Workday HRIS Partner (Fixed-Term) — Drive People Ops

Opencast; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer pension 7%

Share options

Discretionary bonus

25 days holiday

Life happens days

Job summary

Opencast seeks an experienced HRIS Business Partner to own and enhance Workday HCM within our People Operations team. The role combines hands-on administration, reporting, and business partnering to translate operational needs into practical system solutions across our UK locations.

You will design and maintain dashboards, support BAU processes (hiring, onboarding, compensation, absence, terminations) and drive continuous improvement while ensuring data security and compliance.

Qualifications

• Practical Workday HCM experience in a live organisation.
• Ability to translate operational needs into system requirements.
• Strong analytical and data reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on administration, configuration and functional support for Workday HCM, acting as a subject matter expert across the business.
• Collaborate with the People team, Planning & Insight and wider stakeholders, translating operational needs into clear requirements and practical system solutions.
• Provide guidance, demonstrations and knowledge transfer so colleagues can use Workday processes and reporting effectively.
• Design, build and maintain reports, dashboards, worksheets and calculated fields covering headcount, recruitment, attrition, absence, pay and workforce allocation.
• Investigate data quality issues and reporting discrepancies, explaining cause, impact and required action clearly.
• Develop and maintain models to simulate business scenarios and assess risk for strategic initiatives and investments.

Skills

Workday HCM

Data analysis

Reporting

Stakeholder management

Process improvement

Tools

Workday reporting tools

Job description

Opencast seeks an experienced HRIS Business Partner to own and enhance Workday HCM within our People Operations team. The role combines hands-on administration, reporting, and business partnering to translate operational needs into practical system solutions across our UK locations.

You will design and maintain dashboards, support BAU processes (hiring, onboarding, compensation, absence, terminations) and drive continuous improvement while ensuring data security and compliance.