Workday Technical Analyst

Modaxo; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Healthcare cashback

Private pension

Life assurance

Income protection

Generous holiday allowance

Health & wellness initiatives

Job summary

Modaxo is seeking a proactive Workday Technical Analyst to support the ongoing development, optimisation, and enhancement of our global Workday platform. You will partner with HR, IT, and functional leaders to ensure the system aligns with business needs and delivers a seamless user experience.

You will work across integrations, security, reporting, configuration, and release management, owning projects and supporting the delivery of our product roadmap.

Qualifications

• Experience configuring Workday across multiple modules with advanced compensation and/or absence management.
• Strong security, reporting, and business-process configuration skills.
• Experience leading bi-annual Workday release cycles and audits.

Responsibilities

• Act as a Workday technical SME translating requirements into technical solutions.
• Own and enhance Workday security, roles, domains, and SoD controls.
• Develop advanced reporting and analytics using Matrix, Composite, and dashboards.
• Configure Workday business processes across modules and optimise workflows.
• Lead system impact assessments for new functionality or acquisitions.
• Manage release activities, testing, and backlog prioritisation.
• Provide BAU technical support and audit-ready documentation.
• Deliver training and guidance to users and partners.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement with minimal disruption.

Skills

Workday

Security model

Reporting analytics

Release management

Cross-functional

Tools

BIRT

People Analytics

PRISM

Job description

Modaxo is looking for a proactive and skilled Workday Technical Analyst to support the continued development, optimisation, and enhancement of our global Workday platform.

In this role, you’ll play a key part in evolving Workday from its current state towards full adoption across our business. Acting as a trusted technical partner to HR, IT, and functional leaders, you’ll help ensure the platform continues to align with business needs and delivers a seamless, engaging user experience.

You’ll work across Workday integrations, security architecture, reporting, technical configuration, and release management, while owning Workday projects and supporting the delivery of our ongoing product roadmap.

You’ll also keep ahead of emerging Workday capabilities, assessing where they can add value and driving continuous improvement across the platform and our global portfolios.

***The role requires experience of end-to-end configuration of advanced compensation and/or absence management modules.***

What You’ll Do

• Act as a Workday technical subject-matter expert, partnering with HR, IT, Finance, and wider business teams to translate requirements into effective technical solutions and support the Workday product strategy.
• Own and enhance Workday security, including roles, domains, policies, and business-process security, while supporting audits, GDPR, segregation of duties (SoD), and access troubleshooting.
• Develop advanced Workday reporting and analytics, including Matrix, Composite, Trending, Dashboards and BIRT reports, calculated fields, and emerging capabilities such as People Analytics and PRISM.
• Configure and optimise Workday business processes across multiple modules, identifying opportunities to improve workflows, increase automation, resolve system issues, and strengthen adoption.
• Support system impact assessments for new functionality, modules, and acquisitions, identifying dependencies and recommending appropriate technical solutions.
• Lead technical activities for bi-annual Workday releases, including impact assessments, regression testing, evaluation of new functionality, and prioritisation of the enhancement backlog.
• Provide ongoing BAU technical support, maintaining data quality, reporting accuracy, process compliance, and clear, audit-ready documentation.
• Provide training and technical guidance to users, SMEs, and key partners, helping strengthen Workday capability and knowledge across the organisation.
• Proactively monitor new Workday functionality and identify opportunities for continuous improvement, ensuring enhancements are delivered effectively with minimal disruption.

What You Bring

Technical Experience

• Extensive hands-on experience configuring Workday across multiple modules (Advance Compensation and/or absence management are must have) and (HCM, Recruiting, Talent and Performance preferred).
• Experience in end to end configuration of Absence, Advanced Compensation.

Strong expertise in:

• Workday security model
• Reporting, dashboards, and calculated fields
• Business process configuration
• Release management
• Integrations experience is a plus

Core Skills

• Ability to streamline and optimise HR processes.
• Strong requirements gathering and user‑story development skills.
• Experience coordinating Workday’s bi‑annual release cycles and regression testing.
• Excellent problem‑solving skills, especially across complex, cross‑module scenarios.
• Clear communication skills to support stakeholder engagement and training.
• Strong attention to data quality, analytics, and audit readiness.

In return we will offer a competitive salary along with a comprehensive benefits package including a discretionary bonus, healthcare cash back scheme, private pension scheme, life assurance and income protection, a great holiday package , as well as many initiatives to support a healthy lifestyle.