Workday HCM Analyst: Hybrid, Data-Driven Process Optimizer

Planet Paymet; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Planet Planet is seeking a hands-on Workday Analyst to support configuration, reporting, optimization, and ongoing improvement of the Workday platform. You will work with People Operations, Payroll, Reward, IT, Finance, and business stakeholders to keep Workday stable, accurate, scalable, and user-friendly.

The role requires hands-on Workday configuration experience, strong reporting and data skills, and the ability to translate business requirements into clear, well-controlled system solutions.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Workday configuration experience, ideally across Core HCM and additional functional areas.
• Strong knowledge of Workday business processes, reporting, security, organisations, and worker data.

Responsibilities

• Configure, maintain, and enhance Workday functionality across Core HCM and related processes.
• Build and maintain reports, calculated fields, business processes, rules, and supporting configuration.
• Investigate and resolve Workday issues, identify root causes, and implement sustainable fixes.
• Support testing, release readiness, documentation, and change deployment.
• Partner with stakeholders to improve processes, data quality, user experience, and governance.

Skills

Workday Configuration

Core HCM

Reporting

Excel

Stakeholder Collaboration

Governance & Risk

Job description

Planet Planet is seeking a hands-on Workday Analyst to support configuration, reporting, optimization, and ongoing improvement of the Workday platform. You will work with People Operations, Payroll, Reward, IT, Finance, and business stakeholders to keep Workday stable, accurate, scalable, and user-friendly.

The role requires hands-on Workday configuration experience, strong reporting and data skills, and the ability to translate business requirements into clear, well-controlled system solutions.