HRIS Workday Project Lead

Who are we?

Howden is a collective – a group of talented and passionate people all around the world. Together, we have pushed the boundaries of insurance. We are united by a shared passion and no-limits mindset, and our strength lies in our ability to collaborate as a powerful international team comprised of 18,000 employees spanning over 100 countries.

People join Howden for many different reasons, but they stay for the same one: our culture. It’s what sets us apart, and the reason our employees have been turning down headhunters for years. Whatever your priorities – work / life balance, career progression, sustainability, volunteering – you’ll find like-minded people driving change at Howden.

HRIS Workstream Lead

12 months FTC

As Howden continues to drive towards the 2030 plan of 40,000 employees and £10billion in revenue, it is important to ensure that the group functions are equipped to support such growth. To do this, we are enhancing how we manage our data and group processes and align functions to ensure we have optimised systems offering consistent service to our businesses. With the huge potential Workday offers in accomplishing this, a HRIS Workstream Lead is required to drive the successful delivery of our HCM platform to countries across Europe, LATAM, & India including all Finance and IT integrations. Working with our implementation partner the role will ensure the successful delivery of Workday and associated processes, data and change management.

Key Accountabilities

• Acts as the subject matter expert for Workday, supporting teams to understand the Workday design concepts and globally defined configuration.
• Build strong relationships with business stakeholders supporting current business capabilities in-scope for migration to Workday
• Gather local/legislative requirements and working with the implementation partner to translate those into Workday configuration.
• Partner with other functional/technical leads to ensure a cohesive design and that cross-functional impacts are considered and mitigated.
• Manage and support day to day activity with the HRIS team, managing, upskilling and mentoring them to support their independence in managing their deployments.
• Work with the implementation partners to validate configuration and test Workday
• Supports the Workday programme lead and manages the execution of the project pipeline
• Responsible for approach and consistency across all deployments
• Support business users during testing, helping them identify what is a true defect
• Support training and engagement to ensure our key stakeholders will be fully utilizing Workday when deployed
• Working with other internal resources to develop user procedures, guidelines, and documentation.
• Proactively research new functionality/modules and provide recommendations on new features that could be used to improve effectiveness, efficiency, and user experience
• Manage stakeholders throughout the implementation and hyper-care phases of deployment

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Excellent knowledge of Workday, covering HCM, Absence, Learning, Recruiting and Payroll
• Excellent technical skills across a wide range of technology products
• Previous experience in transformation projects and migrating legacy systems onto Workday
• An inquisitive and challenging mind, with an interest in questioning and improving the “as is”
• Excellent operational skills e.g. processes, procedures, data analysis
• Excellent HR experience and knowledge
• Client focused
• Collaborative and supportive
• Works with others to deliver results
• Takes personal responsibility to deliver results
• Communication and stakeholder management
• Ability to manage service standards

What do we offer in return?

A career that you define. At Howden, we value diversity – there is no one Howden type. Instead, we’re looking for individuals who share the same values as us:

• Our successes have all come from someone brave enough to try something new
• We support each other in the small everyday moments and the bigger challenges
• We are determined to make a positive difference at work and beyond

Reasonable adjustments

We\\\’re committed to providing reasonable accommodations at Howden to ensure that our positions align well with your needs. Besides the usual adjustments such as software, IT, and office setups, we can also accommodate other changes such as flexible hours or hybrid working.

If you\\\’re excited by this role but have some doubts about whether it’s the right fit for you, send us your application – if your profile fits the role’s criteria, we will be in touch to assist in helping to get you set up with any reasonable adjustments you may require.

*Not all positions can accommodate changes to working hours or locations. Reach out to your Recruitment Partner if you want to know more.

Permanent