HRIS Senior Advisor, 1 year FTC

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Department: Human Resources

Location: London or Manchester (hybrid role - minimum two days a week in the office)

The Role

You will be joining the team at an exciting stage of our HR journey with significant investment in our HR technology and process design, with the implementation of Workday and other technologies to support the HR team in their effort to become a more strategic partner to the business. You will provide functional knowledge and expertise on local HR process/policy requirements coupled with demonstrating in-depth technical configuration expertise of Workday. You will work closely with the team to support key responsibilities throughout the project implementation and beyond.

Key Responsibilities

• Acts as an expert functional specialist for Workday technology including HR transactions, business process configuration and design, including advising the HR team, managers, and employees in the proper use of the system.
• Collaborating with subject matter experts (SMEs) to gather requirements and translate those business requirements into well-architected solutions that best leverage the Workday platform.
• Evaluate and provide recommendations with alternative solutions to system limitations.
• Actively researches for new enhancements and releases in Workday, continually seeking opportunities for consistency, harmonisation, simplification in technical design and configuration whilst ensuring a custom-centric people experience and with a downstream system impact mindset.
• Co-own the delivery and prioritisation of change requests, document changes and process requirements, providing impact analysis and implement solutions in accordance with internal governance procedures.
• Acts as an escalation point for issues related to configuration, business processes, notifications.
• Analyse, diagnose and resolve complex technical production issues.
• Build, test, and deploy Workday configuration as part of agreed projects and changes.
• Optimise Workday reporting tools such as PRISM, People Analytics, Worksheets, Slides and Discovery Boards to respond to day-to-day reporting requests and cyclical production of statistics/reports to meet stakeholder requirements.
• Partners with IT to provide support to inbound/outbound integrations and payroll PECI files.
• Work collaboratively with key stakeholders, in particular broader IT and acts as gatekeeper to the AMS provider for issues escalation and/or delivery of configuration changes.
• Delivers training and engagement activities to ensure key stakeholders are fully utilising Workday.
• Seek opportunities to upskill users to be self-sufficient.
• Contributes to the production of training materials and content.
• Leads and guides the team on configuration and management of cyclical technology enabled business processes.
• Oversee the work production of more junior colleagues in the team and the support of their development.
• Engage with Workday community to understand system capabilities and recommend solutions to address business needs.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong technical understanding of HR systems and their integrations with other system applications.
• Experience of Workday within a medium/large complex organisation, ideally in a law firm.
• In-depth knowledge of Workday functional components with configuration and business process experience in HCM, Compensation, Time and Absence, Security (essential), Recruitment, Onboarding, Talent (desirable).
• Workday certification and/or training essential.
• Advanced IT skills including MS Excel, VLOOKUP's, Pivot Tables, Slicers.
• Highly numerate with strong data accuracy and data analytics.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• In-depth functional knowledge of end-to-end HR processes.
• Ability to translate business requirements into systems solutions.
• Good organisational, planning and project management skills.
• Highly effective communication skills and ability to influence across a global team.
• The ability to clearly present appropriate information to a range of audiences including translating data/technical system components into clear and meaningful information, particularly when converting raw data into insights and communicating story telling.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to look at the wider picture.
• An inquisitive and challenging mind, with an interest in questioning and improving the "as is".
• Ability to manage a busy workload in a fast-paced environment with strong ability to multitask.
• Flexibility on working hours required to support globally with key stakeholders in varying time zones. Early starts and/or late finishes will be required.

The Firm

Clyde & Co is a leading global law firm, helping organisations successfully navigate risk and maximise opportunity in the sectors that underpin global trade and commercial activity and enable global prosperity, namely: insurance, aviation, marine, construction, energy, trade and natural resources. Globally integrated, we offer a comprehensive range of contentious and non-contentious legal services and commercially-minded legal advice to businesses operating across the world. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves and provides an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment including through a commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.

Our Values

Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for our clients and our firm. We:

• Work as one - We are a globally connected team of talented people who act with a firm-first mentality to achieve success.
• Excel with clients - We aim high and challenge ourselves to deliver unique excellence for our clients, keeping them at the centre of everything we do.
• Celebrate difference - We help each other to be at our best and believe our differences result in greater achievement.
• Act boldly - We seek new opportunities, take action and learn as we go, recognising that curiosity drives our development and contributes to growth.

Business Services Competencies

Clyde & Co is committed to providing extensive, personal and professional development opportunities for our people enabling them to be highly effective in their current role as well as assisting them to fulfil their career aspirations. The competencies are used to inform all aspects of Business Services career development. They vary across levels and different business areas and fall under the following areas:

• Technical Excellence
• People and Team
• Client/Stakeholder Relationships
• Service Delivery and Commercial Awareness
• Personal Effectiveness

This is the job description as constituted at present; however the Firm reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.