Workday Specialist

JGA Recruitment Group | B Corp™; Warwick; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full-time permanent

18-month FTC

Part-time (3 days/week)

Job summary

JGA Recruitment Group Ltd is seeking a Workday HCM specialist to join a lean, high-impact systems team in Warwick. You will own a full Workday HCM stack across HR, absence, onboarding, talent and more, with autonomy from requirements through deployment.

This role demands breadth across multiple modules, not a single focus. You’ll lead end-to-end system changes, support live integrations and M&A work, and partner with HR, IT and third-party teams to drive platform investment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience configuring, administering and supporting Workday HCM modules.
• Breadth across 3+ Workday modules with ability to own end-to-end changes.
• Experience handling data loads, reporting and governance for audit readiness.

Responsibilities

• Configure, administer and optimise a full Workday HCM suite (HR, absence, onboarding, talent, time tracking, etc.).
• Lead end-to-end system changes: requirements gathering, configuration, testing, training and deployment.
• Support live integrations and M&A projects, onboarding large employee populations.

Skills

Workday HCM configuration

Workday security & reporting

Stakeholder management

HRIS breadth across modules

Job description

Warwick (Hybrid – flexible on days in the office for the right person)

A newly created seat on a lean, high-impact systems team, with a full Workday HCM stack to own and a genuine mandate to shape how it's used. You won't be one of twelve specialising in a single module. For this role, you'll need real breadth across the platform, and the autonomy to take real projects from requirements through to deployment.

Can you hold your own across multiple Workday HCM modules rather than just one or two?

Are you ready to lead system changes end-to-end, configuration, testing, training, deployment?

With 500 colleagues being integrated onto the platform and recent M&A activity still bedding in, this is a role for someone who wants live project work, not steady-state maintenance.

What you'll own:

• Day-to-day configuration, administration and optimisation of a full Workday HCM suite — HR, absence, onboarding, talent, time tracking, compensation, benefits, payroll, employee experience
• Acting as the go-to Workday SME for HR teams — troubleshooting, resolving, and spotting process improvements
• Leading system changes end-to-end: requirements gathering, configuration, testing, training and deployment
• Supporting live integration and M&A project work, including onboarding a significant new employee population onto the platform
• Data loads, reporting and business process configuration, plus system documentation and governance to support compliance and audit readiness
• Working closely with HR, IT and third-party partners on releases, enhancements and ongoing platform investment

What you'll need:

• Hands-on experience configuring, administering and supporting Workday in an HRIS, People Systems or Workday Specialist role
• Genuine breadth — comfortable across 3+ modules rather than deep in just one (Payroll module experience is a strong plus)
• Strong knowledge of Workday business processes, security, organisations, reporting and EIBs
• A track record delivering system enhancements and continuous improvement, not just BAU support
• Confident stakeholder management — able to translate business requirements into system solutions and push back where needed
• Experience supporting businesses at volume (2,000+ employees) is ideal given the scale here

Worth knowing:

• Flexible on how this role is structured: full-time permanent, an 18-month FTC, or part-time (3 days/week)
• Joining a small, close-knit systems team of three at a genuine inflection point — Workday investment expanding, not standing still
• Two-stage virtual process: a 30-minute technical conversation and a 45-minute generalist/stakeholder-fit discussion

If you'd rather be the generalist who owns the platform than the specialist who owns one corner of it, this is worth a conversation.

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