Workday Consultant – Advanced Compensation & Reporting

Allens; City of Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Parental leave

Gym membership subsidies

Wellbeing program

Employee assistance program

Discounts at suppliers

Health insurance

Job summary

Allens is seeking a Workday Consultant to join the Remuneration and People Operations team, focusing on Advanced Compensation, reporting, and analytics. Based in Brisbane, Melbourne, or Sydney, you will work within People Technology to implement compensation plans, security, and data storytelling for decision-making.

You will build dashboards and datasets, support compensation activities, and ensure data quality across the Workday platform.

Qualifications

• Experience as a People Systems Analyst or HR Systems Analyst using Workday.
• Experience with Workday Advanced Compensation, including compensation plans, eligibility rules, compensation review cycles, testing and data validation.
• Proven experience delivering advanced Workday reporting and people analytics (dashboards, calculated fields, report optimisation).
• Workday Prism Analytics experience including building datasets to extend standard reporting (preferred).
• Experience maintaining Workday security (role-based access and domain security), including access troubleshooting and audit/compliance support.
• An understanding of compensation activities in Workday.
• A curiosity in how technology can enable, support and enhance people-centred services.

Responsibilities

• Configuring and supporting Workday Advanced Compensation processes, including compensation plans, eligibility rules, compensation review cycles, testing, data validation and issue resolution.
• Delivering advanced Workday reporting and people analytics, including dashboards, calculated fields, report optimisation and data storytelling to support decision-making.
• Building and maintaining Workday Prism Analytics datasets to extend standard reporting and enable deeper insights.
• Maintaining Workday security (role-based access and domain security), including regular reviews, remediation of access issues and support for audits and compliance requirements.
• Supporting compensation activities in Workday (e.g., annual review cycles, allowance updates and reward reporting), partnering with Reward/People teams to ensure data quality and timely delivery.
• Working as part of a team to provide triage and resolution of Workday queries and issues raised on behalf of the business and People & Development stakeholders.

Skills

Workday Advanced Compensation

Workday Reporting

Analytics & Dashboards

Security & Audits

Tools

Workday Prism Analytics

Job description

Workday Consultant – Advanced Compensation & Reporting

At Allens, our business teams are also specialists in their field, using their unique knowledge and expertise to solve critical client and business challenges.

You’ll be a part of our Remuneration and People Operations team working within People Technology (primarily Workday) and based in Brisbane, Melbourne, or Sydney. With a particular focus on compensation, reporting, and analytics, you will take on a breadth of responsibilities – we encourage creativity and flexibility, as no two projects will be the same.

Key duties will include:

• Configuring and supporting Workday Advanced Compensation processes, including compensation plans, eligibility rules, compensation review cycles, testing, data validation and issue resolution.
• Delivering advanced Workday reporting and people analytics, including dashboards, calculated fields, report optimisation and data storytelling to support decision-making.
• Building and maintaining Workday Prism Analytics datasets to extend standard reporting and enable deeper insights.
• Maintaining Workday security (role-based access and domain security), including regular reviews, remediation of access issues and support for audits and compliance requirements.
• Supporting compensation activities in Workday (e.g., annual review cycles, allowance updates and reward reporting), partnering with Reward/People teams to ensure data quality and timely delivery.
• Working as part of a team to provide triage and resolution of Workday queries and issues raised on behalf of the business and People & Development stakeholders.

This is a 12-month maximum-term position to cover a period of parental leave. At Allens we have a hybrid working structure, typically 60% in the office and 40% from home. We would be happy to discuss any other flexible working arrangements that best support you.

About You

You will have:

• Experience as a People Systems Analyst or HR Systems Analyst using Workday.
• Experience with Workday Advanced Compensation, including compensation plans, eligibility rules, compensation review cycles, testing and data validation.
• Proven experience delivering advanced Workday reporting and people analytics (e.g., dashboards, calculated fields, report optimisation and insights).
• Workday Prism Analytics experience including building datasets to extend standard reporting (preferred, but not essential).
• Experience maintaining Workday security (role-based access and domain security), including access troubleshooting and audit/compliance support.
• An understanding of compensation activities in Workday.
• A curiosity in how technology can enable, support and enhance people‑centred services.

Your development

In joining Allens, you will receive unparalleled learning and development opportunities. You will be challenged, supported and guided as you learn and develop, and will be encouraged to grow. We foster greatness and will coach and support you to meet your goals and aspirations.

Our perks

Our benefits include:

• Financial: market competitive fixed remuneration, employee recruitment referral program, discounts at hundreds of suppliers including retail outlets, health and travel insurance, charity matched funding program.
• Health and wellbeing: fully subsidised gym memberships, annual flu vaccinations, skin checks, in‑house snacks and catered meals, subsidised sporting and social activities, Employee Assistance Program including confidential counselling, wellbeing coaching and financial coaching for employees and their families and regular wellbeing sessions with our in‑house consulting Psychologist.
• Flexibility: hybrid and flexible working arrangements to support you in your work and life commitments and passions, equipment to support working from home.
• Leave: ability to purchase additional annual leave, access to an enhanced, inclusive and flexible parental leave policy – 26 weeks paid parental leave with no minimum service for permanent employees and high quality executive coaching to support the transition.
• Recognition: team‑based recognition including social activities and contribution‑based recognition activities, and annual Allens Values Awards to nominate and recognise the incredible contributions of our people.

Allens is also proud to invest in our communities, giving you the opportunity to make a difference through our work on reconciliation, the environment and other social justice issues as well as our workplace giving and volunteering programs.

We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align, please express your interest by emailing us at ***email_hidden***. The right role for you might be just around the corner!

If you require adjustments to fully participate in our application process, please contact us at ***email_hidden***.

Allens culture is made up of unique backgrounds and varying life experiences. We celebrate our people's differences across gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, cultural backgrounds, First Nations communities, and family and caring arrangements.