People Systems Specialist

Anglian Water Group Ltd.; Huntingdon; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Anglian Water Group Ltd. in the United Kingdom is seeking a highly skilled Workday professional to join our People Systems team. The role focuses on supporting Workday day-to-day, configuring processes, and developing insightful reporting to improve colleagues' experience.

This is a 18-month fixed-term contract with hybrid working from Huntingdon and a 37-hour week. You will work with IT partners and HR across the business to implement efficient system solutions, manage security and participate

Qualifications

• Experience with Workday configuration and reporting.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Interest in improving HR processes through systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day support across Workday and investigate queries.
• Support configuration and maintenance of Workday business processes.
• Create and maintain Workday reports and calculated fields.
• Assist with data uploads using EIBs and testing integrations.
• Support Workday security and access management.
• Contribute to Workday release activity and communications.
• Identify opportunities to improve Workday functionality and processes.
• Collaborate with People teams, IT partners and stakeholders.

Skills

Workday

Tools

EIBs

Workday Extend

Job description

People Systems Specialist (Workday) Salary: Circa £45k Location: Hybrid working, Huntingdon base Contract: 18 month Fixed Term Contract Working Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week (flexible working opportunities available) Make every drop of your potential count

Are you a Workday specialist looking for an opportunity to use your technical expertise to improve systems, processes and colleague experience? We're looking for a People Systems Specialist to join our People Systems team.

What you'll be doing

• Provide day-to-day support across Workday, helping to investigate and resolve queries and system issues, with support from more experienced team members where needed.
• Support the configuration and maintenance of Workday business processes, including approval steps, rules and other system configuration.
• Create and maintain Workday reports and calculated fields, developing your reporting skills to help provide useful information and insight to the business.
• Support data uploads using EIBs and assist with the maintenance and testing of Workday integrations and interfaces.
• Support Workday security and access management, helping to ensure colleague data is appropriately protected and assisting with regular access reviews and audits.
• Contribute to Workday release activity, including testing new functionality, identifying impacts and supporting implementation and communication.
• Help identify opportunities to improve Workday functionality and processes, making the system easier and more effective for colleagues to use.
• Work closely with People teams, IT partners and stakeholders across the business to understand their needs and help develop effective system solutions.

What you'll need

You'll have practical experience of working with Workday, with some exposure to configuration, reporting or system support. You'll have good analytical and problem-solving skills, an interest in how systems can improve People processes, and be keen to develop your Workday knowledge and technical capability further. We're particularly interested in candidates who have experience or knowledge of one or more of the Workday areas we currently have live, including:

• Time Off & Absence
• Time Recording / Overtime
• Learning
• Talent Performance
• Expenses
• Organisational Management
• Benefits
• Compensation / Advanced Compensation
• Recruiting
• Workday Extend

You’ll also ideally have experience in some of the following:

• Workday reporting and calculated fields, or an interest in developing your reporting capability.
• Supporting Workday business process configuration and testing.
• Using EIBs or other data-loading tools.
• Supporting integrations between Workday and other systems.
• Workday security and access management.
• Testing system changes and supporting Workday release activity.
• Working collaboratively with technical and non-technical stakeholders to understand requirements and resolve issues.
• Working within a People/HR environment, with an understanding of HR processes.
• Exposure to Workday Extend would be advantageous, but is not essential.

Closing date: 2nd November 2026

Interviews: Week commencing 23rd November 2026

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