SME Core HCM Functionality - Workday Transformation

Charterhouse; Melbourne; Presencial; AUD 140 000 - 210 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Charterhouse, partnering with ACU, is seeking an SME for Workday Core HCM within a major ERP transformation. The role supports ACU’s People and Capability Directorate across the Workday program, aligning HR processes with strategy and ensuring scalable, compliant outcomes.

Based in Melbourne, with opportunities for Sydney or Brisbane, you’ll translate complex HR requirements into practical Workday designs, lead core HCM workstreams, and partner with Finance, IT and business stakeholders to

Qualificações

• Postgraduate qualification in a relevant discipline with significant experience in HR Operations or Core HCM.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end employee lifecycle processes, preferably within higher education.
• Hands-on experience with Workday Core HCM.
• Experience on a Workday implementation, or an equivalent transformation program.
• Experience gathering and documenting business requirements, and developing and running UAT/SIT scenarios.
• Strong understanding of HR data and data governance.
• Ability to translate business requirements into practical Workday solutions.
• Advanced written, verbal and presentation skills.
• Commitment to cultural diversity and ethical practice, and knowledge of equal employment opportunity and workplace health and safety.

Responsabilidades

• Provide SME guidance across the end-to-end employee lifecycle in Workday Core HCM.
• Translate HR requirements into Workday design and configuration.
• Lead solution design supporting national standardisation and future-state service delivery.
• Review and validate test scenarios, acceptance criteria, and user stories.
• Act as the senior Core HCM voice across stakeholders and program teams.
• Support change, training and adoption by identifying how Workday decisions affect users.
• Identify and mitigate complex process issues and implementation risks.

Conhecimentos

Workday Core HCM

HR Operations

UAT/SIT testing

Business requirements

Stakeholder management

Data governance

Presentation skills

Formação académica

Postgraduate qualification in HR or related field

Ferramentas

Workday Core HCM tooling

Descrição da oferta de emprego

SME Core HCM Functionality - Workday Transformation

Charterhouse + ACU
We’re excited to share that Charterhouse has been selected as ACU’s recruitment partner for a handful of critical hires on their Workday ERP Transformation. This is one of them, and we’d love to hear from you if it sounds like your kind of challenge. The right candidate can be based in Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane.

About ACU
ACU has a bold vision for its future. Vision 2033 sets out its mission as a Catholic university to be a “Christian presence in the university world,” helping shape the coming generations in Australia and beyond by enabling flourishing lives, fostering thriving communities and building a more ethical future. ACU is a publicly funded university with seven campuses around Australia, more than 200 partner universities on six continents and a campus in Rome. It’s one of the largest university contributors to the care economy in Australia and ranks among the top universities worldwide. Staff are supported with a positive culture, generous leave and flexible work arrangements, and everyone is welcome to engage with the mission, whether as Catholics, members of other faiths, or people with no religious affiliation who embrace the vision and strategic direction.

About the People and Capability Directorate
People and Capability delivers employment-related services to all staff and supports the University’s strategic objectives. It designs, implements and manages a broad range of workplace, people and workforce programs, and partners with the business to achieve strategic and change outcomes.

About the ERP Program
The Workday ERP Transformation Program is a multi-year enterprise initiative delivering an integrated Human Capital Management, Payroll, Time Tracking & Scheduling and Financial Management platform. It brings business, technology, change and operational teams together to redesign processes, improve data quality, strengthen compliance and enable contemporary digital services. Program team members work in a matrix environment, collaborating across multiple functional and project teams while staying accountable to program leadership for agreed outcomes and milestones.

About the role
As SME Core HCM Functionality, you’ll provide senior specialist expertise to the program, defining, validating and advising on end-to-end Core HCM processes across the employee lifecycle. You’ll translate complex HR operational requirements into practical Workday design, configuration and implementation outcomes, working across People and Capability, Finance and Planning, IT, program delivery teams and business stakeholders to make sure the solution is fit for purpose, compliant, scalable and aligned to ACU’s transformation objectives.

What you’ll do

• Provide senior expertise across the end-to-end employee lifecycle, advising HR SMEs and People and Capability on Core HCM process design, business rules, compliance and operational impacts
• Be accountable for implementing best practice across foundational HR principles, such as job architecture and organisational structures, and how they intersect with finance structures
• Translate complex business requirements into Workday Core HCM functional requirements, leading solution design and recommending approaches that support national process standardisation and future-state service delivery
• Approve, create and/or validate test scenarios, acceptance criteria, user stories, process maps and implementation artefacts for SIT, UAT and operational readiness
• Act as the senior Core HCM voice in the program, building strong relationships across P&C, Finance, IT and the business, and influencing stakeholders to reach agreed outcomes
• Provide expert input to change, training and adoption by identifying how Workday design decisions affect employees, managers and P&C teams
• Identify and resolve complex process issues using expert judgement, evidence-based analysis and knowledge of higher education HR practice, and manage implementation risks

About you

• Postgraduate qualifications in a relevant discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and training, plus significant experience in HR Operations or Core HCM
• Strong understanding of end-to-end employee lifecycle processes, preferably within higher education (though not essential)
• Hands-on experience with Workday Core HCM
• Experience on a Workday implementation, or an equivalent transformation or optimisation program
• Experience gathering and documenting business requirements, and developing and running UAT/SIT scenarios
• Strong understanding of HR data and data governance
• The ability to translate business requirements into practical Workday solutions
• Advanced written, verbal and presentation skills
• A demonstrated commitment to cultural diversity and ethical practice, and knowledge of equal employment opportunity and workplace health and safety

Good to know

This role doesn’t require a Working with Children Check. Preferred candidates will need to complete mandatory pre-employment declarations and background checks, including those related to gender-based violence and foreign interference, in line with ACU’s compliance requirements.