abilities, and the capacity to apply knowledge across areas while effectively communicating guidance and recommendations to stakeholders.
* Trained in Workday security, including segmented and intersection models, able to recommend solutions and enforce policies effectively.
* Strong understanding of organisational structures and roles.
* Experience with APIs, web services, interfaces, networking, data warehousing, relational databases and performance tuning.
* Technical proficiency in XML and Java with an understanding of database design and downstream impacts.
* HR application support experience with strong data knowledge, conditional logic skills, and a keen attention to detail.
* Work flexibly across technical and customer-facing activities, partnering with People Teams, business units, stakeholders, and third-party SaaS teams to implement enhancements, manage changes, and resolve issues.
What's Next:
If you are ready to take the next step, apply now. Successful applicants will be contacted directly by a recruiter to discuss the role more.
We are committed to creating an inclusive recruitment experience. If you require support or adjustments to the recruitment process, our Adjustment Concierge Service is here to help. Please feel free to contact us at adjustments@robertwalters.com to discuss how we can support you.
This position is being recruited on behalf of our client through our Outsourcing service line. Resource Solutions Limited, trading as Robert Walters, acts as an employment business and agency, partnering with top organizations to help them find the best talent. We welcome applications from all candidates and are committed to providing equal opportunities.