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Senior Workday Analyst

Freshfields Manchester senior full-time

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Description

We are seeking a Senior Workday Analyst to join our Global HR Technology and Services team. As a Senior Workday Analyst, you will be responsible for developing, supporting, and maintaining the core Workday HR system while delivering excellent customer service to colleagues worldwide.

Key Responsibilities and Deliverables

  • Serve as a Subject Matter Expert in Workday Talent and Performance module, driving continuous improvement of functionality and business processes in line with the business strategy and Workday best practice.
  • Lead the implementation of configuration changes, coordinating the end-to-end process including requirement capture, design, testing, training, and documentation.
  • Collaborate with the business for all Workday release items and Continuous Improvement to understand requirements, solution design, and support the communications and training of changes.
  • Contribute to Strategic Workday roadmap planning, recommend feature adoption, and roadmap priorities in partnership with the business.
  • Maintain system integrity, security, and configuration standards, and contribute to the Workday governance processes.
  • Lead Workday projects managing module enhancements from design through to deployment, ensuring projects are delivered on time and to agreed standards.
  • Collaborate with internal teams and implementation partners.
  • Support change management and user adoption activities.
  • Maintain audit-ready documentation, compliance with organisational policies, and relevant legislation.
  • Mentor junior analysts and admins, and act as an escalation point for complex issues.

Key Requirements Essential

  • Deep expertise in Talent and Performance Module.
  • Strong understanding of Workday business processes.
  • Experience gathering and documenting business requirements.
  • Proven stakeholder management skills.
  • Experience supporting Workday releases and testing cycles.

Desirable

  • Experience across multiple Workday modules.
  • Workday Pro certifications.
  • Experience in global organisations.
  • Experience in the legal sector.
  • Experience managing third-party Workday partners.

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • Workday Pro certifications
  • Experience across multiple Workday modules
  • Global organisations
  • Legal sector
  • Third-party Workday partners

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You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://freshfields.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FBD_101/job/Manchester/Senior-Workday-Analyst---Talent---Performance_R-08169

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