Workday Data Migration Consultant

DCV Technologies; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

DCV Technologies is seeking an experienced Workday Data Migration Consultant for a 12-month hybrid role based in Reading (UK) or Dublin. The project migrates employee and payroll data from Workday to a new payroll platform and requires strong data migration, validation and transformation skills.

The ideal candidate will lead data migration activities, collaborate with payroll and IT teams, ensure data quality and governance, and manage risks in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Workday data migration and integration.
• Degree or relevant professional qualifications.
• Experience with data extraction, transformation, cleansing and reconciliation.
• Know-how of payroll data structures and HR processes.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyze Workday data structures and business processes.
• Lead end-to-end data migration from Workday to a new payroll platform.
• Extract, transform, cleanse, validate and reconcile data.
• Collaborate with payroll and technical teams for accuracy.
• Create data mapping documents and migration strategies.
• Perform migration testing and post-migration support.
• Ensure data governance, security and privacy compliance.
• Provide regular status updates to stakeholders.

Skills

Workday Data Migration

Workday Integration

Data Transformation

Data Validation

Data Cleansing

Payroll Data

Stakeholder Management

Workday HCM

Data Reconciliation

Migration Testing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Workday EIBs

Data Conversion Tools

Workday Reporting

HRIS Systems

Job description

Role/Job title: Workday Data Migration Consultant

Work Location: UK - Reading or Dublin

Mode of working: Hybrid / 3 Days Required to WFO

Duration of assignment: 12 months

Our client, an international fast-fashion and lifestyle retailer is seeking an experienced Workday Data Migration Consultant to support a strategic customer engagement involving the migration of employee and payroll-related data from Workday to a new payroll platform. The ideal candidates will possess strong functional knowledge of Workday processes along with hands-on experience in data migration, data validation, and data transformation activities.

This is an urgent requirement supporting a time-sensitive customer project, and the selected resources will play a key role in ensuring a seamless transition with minimal business disruption.

Your responsibilities:

• Analyze and understand existing Workday data structures and business processes.
• Lead and support end-to-end data migration activities from Workday to a new payroll platform.
• Gather, extract, transform, cleanse, validate, and reconcile data throughout the migration lifecycle.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, payroll teams, and technical teams to ensure data accuracy and completeness.
• Develop data mapping documents and migration strategies.
• Identify and resolve data quality issues and migration-related risks.
• Perform migration testing, validation, and post-migration support activities.
• Ensure compliance with data governance, security, and privacy requirements.
• Support project timelines and provide regular status updates to stakeholders.

Essential skills/knowledge/experience:

• Proven experience (8+) working experience in Workday Data Migration and Workday Integration exposure.
• Appropriate degree or relevant professional qualifications.
• Experience of systems development change lifecycles, best practices and approaches.
• Strong experience working with Workday HCM and related business processes.
• Proven experience in data migration projects, preferably involving HR and payroll systems.
• Experience with data extraction, transformation, cleansing, validation, and reconciliation.
• Understanding of employee, organizational, payroll, and workforce data structures.
• Ability to analyze complex data sets and troubleshoot migration issues.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced project environment.
• Experience migrating data from Workday to payroll platforms or other HCM solutions.
• Knowledge of payroll processes and payroll data structures.
• Experience with Workday reporting, EIBs, integrations, or data conversion tools.
• Workday certification is an added advantage.

This is an excellent opportunity to work for a well-known international fast-fashion and lifestyle retailer.