Workday Consultant – Advanced Compensation & Reporting

Allens; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Parental leave: 26 weeks paid

Health and wellbeing program

Flexible and hybrid working

Job summary

Allens is seeking a Workday Consultant to advance compensation and reporting capabilities within the Remuneration and People Operations team. You will work primarily with Workday, delivering advanced reporting, analytics, and data-driven insights to support decisions.

The role offers a hybrid work pattern across Brisbane, Melbourne, or Sydney, with the chance to influence remuneration initiatives and partner with diverse stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience as a People Systems Analyst or HR Systems Analyst using Workday.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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 reporting

People analytics

Data storytelling

Dashboard development

Workday Prism Analytics

Tools

Workday

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 reporting, analytics, and remuneration initiatives, 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:

• 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

If you're excited by the opportunity to develop and accelerate Workday initiatives, support a variety of projects and stakeholders, and go beyond BAU tasks, we'd encourage you to apply!

You will have:

• Experience as a People Systems Analyst or HR Systems Analyst using Workday.
• 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.

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 unique Career Deal allows you to take control of your career and provides a transparent approach to career development. Our international alliance with Linklaters means we can support secondments all over the world.

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.

At Allens, our 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. If you require adjustments to fully participate in our application process, please contact us at *******@allens.com.au.

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 *******@allens.com.au. The right role for you might be just around the corner!