Workday Functional Specialist

Robson Bale; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Robson Bale is looking for a Senior Workday Functional Consultant to work on HCM, Advanced Compensation, Absence, and Time Tracking modules. This hybrid position based in Hammersmith, London requires expertise in Workday Core and Advanced Compensation.

Candidates should have strong HR process knowledge and excellent stakeholder management skills. Responsibilities include configuring Workday solutions and supporting HR functions with testing and enhancements.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering Workday implementations and post-production enhancements.
• Strong understanding of HR processes and compensation frameworks.
• Collaboration with HR and Payroll functions.

Responsibilities

• Configure and maintain Workday HCM and compensation modules.
• Lead requirements gathering and solution design activities.
• Support testing activities including UAT and regression testing.

Skills

Workday Core HCM

Workday Advanced Compensation

Workday Absence

Workday Time Tracking

Stakeholder management

Excellent communication skills

Tools

Jira

ServiceNow

Confluence

Job description

Senior Workday Functional Consultant (HCM, Advanced Compensation, Absence & Time Tracking)

Permanent Role

Hammersmith, London (Hybrid - 2 Days per Week Onsite)

Key Responsibilities

• Configure and maintain Workday HCM, Advanced Compensation, Absence, and Time Tracking modules.
• Lead requirements gathering, solution design, and functional configuration activities.
• Support Workday enhancements, releases, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Configure compensation plans, eligibility rules, accruals, leave policies, work schedules, and time calculations.
• Collaborate with HR, Payroll, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable Workday solutions.
• Support testing activities including UAT, regression testing, and release validation.
• Troubleshoot configuration issues and provide functional expertise across the Workday ecosystem.
• Maintain system documentation, configuration workbooks, and process guides.
• Ensure solutions align with governance, security, and compliance requirements.

Required Experience

• Workday Core HCM
• Workday Advanced Compensation
• Workday Absence
• Workday Time Tracking
• Experience delivering Workday implementations and post-production enhancements.
• Strong understanding of HR processes, compensation frameworks, and workforce management.
• Experience working closely with HR and Payroll functions.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Technical Stack

Workday Core HCM, Workday Advanced Compensation, Workday Absence, Workday Time Tracking, Workday Business Process Framework, Workday Security, Workday Reporting (Standard & Advanced), Calculated Fields, EIB, Workday Web Services (SOAP/REST awareness), Compensation Cycles, Merit Planning, Bonus Planning, Time Calculations, Leave Management, Accrual Frameworks, UAT, Regression Testing, Jira, ServiceNow, Confluence, and Agile methodologies.