Senior Workday Security Analyst | Global Access & Risk in Watford

At TJX Europe, every day brings new opportunities for growth, exploration, and achievement. You’ll be part of our vibrant team that embraces diversity, fosters collaboration, and prioritises your development. Whether you’re working in our Distribution Centers, Corporate Offices, or Retail Stores—TK Maxx & Homesense, you’ll find abundant opportunities to learn, thrive, and make an impact.

We’re looking for a Senior Product Analyst to join our agile Workday Security team and play a key role in designing secure, scalable, and audit‑ready solutions across our global Workday platform. This senior role offers the opportunity to work hands‑on with Workday security configuration, lead cross‑functional discovery sessions, and mentor junior analysts—while acting as a trusted SME guiding strategic security and product decisions.

You’ll drive feature refinement, solution design, and end‑to‑end testing with autonomy, ensuring our security model aligns with enterprise standards, audit requirements, and regulatory needs. If you’re passionate about Workday Security and want to influence meaningful change in a collaborative, fast‑paced environment, this is the role for you.

Why Work With Us?

• We value integrity, respect, and teamwork, encouraging a unique and inclusive culture.
• Enjoy Associate discounts at our stores, available to you and eligible family members.
• Immediate access to our Group Benefits package, including a Health Care Spending Account, Retirement Savings Program, Associate & Family Assistance Program, and various well‑being resources.
• A competitive vacation package, paired with a Vacation Trade Program that allows you to opt in for an extra week.
• Comprehensive training and development resources designed to help you learn, grow, and succeed.
• Exciting career paths with growth opportunities and tuition reimbursement to support your career progression.

What You’ll Do:

• Serve as a senior resource for Workday Security Administration, supporting day‑to‑day operations and leading strategic initiatives in a large enterprise environment.
• Collaborate with the security team, other product teams, and business partners to gather requirements, configure security settings, and support testing and audit activities.
• Partner with the team during backlog refinement for security features (estimation, acceptance criteria, testing strategy) and drive discovery to define security impacts, dependencies, and cross‑functional needs.
• Analyze complex business processes and translate them into secure, compliant, and scalable Workday solutions that follow least‑privilege principles.
• Coordinate functional and non‑functional testing (e.g., regression, negative testing, SoD validation) to ensure solutions meet policy, audit, and risk standards.
• Partner with audit, risk, and compliance teams on access reviews, controls testing, remediation, and release readiness; maintain high‑quality security documentation.
• Mentor junior analysts and champion standards for configuration, documentation, and knowledge sharing.
• Provide operational support for incident resolution and access request processes, including ServiceNow ticket handling.

Technical Expertise

• Workday Security Configuration
• Hands‑on configuration of Domain Security Policies and Business Process Security Policies.
• Configure and manage Workday Security Groups, including: Role‑Based Security Groups (RBAC), User‑Based Security Groups, Aggregation Security Groups, Segment‑Based Security Groups, Integration System Security Groups (ISSGs), Integration System Users (ISUs).
• Lead role creation and assignment, ensuring appropriate access across modules and safeguarding sensitive data.
• Support integration security for EIBs/APIs, manage ISU/ISSG lifecycles, and oversee credential/token rotation practices.
• Device & Access Management: Configure and manage authentication policies, including Multifactor Authentication (MFA), SAML/SSO integrations, and Proxy Access policies.
• Support and troubleshoot Workday Mobile access and device‑related issues.

Preferred Experience

• Workday implementation or rollout experience, especially in global or multi‑country environments.
• Familiarity with GDPR, Works Council requirements, and other regional compliance standards.
• Functional knowledge of Workday HCM modules (Core HCM, Recruiting, Talent & Performance, Compensation, Absence, Benefits, Payroll).
• Knowledge of HR operations, compliance requirements, and HR data standards.
• Understanding of audit reporting, compliance support, and security best practices.
• Workday Core HCM certification.

About You:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent IT Delivery skillset/training/experience.
• Very strong experience supporting a large, global Workday environment with deep expertise in Workday Security.
• Proficient in security architecture and configuration (domains, BPs, roles, security groups, and report/data access), with proven experience troubleshooting access‑related issues.
• Demonstrated experience running access reviews, supporting audits, and partnering with risk/compliance on controls.
• Comfortable building test strategies, executing validation, and documenting results for audit readiness.
• Excellent problem‑solving skills with the ability to think strategically and work independently.
• Strong listening, documentation, and communication skills (written and verbal), with the ability to engage both technical and business stakeholders.

If you’re ready to bring your energy and passion, we’d love to hear from you. Join us and be part of a place where every day is a chance to make a difference.

As proud as we are of our past success, it’s our future that excites us most. We strive to provide opportunities for growth, recognition and a competitive salary and benefits package. Share our determination to think bolder and bigger, and be part of our future.

We consider all applicants for employment without regard to age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and/or sexual orientation.