Senior People System Specialist in Huntingdon

• Senior People Systems Specialist (Workday)
• Contract
• Working
• Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week (flexible working opportunities available)

Make every drop of your potential count Are you an experienced Workday specialist looking for an opportunity to use your technical expertise to improve systems, processes and colleague experience?

We’re looking for a Senior People Systems Specialist to join our People Systems team.

You’ll play a key role in developing, configuring and enhancing Workday, providing technical and analytical expertise and supporting the wider People team and business leaders to make informed decisions.

As a Workday subject matter expert, you’ll provide second-line support for complex issues, lead continuous improvement activity and work closely with stakeholders across the business to identify and implement effective system solutions.

• What you’ll be doing
• Act as a subject matter expert across multiple Workday SKUs, providing complex troubleshooting and second-line support.
• Develop and configure Workday business processes, including approval chains and rules.
• Create complex Workday reports and calculated fields, using advanced reporting capabilities to provide meaningful insight.
• Perform complex EIBs and support Workday integrations and interfaces.
• Support Workday security, access management and associated audits, ensuring sensitive colleague data is appropriately protected.
• Lead and support Workday release management, including planning, testing, implementation and communication.
• Identify opportunities to improve Workday functionality, processes and colleague experience.
• Work closely with People workstream leads, IT partners and other stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver effective solutions.
• Support projects and continuous improvement initiatives, including solution design, testing and implementation.
• Provide guidance, mentoring and knowledge sharing to colleagues within the People Systems team.
• What you’ll need

You’ll have substantial experience of complex Workday development and configuration, with strong analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to translate business requirements into effective system solutions.

We’re particularly interested in candidates with knowledge and experience in one or more of the Workday SKU’s we currently have live, including:

• Time Off & Absence
• Time Recording / Overtime
• Learning
• Talent Performance
• Expenses
• Organisational Management
• Benefits
• Compensation / Advanced Compensation
• Recruiting
• Workday Extend

Specific knowledge of one or more of these Workday areas is preferred.

You’ll also ideally have

• Strong Workday Advanced Reporting skills, including experience creating complex reports and calculated fields.
• Experience of integrations between Workday and SAP or other third-party systems.
• Experience of Workday business process design and configuration.
• Experience of Workday release management.
• Experience with Workday security and access management.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work collaboratively with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Experience of working within a People/HR environment and a good understanding of HR processes.
• Experience of Workday Extend would be advantageous.

Benefits

• Private healthcare
• Double-match pension scheme – contribute 7% and we’ll contribute up to 14% (total 21%)
• 24/7 Virtual GP
• 25 days annual leave, rising with service
• Life assurance up to 8x your salary
• Personal accident cover up to 5x your salary
• Family-friendly policies
• Annual bonus scheme
• Flexible benefits
• Employee discounts at our water parks
• Interviews: Early September

We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves and contribute to our Purpose.

We welcome applications from people with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

We are committed to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve in both our workforce and our supply chain partners to help us to understand and meet the needs of our customers.

We are passionate and dedicated to the learning and development of our people, making sure they have the right skills and knowledge to be successful and to help achieve their potential.

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