Workday Functional Consultant

NRF United Kingdom; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Norton Rose Fulbright in the United Kingdom is seeking a Workday Functional Consultant to support a strategic programme expanding Workday to a new region. You will deliver hands-on configuration across Core HCM and Compensation, with Recruitment experience desirable to support future activity.

You will collaborate with the NRF HRIS team and AMS capability to drive build, testing readiness, defect resolution and deployment preparation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Workday configuration experience across Core HCM and Compensation.
• Experience in Recruiting is desirable for future configuration/testing.
• Ability to work independently within a delivery team.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication.
• Workday Certification or Pro accreditation is desirable.
• Experience in global or multi-region environments.
• Exposure to professional services or complex organisations.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on configuration and functional expertise across Workday Core HCM and Compensation, supporting rollout to Australia.
• Support requirements gathering, solution design, and configuration in Recruiting.
• Support tenant build, migration activities, and readiness activities for testing, playback sessions, and deployment milestones.
• Contribute to testing activities, including defect management, issue investigation, and deployment preparation.

Skills

Workday configuration

Core HCM & Compensation

Recruitment experience

Workday testing & deployment

Independent/workload mgmt

Analytical skills

Stakeholder comms

Workday Certification

Global/multi-region

Professional services exposure

Job description

Practice Group / Department: People and Culture Transformation EMEA Job Description

Norton Rose Fulbright is a global law firm with more than 3,000 lawyers advising clients across locations in the United States, Europe, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa and the Middle East. We provide a full scope of legal services to the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions. Our vision is to be a world class business, profitable, ambitious, cooperative and considerate, supporting our clients and people through our global business principles of Quality, Unity and Integrity. With over 7,000 employees worldwide, our culture is the thread that connects us. Our strategy and culture are closed connected – defined by shared ambition, global collaboration and a one-team mindset. We believe pioneering work happens when people are empowered to think beyond boundaries, explore new opportunities and grow through diverse experiences. Alongside the right skills and experience, we are looking for people who are innovative, commercially minded, and motivated by the impact of the work they do – ready to share in our ambition and help shape what comes next. Because while individuals can do well, together we achieve something extraordinary.

The People & Culture Department

The People and Culture department at Norton Rose Fulbright comprises Human Resources, Talent & Resourcing, Diversity & Social Impact, and Learning and Development.

The Role

The Workday Functional Consultant will support the delivery of a strategic programme to extend our existing Workday solution to a new region. As part of the next delivery phase, the role will provide hands‑on functional configuration across Core HCM and Compensation, with Recruitment experience desirable to support future delivery activity. Working closely with the NRF HRIS team and AMS capability, the consultant will provide dedicated support across build activities, testing preparation and execution, defect resolution and deployment preparation.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide hands‑on configuration and functional expertise across Workday Core HCM and Compensation, supporting the successful rollout of Workday to Australia.
• Support requirements gathering, solution design, and configuration activities within Recruiting, where experience exists.
• Support tenant build and migration activities, and readiness activities in preparation for testing, playback sessions, and deployment milestones.
• Contribute to testing activities, including defect management, issue investigation, and the timely resolution of configuration‑related queries.

Skills & Experience

• Proven experience, typically 5+ years configuration experience (configuring business processes, security, reports, etc) within Workday.
• Strong functional expertise in Core HCM and Compensation.
• Recruitment experience is desirable, particularly where this supports future configuration and testing activity.
• Experience supporting Workday build, testing readiness, defect management and deployment preparation.
• Ability to manage workload independently while working as part of a wider delivery team.
• Strong analytical mindset with attention to detail and problem‑solving capability.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Desirable: Workday Certification or Pro accreditation.
• Experience working in a global or multi‑region environment.
• Exposure to professional services or similarly complex organisations.

Contract Details

• Duration: 6 Months Contract
• Location: UK Office based with hybrid flexibility
• Reporting to: Head of P&C Transformation & Change #LI-KM2 #LI-Hybrid

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

To attract the best people, we strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can bring their whole selves to work, have a sense of belonging, and realize their full career potential. Our new enabled work model allows our people to have more flexibility in the way they choose to work from both the office and a remote location, while continuing to deliver the highest standards of service. We offer a range of family friendly and inclusive employment policies and provide access to programmes and services aimed at nurturing our people’s health and overall wellbeing. Find more about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion here. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams. We strive to create an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. If you require any tailored adjustments or accommodations, please let us know here.

Norton Rose Fulbright provides a full scope of legal services to the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions. The global law firm has more than 3,000 lawyers advising clients across locations in the United States, Europe, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa and the Middle East. With its global business principles of quality, unity and integrity, Norton Rose Fulbright is recognized for its client service in key industries, including financial institutions; energy, infrastructure and resources; technology; transport; life sciences and healthcare; and consumer markets.