Role: Lead consultant - Workday Responsibilities: Act as a Workday HCM expert with deep knowledge of design, configuration, testing, and implementation. Become an authority on the people management processes Workday supports at Customer - e.g., Joiners/Movers/Leavers, Absence, Compensation, Benefits. Utilise your hands-on expertise of Workday to deliver your enhancements, including configuration, reporting, business processes, security, loading customer data, and moving configuration from tenant to tenant. Rigorously follow the Customer Change Management Process in JIRA; clearly articulating the requirements, business benefits, design, functional/technical change, impact, and test approach for your Workday enhancements. Collaborate closely with the product managers and product owners to analyse, develop, test and implement changes in line with business priorities. Promote a culture of continuous improvement. Evaluate technical & functional designs against business requirements; ensuring impact to supported systems is understood and managed effectively. Skills and experience: 6 to 8 years Workday HCM implementation experience is essential for this role; Workday integration experience would also be beneficial. Workday certifications desirable. Strong knowledge of HR business processes & systems is essential for this role. Experienced working on large projects; evaluating complex design documentation against business requirements and ensuring solutions delivered are fit for purpose. Experienced creating detailed technical implementation plans and migrating changes into production. Working knowledge of PowerPoint and Visio. Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills to interpret customer issues & requirements and translate into working solutions. Ability to understand business requirements, evaluate technical/functional design documentation and accurately assess any impact on existing systems and processes. Strong communication and presentation skills (written and verbal) – proven capability to communicate clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences at different levels as appropriate. Highly organised, detail-oriented, possessing the ability to effectively prioritise support, projects and deliverables whilst meeting deadlines set by management.