Workday HCM Lead (FTC)

Paconsulting; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Paconsulting is seeking an exceptional Workday HCM Lead in London to oversee Workday HCM, drive system enhancements, and ensure compliant service delivery. The role offers flexible/hybrid working with a minimum 2 days in the London office, on a 12-month Fixed Term Contract.

You will lead and shape the Workday journey, collaborating with stakeholders across the business, managing governance, and guiding the support team to deliver high-quality HR services.

Qualifications

• Extensive Workday HCM experience.
• Strong Workday configuration expertise.
• Knowledge of core HCM concepts (e.g., organisations, hierarchies, workflows, reporting).
• Experience in governance and service delivery within HR systems.

Responsibilities

• Oversee Workday HCM and feature releases; ensure compliance and security.
• Partner with business leaders to enhance HR service delivery.
• Lead the support team; balance day-to-day work with strategic initiatives.
• Manage governance, cross-functional resources, and HR strategy alignment.
• Maintain up-to-date system documentation and promote continual learning.

Skills

Workday HCM

Leadership

Stakeholder management

System governance

Security compliance

Change management

Tools

Workday

Job description

Flexible working - minimum of 2 days per week in the London office

This a 12-month Fixed Term Contract

Can you imagine working alongside our HR team, seamlessly delivering end-to-end support for the Workday HR Management system at PA?

Our HR team are looking for an exceptional Workday HCM Lead to play a pivotal role in ensuring effective service delivery across our organisation. Responsibilities include overseeing Workday HCM, managing system enhancements, collaborating with stakeholders, and maintaining compliance.

This role offers the opportunity to shape our Workday journey and contribute to ongoing improvements.

You will have opportunity to :

• Lead Workday HCM system optimisation
• Manage governance, cross-functional resources, and HR strategy alignment
• Ownership of Workday HCM management, design, and maintenance
• Oversee regular Workday feature releases and value analysis
• Partner with business leaders to enhance service delivery
• Lead the support team, balancing day-to-day support with strategic initiatives
• Manage support/delivery partner relationships
• Maintain up-to-date system documentation
• Foster continuous learning within the support team

• Extensive Workday HCM experience
• Strong Workday configuration expertise
• Knowledge of core HCM concepts (e.g., organisations, hierarchies, workflows, reporting)
• Proficiency in supporting HCM areas like Core HR, Absence, Benefits, Talent, and Learning
• Understanding of system security, roles, and segregation of duties
• Proven track record in managing system change and support with attention to detail

Essential Capabilities

• 'Can do' and personable attitude
• Ownership of tasks through to resolution

Desirable Capabilities

• Experience in the global professional services industry
• HR background

Life at PA

Life At PA encompasses our peoples' experience at PA. It's about how we enrich peoples' working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose led meaningful work.

We believe diversity fuels ingenuity. Diversity of thought brings exciting perspectives; diversity of experience brings a wealth of knowledge, and diversity of skills brings the tools we need. When we bring people together with diverse backgrounds, identities, and minds, embracing that difference through an inclusive culture where our people thrive; we unleash the power of diversity - bringing ingenuity to life.

Find out more about Life at PA here .

We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief, veteran status, or any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We are on a journey towards ensuring our workforce is diverse at all levels and that our firm is representative of the world around us. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

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