Senior Workday Reporting & Analytics Lead

Cognizant; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Workday Reporting Principal Consultant in Greater London to lead the design, delivery and continual improvement of reporting and analytics across AMS clients. You will guide best practices, mentor teams, and work with stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable reporting solutions.

The role requires deep Workday Report Writer expertise, advanced Excel/PowerPoint skills, and the ability to manage multiple client engagements with limited travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Active Workday Reporting Certification preferred; additional certifications in HCM/Financials desirable.
• 5+ years of Workday Reporting and Analytics experience including implementation and/or AMS support.
• Experience supporting post-production environments, managed services, or long-term client engagements.
• Strong consulting, stakeholder management, facilitation, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, enhancement, and optimisation of Workday reports, dashboards, analytics, and data insight solutions.
• Provide strategic guidance and best practice recommendations across multiple AMS clients.
• Support incidents, service requests, enhancements, problem resolution, and escalation management.
• Mentor consultants and analysts, providing coaching, quality reviews, and functional leadership.
• Partner with client stakeholders to gather requirements and translate business needs into scalable reporting and analytics solutions.
• Analyse, troubleshoot, and resolve reporting, analytics, security, and data-related issues.

Skills

Workday Reporting

Workday Analytics

Report Writer

Calculated Fields

Dashboards

Discovery Boards

BIRT

Stakeholder Management

Mentoring

Excel

PowerPoint

SC Clearance Eligible

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Workday Reporting Certification

HCM/Financials Knowledge

Tools

BIRT

Discovery Boards

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Workday Reporting Principal Consultant in Greater London to lead the design, delivery and continual improvement of reporting and analytics across AMS clients. You will guide best practices, mentor teams, and work with stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable reporting solutions.

The role requires deep Workday Report Writer expertise, advanced Excel/PowerPoint skills, and the ability to manage multiple client engagements with limited travel.