Workday Functional Specialist

Senior Workday Functional Consultant (HCM, Advanced Compensation, Absence & Time Tracking)

Permanent Role

Hammersmith, London (Hybrid – 2 Days per Week Onsite)

Key Responsibilities

• Configure and maintain Workday HCM, Advanced Compensation, Absence, and Time Tracking modules.
• Lead requirements gathering, solution design, and functional configuration activities.
• Support Workday enhancements, releases, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Configure compensation plans, eligibility rules, accruals, leave policies, work schedules, and time calculations.
• Collaborate with HR, Payroll, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable Workday solutions.
• Support testing activities including UAT, regression testing, and release validation.
• Troubleshoot configuration issues and provide functional expertise across the Workday ecosystem.
• Maintain system documentation, configuration workbooks, and process guides.
• Ensure solutions align with governance, security, and compliance requirements.

Required Experience

• Strong hands-on Workday configuration experience.
• Expertise in:
• Workday Core HCM
• Workday Advanced Compensation
• Workday Absence
• Workday Time Tracking
• Experience delivering Workday implementations and post-production enhancements.
• Strong understanding of HR processes, compensation frameworks, and workforce management.
• Experience working closely with HR and Payroll functions.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Technical Stack

Workday Core HCM, Workday Advanced Compensation, Workday Absence, Workday Time Tracking, Workday Business Process Framework, Workday Security, Workday Reporting (Standard & Advanced), Calculated Fields, EIB, Workday Web Services (SOAP/REST awareness), Compensation Cycles, Merit Planning, Bonus Planning, Time Calculations, Leave Management, Accrual Frameworks, UAT, Regression Testing, Jira, ServiceNow, Confluence, and Agile methodologies.