Workday HRIS Lead

Lucas Kennedy Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Lucas Kennedy Group is partnering with a global organisation at a pivotal stage of their Workday journey to appoint a senior leader responsible for ongoing Workday HCM implementation governance and BAU oversight. You will steer configuration, optimization, and support of Core HCM modules while ensuring standardization of job profiles and hierarchies and managing key HR processes.

You will also oversee security roles, data integrity, and analytics, partnering with Finance on compensation and

Qualifications

• Leading Workday HCM configuration and BAU support.
• Ensuring standardization of job profiles and hierarchies.
• Overseeing HR processes like hiring, compensation changes, terminations.
• Managing security roles and access.
• Partnering with Finance on compensation and payroll integration.
• Maintaining data integrity and reporting analytics.

Responsibilities

• Lead configuration, optimization, and support of Workday HCM modules.
• Ensure compliance and standardization of job profiles, job families and levels.
• Oversee position management and hiring, compensation changes, terminations, and delegations.
• Manage business processes and approvals, security roles, and issue escalation.
• Collaborate with Finance on compensation grades and payroll integration.
• Provide accurate reporting on headcount, workforce planning, and status.

Skills

Workday HCM

HRIS governance

BAU leadership

Data analytics

Security roles

Tools

ADP integration

Job description

I am working with a global organisation who are at a critical stage in their Workday journey and are looking for the right resource to take responsibility for overseeing the ongoing implementation and governance of their Workday HCM System as well as leading the BAU team.

• Lead the configuration, optimization, and support of Workday HCM modules, including Core HCM, Compensation, Absence, Recruitment and Performance.
• Ensure compliance and standardization of job profiles, job families, and management levels within Workday.
• Oversee business processes for position management (creation, editing, freezing, closing), hiring, compensation changes, job changes, terminations, and delegations.
• Manage and troubleshoot business processes, ensuring correct approvals, security roles, and escalation of issues to HR Admin/IT as needed.
• Partner with Finance to manage compensation grades, benchmarks, and salary banding, ensuring integration with payroll (e.g., ADP for employees).
• Oversee data integrity and support accurate reporting and analytics, ensuring visibility into headcount, workforce planning, and process status at all times.
• Govern system security and role assignment, ensuring the right level of access for HR, and recruiting partners. Drive HCM process improvements and collaborate with change management