Workday Technical Analyst - Advanced Compensation (12 month FTC)

Just Group plc; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Private medical cover

Income protection

Bonus scheme

Headspace app access

Employee benefits portal

Job summary

Just Group plc in London is seeking a Workday Technical Analyst focusing on Advanced Compensation on a 12-month fixed-term contract. This role is based in a hybrid London environment and entails 35 hours per week.

You will partner with HR and stakeholders to enhance, support and evolve our Workday platform, with a focus on Advanced Compensation. You’ll lead configuration, annual cycles, and continuous improvement initiatives across multiple Workday modules.

Qualifications

• Proven Workday HCM/Reporting experience with Advanced Compensation.
• Data analytics mindset and ability to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Strong written and verbal communication, able to explain changes to non-technical colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Act as technical SME across Workday modules, especially Advanced Compensation.
• Configure, rollout, and support annual HR processes and cycles.
• Provide advanced troubleshooting and escalate as needed; safeguard data integrity.
• Develop standardised dashboards and executive insights; manage integrations and security.
• Collaborate with HR, external consultants, and project teams on BAU and strategic work.

Skills

Workday HCM/Reporting

Advanced Compensation

Data Analytics

Problem Solving

Communication

Excel

Job description

Workday Technical Analyst - Advanced Compensation (12 month FTC)

London (Hybrid)

Contract: Fixed Term Contract

Hours: Full time- 35 hours

Are you a Workday Technical professional with proven Advanced Compensation experience, who loves solving problems, improving processes, and making systems work smarter for people? We’re looking for a Workday Technical Analyst on a 12 month FTC in our People Team, and play a key role in enhancing, supporting, and evolving our Workday platform, in particular Advanced Compensation

Under direction from the People Systems Manager, the Workday Technical Analyst will partner closely with HR and wider business stakeholders to deliver system enhancements, annual cycle events, new features, and a pipeline of continuous improvements — all aligned to our HR strategy and change roadmap. You’ll be our go‑to technical SME across key Workday functional areas including Core HCM, Advanced Compensation, Absence, Talent & Performance, Recruitment,, Integrations, Security, Dashboards and Reporting.

About Just

We help people achieve a better later life. That’s our purpose and it’s the reason we exist. We are a fast-growing company helping customers enjoy the retirement they deserve. We do this through a variety of market leading, award-winning products and services, delivered by a diverse team of over 1,400 purpose-led colleagues who genuinely put the customer at the heart of everything we do.

This is a brilliant time to join our business. We are on an exciting growth journey to become the UK’s most loved retirement expert.

Key Responsibilities:

• Acting as a technical expert across multiple Workday modules and continually expanding your knowledge of our Workday landscap, in particular Advanced Compensation
• Supporting configuration and rollout of annual HR processes — especially, Advanced Compensation and Talent & Performance cycles.
• Providing advanced troubleshooting and becoming an escalation point for Workday Support Analysts and HR Operations.
• Safeguarding data integrity, ensuring best‑practice governance, and handling sensitive information with care.
• Leading the development of standardised dashboards, advanced reporting toolkits, and Exec‑level insights.
• Owning and enhancing Workday integrations and maintaining robust security configurations.
• Partnering with HR stakeholders, external consultants, and project teams on a mix of BAU tasks and strategic initiatives.
• Supporting tenant management, testing cycles, and Workday’s biannual releases.
• Proactively identifying opportunities to streamline processes, improve configuration, and deliver impactful enhancements.
• Contributing Workday subject matter expertise to roadmap projects and the small‑change backlog.

Skills and Experience:

• Proven experience as a technical lead in Workday HCM/Reporting and Advanced Compensation
• Having worked previously in a data analytics role.
• A problem-solving mindset with the ability to translate business needs into smart technical solutions
• Good written and verbal communication skills. Able to explain system changes to non-technical Employees;
• Passion and aptitude for all things data, process and system involved;
• Strong competency in Excell
• Data and Analytics Certification / Qualification (desirable)

Our behaviours

At Just you’ll have the opportunity to develop your career, whilst making a difference to the lives of those around you. You’ll be part of a company with a strong and distinctive culture - we’re ambitious, curious and collaborative – and every decision we make centres around being Just and delivering the best outcomes for our customers.

What’s in it for you

• A competitive salary, pension scheme and life assurance
• 25 days annual leave plus an additional day on us for your birthday
• Private medical cover and income protection, just in case
• A generous and highly achievable bonus scheme
• Opportunities to progress your career in-role and within the company
• Free access to the Headspace app, 24/7 employee assistance helpline and trained physical and mental health first aiders
• A variety of employee funded benefits available via our online benefits portal
• Plus, several additional purchase options available for you and your loved ones

Explore our full range of benefits on our dedicated benefits page.

Belonging at Just

Valuing diversity of thought and fostering a sense of belonging is critical to our business success, driving innovation and balanced decision making. Our work on DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging) aims to deliver a brilliant employee experience underpinned by a sense of belonging, where our people feel proud to work at Just.

We remain committed to our publicly disclosed HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter and Race at Work Charter targets and support a wide range of employee network and events, championing issues including intergenerational working, social mobility and neurodiversity.