HCM Functional Lead

HCM Functional Lead – UK (Contract) We kindly request that recruitment agencies refrain from submitting resumes or candidates for this position. ABOUT TEMENOS Temenos powers a world of banking that creates opportunities for billions of people and businesses everywhere. We do this through the pioneering spirit of our many Temenosians who are passionate about making banking better, together. We serve over 3000 banks from the largest to challengers and community banks in 150+ countries. We collaborate with clients to build new banking services and state-of-the-art customer experiences on our open banking platform, helping them operate more sustainably. At Temenos, we have an open-minded and inclusive culture, where everyone has the power to create their own destiny and make a positive contribution to the world of banking and society. THE ROLE We are looking for an experienced Workday HCM Functional Lead with in-depth expertise in global Workday HCM implementations to join our team. Working in a remote model with only travel requirements for client workshops in London or Europe. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience in configuring Workday, as well as the ability to demonstrate its processes and functionality to stakeholders. This role requires a seasoned professional with comprehensive knowledge of Workday configurations, including HCM, Compensation, Onboarding, Recruitment, and other related processes, and the ability to lead clients through complex system deployments from initiation to post-go-live support. OPPORTUNITES You will ensure design workshops are set up correctly so that SMEs know what is expected of them and any pre-reading material/training is completed and sent out to attendees. You will lead process design workshops across all HR & Payroll processes areas to capture detailed requirements in conjunction with the implementation partner. You will lead the to-be process mapping (lay out a plan of work to be completed) and review outputs in relation to Workday to ensure the process workbooks are completed against these requirements and then baselined for testing and training purposes. You will identify any local regulations or conditions which require exceptions to be made within the Global Template. You will act as ‘interpreter’ between Systems Integration functional and/or technical resources and internal HR & Payroll stakeholders. You will identify all necessary requirements around the analysis of organisational data, e.g., location, division, department. You will work with the Systems Integration Partner to understand Workday best practice processes, configuration, and any constraints to articulate these to key stakeholders during process design. You will support defining and documenting critical test scenarios across each HR process area. You will provide issue resolution: Troubleshoot and resolve complex Workday configuration and functionality issues. You will develop business process documentation relating to all HR processes. You will support the creation of clear process documentation (i.e., Training manual) to support the consistent execution of HR processes post-go-live and ensure that all participants within each process understand roles & responsibilities and hand-offs. You will provide input to Change Management agenda, supporting the effective adoption of the solution. You will support the identification of all change management activities required to ensure that all end-users are sufficiently skilled and knowledgeable to execute all processes and transactions successfully. SKILLS You should have experience with multiple Workday HR & Payroll full implementation project lifecycles, preferably from scoping and planning through to post-go-live support. You should have detailed knowledge of and/or experience of the following HR & Payroll end-to-end business process (Core HCM, Core Compensation, Recruitment, Absence, Workday Payroll UK) You should have good hands-on experience configuring Workday and demonstrating the processes and functionality to HR & Payroll stakeholders. You should support the HR & Payroll SMEs prior to/in and after design workshops to drive critical design decisions. You should underpin the population of the configuration workbooks. You should have understand the interrelationship between Core HCM, Absence and Payroll You should have help prepare configuration & other design documents (Functional specification, Solution design document) You should have familiarity with Workday security and role-based permissions VALUES Care about being a specialist in your field . Commit to first class implementation standards. Collaborate with your team and business stakeholders. Challenge the status quo.