Senior Workday Applications Leader | Global Governance

First Sentier Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

First Sentier Group in Sydney is seeking a Senior Workday Applications Specialist to lead design, configuration and ongoing optimisation of Workday across multiple modules. You will drive complex enhancements, manage production support and ensure robust governance while aligning solutions with the group’s operating model.

The role partners with People & Culture, Technology and payroll teams worldwide to deliver scalable, compliant Workday solutions.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience configuring and supporting Workday across multiple functional areas.
• Leading complex Workday enhancements from requirements through testing and deployment.
• Strong knowledge of business processes, reporting, security and cross‑functional configuration.
• Experience with releases, regression testing and feature adoption.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex Workday enhancements from requirements and solution design through testing and deployment.
• Provide production support, incident handling and ongoing optimisations.
• Strengthen platform governance, change controls and documentation practices.
• Partner with People & Culture, Technology, payroll and business stakeholders to deliver scalable Workday solutions.
• Configure and review Workday components including security, reporting and calculated fields.
• Coach and mentor Applications Specialists and build team capability.

Skills

Workday configuration

Workday enhancements

Analytics & reporting

Security & access

Integrations

Governance & controls

Stakeholder leadership

Testing & deployment

Change management

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Workday

Workday Integrations

Job description

First Sentier Group in Sydney is seeking a Senior Workday Applications Specialist to lead design, configuration and ongoing optimisation of Workday across multiple modules. You will drive complex enhancements, manage production support and ensure robust governance while aligning solutions with the group’s operating model.

The role partners with People & Culture, Technology and payroll teams worldwide to deliver scalable, compliant Workday solutions.