Workday Data Architect

Requirements

• Strong hands‑on experience with Workday HCM data structures, reporting, and HR master data management.
• Extensive experience analysing HR master data across Workday, legacy HR systems, finance systems, and country‑level sources to identify mismatches, duplicates, and inconsistencies.
• Proven ability to investigate recurring data issues and define sustainable corrective actions across global datasets.
• Experience defining and implementing data quality rules, validation checks, and KPI frameworks across HR data domains.
• Strong understanding of data governance, ownership models, and global data stewardship across multi‑country environments.
• Ability to design and deliver Workday reports and dashboards covering data quality, audit findings, remediation progress, and KPI tracking.
• Ability to partner with HR, Finance, Technology teams, and country‑level data stewards to translate audit findings into actionable remediation plans.
• Ability to build and maintain structured issue logs and remediation backlogs, including ownership, severity, status, and resolution tracking.
• Ability to capture and translate requirements from non‑technical stakeholders into clear Workday reporting and data specifications.
• Ensure all reporting, data definitions, and reconciliation logic are fully auditable and aligned with governance and compliance standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead HR master data reconciliation, root cause analysis, and data quality remediation across Workday, legacy HR systems, finance platforms, and local country data sources.
• Ensure audit findings are translated into clear, trackable actions for country‑level data stewards.
• Define and implement robust data quality frameworks, governance structures, and reporting capabilities.
• Work closely with HR, Finance, Workday teams, and country data stewards to drive a trusted and controlled global HR data environment.
• Design and deliver Workday reports and dashboards covering data quality, audit findings, remediation progress, and KPI tracking.
• Investigate recurring data issues and define sustainable corrective actions across global datasets.
• Partner with stakeholders to translate audit findings into actionable remediation plans.
• Build and maintain structured issue logs and remediation backlogs with ownership, severity, status, and resolution tracking.
• Capture non‑technical requirements and translate them into clear Workday reporting and data specifications.
• Ensure reporting, data definitions, and reconciliation logic remain auditable and aligned with governance and compliance standards.
• Technologies
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• Support

We are hiring a Workday Data Architect / Senior Data Quality Specialist for a 6–12 month outside IR35 contract on an open day rate.

This is a hybrid role based in London or Birmingham, with two days per week onsite.

You will join a major HR transformation programme focused on establishing Workday as the single source of truth for HR master data across approximately 40 countries.

This is a high‑impact global programme where we are looking to improve the quality, consistency, and reliability of HR data across Workday, legacy systems, finance platforms, and local country sources, while driving measurable improvements in governance, reporting, and compliance.

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