HR Systems & Workday Specialist

Financial Conduct Authority; Leeds; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Private healthcare

Pension (8–12% depending on age) and 8

Volunteering 35 hours annually

Office presence across London, Leeds, 

Job summary

The Financial Conduct Authority seeks an HR Systems Associate to maintain Workday and related HR technologies within the HR Analytics & Systems team.

You will provide day-to-day administration and user support for HR systems, ensuring accurate transactions and high data quality while collaborating with HR, Payroll, IT and other stakeholders. This role offers opportunities to develop Workday skills and contribute to system improvements.

Qualifications

• Proven experience using, supporting or administering Workday or another HR system in an operational environment.
• Demonstrable experience of working with core HR processes across the employee lifecycle, using HR systems to support effective process controls and maintain accurate employee data.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day administration and user support for Workday and other HR systems, investigating queries, resolving issues and supporting the smooth delivery of HR processes
• Support core HR processes within Workday, ensuring transactions are completed accurately and in accordance with agreed procedures
• Carry out routine system administration and maintenance activities, including updates to reference data, notifications, system settings, approved configuration changes and maintenance of system documentation and guidance materials
• Support data quality and governance activities through audits, validation checks, reporting, data corrections and ongoing monitoring
• Prepare, validate and process Workday EIB data loads, and support integrations and data transfer activities by monitoring interfaces, investigating errors and working with colleagues and suppliers to resolve issues
• Support Workday releases, enhancements and projects through testing, user acceptance testing (UAT), documentation updates and post‑release activities
• Collaborate with HR, Payroll, IT and wider stakeholders to understand requirements, support effective business processes and deliver a positive user experience
• Contribute to continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance system functionality, data quality, user experience and operational processes

Skills

Workday

HR systems

Data analysis

Problem solving

Tools

EIB

Workday

Job description

The Financial Conduct Authority seeks an HR Systems Associate to maintain Workday and related HR technologies within the HR Analytics & Systems team.

You will provide day-to-day administration and user support for HR systems, ensuring accurate transactions and high data quality while collaborating with HR, Payroll, IT and other stakeholders. This role offers opportunities to develop Workday skills and contribute to system improvements.