21 Workday Configuration jobs in the United Kingdom

Join a mission-led organisation that safeguards fairness and trust in the UK's financial system, helping people resolve financial disputes when it matters most. You will be a key driver in optimising the organisation’s use of Workday’s Learning and Talent platforms. Flexible, hybrid working from London, duration of 26weeks, available on FTC or a contract basis at a day rate of £500 LTD.

Application deadline - 1pm, Friday 1st of August

This organisation exists to help people resolve disputes fairly, impartially and efficiently and they’re transforming how they do that by embracing modern, accessible and people-centred solutions.

As a Workday Learning Talent & Skills Partner, you’ll take the lead in optimising how the Workday Learning and Talent platforms are used across the organisation, ensuring they’re configured, embedded and continuously improved to meet evolving needs.

You’ll be the go-to expert for Learning and Talent within Workday, supporting everything from day-to-day operations to long-term planning, user training and technical enhancements. You will work closely with stakeholders across departments to enhance system capability and user experience. This role blends technical expertise with strategic thinking and offers the opportunity to make a real impact on how people learn, develop and grow across the organisation.

You will also be involved in the implementation of new Workday products. This includes the configuration of the system, testing of changes and updates and maintenance of articles and reporting requirements.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve Workday Learning and Talent processes, documentation, and user experience
• Support the rollout and integration of features like Skills Cloud, Talent Cards, Journeys, and Notification Designer
• Coordinate testing and release planning for bi-annual Workday updates
• Deliver practical, engaging training and guidance to HR and business users
• Maximise the value of reporting and ensure data integrity across systems
• Facilitate workshops and collaborate with cross-functional teams in IT, Finance, L&D, and Transformation
• Champion Workday capabilities and promote continuous improvement

Essential skills

• Hands-on experience with Workday Learning and Talent – both operationally and administratively
• Hands on configuration skills with Workday suite
• Deep understanding of L&D and Talent processes, with a focus on digital enablement
• Experience with Workday Skills, system configuration and reporting
• Ability to translate technical concepts into clear, user-friendly guidance
• Confident facilitating workshops and engaging with a range of stakeholders including delivering training for Workday & other HR system
• Strong sense of ownership, curiosity and passion for simplifying systems

If you're a Workday specialist with a passion for continuous improvement, collaboration and delivering user-focused solutions then this is your opportunity to make a real impact. Contact Keesha Paulsen in complete confidence or apply here.

02078718557

Senior Workday Consultant

A bit about us.

Ask people where Nando’s comes from and you’ll get a different answer every time. Portugal? Mexico? The UK? Our story actually starts in Rosettenville, a Portuguese neighbourhood in Johannesburg, South Africa. With stops in Mozambique and the UK along the way.It was 1987 and Robbie Brozin and Fernando Duarte opened their first chicken restaurant. Then another. And then another. Fast forward five years and Nando’s landed in the UK.

Now, with over 500 restaurants (and counting), our PERi-PERi is a bestselling hot sauce and Nando’s has become as big a part of culture as drinking tea.We’ve got a growing family of 20,000 Nandocas (what we call our employees), fuelled by our values: Pride, Passion, Integrity, Courage and Family. We care as much about them as we do our legendary, flame-grilled PERi-PERi – because it’s the people that make the chicken.As our next Senior People Technology Analyst, you’ll be at the heart of making sure our candidates and Nandocas have the best experience possible, from their first day to their last.

This is an exciting 12 month contract opportunity where you’ll play a leading role in shaping how we use Workday to drive real impact. If you’re a Workday wizard with a passion for people, process, and tech—and a knack for turning complexity into simplicity—this one's for you. What You’ll Get Stuck Into:

• Lead the way in ensuring our Workday system is secure, compliant, efficient, and creating unforgettable candidate and employee experiences.
• Be the go-to expert across Workday’s Core HCM, Absence, Security, and Business Process (BP) optimisation—turning ideas into seamless solutions.
• Champion continuous improvement by reviewing configurations and identifying areas to boost performance and value.
• Own Workday release cycles—investigate changes, plan ahead, and ensure smooth rollouts.
• Collaborate with our Tech teams to manage Workday integrations and keep our systems talking happily to each other.
• Support our people by resolving escalated queries and ensuring top-notch service across all touchpoints.
• Develop training materials, lead demos, and drive change-readiness across the business.
• Create beautiful dashboards and accurate reports that help teams make better decisions, faster.
• Support major people events—think salary reviews, bonus cycles, and more.
• Conduct audits, data cleanses, and system deep-dives as needed.
• Mentor junior analysts and contribute to a culture of collaboration and growth.
• Help manage our HR systems ecosystem end-to-end, ensuring we stay safe, legal, and always Nando’s-level brilliant.

Who You’ll Work With:

• People Tech & Support Team
• People & Payroll Teams
• Technology Team
• Business Leaders & Managers across all levels
• External partners and 3rd party providers

What We’re Looking For:

• A true embodiment of the Nando’s values—Pride, Passion, Courage, Integrity, and Family.
• 5+ years of hands-on Workday configuration experience, including Core HCM, Absence, Security, BP design/optimisation, reporting, recruiting, talent, UK payroll, and integrations.
• A champion of the user—someone who keeps the experience simple, secure, and slick.
• A sharp mind with excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
• Agile, adaptable, and ready to juggle a mix of planned and unexpected challenges.
• A trusted advisor and influencer, confident working across teams like Tech, HR, Finance, and Ops.
• A detail-obsessed, data-savvy analyst who sees both the weeds and the big picture.
• Experience navigating sensitive, confidential data with a "privacy by design" mindset.
• A self-starter with a collaborative spirit who thrives in a fast-paced, agile environment.

Senior Workday Consultant

A bit about us.

Ask people where Nando’s comes from and you’ll get a different answer every time. Portugal? Mexico? The UK? Our story actually starts in Rosettenville, a Portuguese neighbourhood in Johannesburg, South Africa. With stops in Mozambique and the UK along the way.It was 1987 and Robbie Brozin and Fernando Duarte opened their first chicken restaurant. Then another. And then another. Fast forward five years and Nando’s landed in the UK.

Now, with over 500 restaurants (and counting), our PERi-PERi is a bestselling hot sauce and Nando’s has become as big a part of culture as drinking tea.We’ve got a growing family of 20,000 Nandocas (what we call our employees), fuelled by our values: Pride, Passion, Integrity, Courage and Family. We care as much about them as we do our legendary, flame-grilled PERi-PERi – because it’s the people that make the chicken.As our next Senior People Technology Analyst, you’ll be at the heart of making sure our candidates and Nandocas have the best experience possible, from their first day to their last.

This is an exciting 12 month contract opportunity where you’ll play a leading role in shaping how we use Workday to drive real impact. If you’re a Workday wizard with a passion for people, process, and tech—and a knack for turning complexity into simplicity—this one's for you. What You’ll Get Stuck Into:

• Lead the way in ensuring our Workday system is secure, compliant, efficient, and creating unforgettable candidate and employee experiences.
• Be the go-to expert across Workday’s Core HCM, Absence, Security, and Business Process (BP) optimisation—turning ideas into seamless solutions.
• Champion continuous improvement by reviewing configurations and identifying areas to boost performance and value.
• Own Workday release cycles—investigate changes, plan ahead, and ensure smooth rollouts.
• Collaborate with our Tech teams to manage Workday integrations and keep our systems talking happily to each other.
• Support our people by resolving escalated queries and ensuring top-notch service across all touchpoints.
• Develop training materials, lead demos, and drive change-readiness across the business.
• Create beautiful dashboards and accurate reports that help teams make better decisions, faster.
• Support major people events—think salary reviews, bonus cycles, and more.
• Conduct audits, data cleanses, and system deep-dives as needed.
• Mentor junior analysts and contribute to a culture of collaboration and growth.
• Help manage our HR systems ecosystem end-to-end, ensuring we stay safe, legal, and always Nando’s-level brilliant.

Who You’ll Work With:

• People Tech & Support Team
• People & Payroll Teams
• Technology Team
• Business Leaders & Managers across all levels
• External partners and 3rd party providers

What We’re Looking For:

• A true embodiment of the Nando’s values—Pride, Passion, Courage, Integrity, and Family.
• 5+ years of hands-on Workday configuration experience, including Core HCM, Absence, Security, BP design/optimisation, reporting, recruiting, talent, UK payroll, and integrations.
• A champion of the user—someone who keeps the experience simple, secure, and slick.
• A sharp mind with excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
• Agile, adaptable, and ready to juggle a mix of planned and unexpected challenges.
• A trusted advisor and influencer, confident working across teams like Tech, HR, Finance, and Ops.
• A detail-obsessed, data-savvy analyst who sees both the weeds and the big picture.
• Experience navigating sensitive, confidential data with a "privacy by design" mindset.
• A self-starter with a collaborative spirit who thrives in a fast-paced, agile environment.

The HR Path, a global player in HR consulting, assists its customers in their HR transformation projects, both in terms of human resources and tools (HRIS). We intervene in Europe, America and Asia-Pacific, for our large accounts and SME customers, in order to offer them a global support in the development of their HR strategy.

Advise to Run! HR Path, Global Leader in HR solutions

• ADVIS E: We support our customers in the transformation of their HR function, through a redefinition of their HR organization and their HRIS digitalization
• IMPLEMEN T: As a partner of the main editors of the market, we carry out technical and functional implementation projects of all HRIS solutions (SaaS or On-Premise)
• RU N: With our global payroll expertise, we offer our clients several levels of payroll outsourcing

YOUR MISSIONS

Working closely with client business teams, you as a Senior Workday Consultant will lead functional areas, drive the scope, definition and delivery of Workday solutions that are fit for purpose

• As a Workday Senior Consultant in HR-Path, you’ll be a key part of the team, to implement and configure enterprise-scale Workday solutions for our global customer base. You will build relationships with our customers to understand their needs
• As Senior Workday Consultant you will also be responsible for coaching more junior consultants and will be involved in pre-sales activities
• The Senior Workday Consultant can participate in every phase of a Workday HCM implementation from offer to production support and can take up several roles during an implementation, being: Functional Lead, Analyst & Solution Designer, Tester and Trainer
• Next to the projects the Senior Workday Consultant participates in can lead the development and optimization of our propositions and differentiators to further grow or business
• A high level of flexibility is required, including willingness to travel to customer sites or to attend Global events

YOUR PROFILE

• In depth knowledge of Human Capital Management
• Experience in implementing technology-enabled HR business solutions for clients
• The ability to challenge and design HR solutions, in line with client’s expectations
• Translate client’s requirements into possible configuration options
• Advise customers on solution evolutions as it applies to their implementation
• Demonstrate functional experience in facilitating workshops, writing design documents, user acceptance testing, providing end-user training of the final solution
• Demonstrate effective project experience
• Demonstrate and facilitate the customer requirement workshops/sessions to ensure successful deliverables, including the preparation of documentation and presentations
• Follow Workday Methodology to ensure implementation modules of a functional solution are adapted to the customer's needs
• Pivotal team player with an excellent attitude - Lead and support the project team in the deployment or evolution of the solution
• Prepare and lead design workshops on the subjects mastered
• Control and maintain best practice approach, and the highest quality levels of service provided to the client
• Regular participant in sales activities and responsible providing input to work estimates
• Demonstrated functional experience in facilitating workshops, writing design documents, user acceptance testing, providing end-user training of the final solution
• Demonstrated effective project experience
• Effective prioritisation of tasks and managing personal time
• Working with minimal supervision and supervising others
• Excellent English language skills, written, oral and presentation, any additional language is appreciated
• Experience of 10 complete Workday project life cycle is an asset
• Workday Core HCM certification

WHAT WE OFFER

• A highly stimulating and fulfilling work environment with international development
• Rapid career growth with numerous opportunities for development (horizontal & vertical): international mobility, training, and certification
• A good work-life balance with remote working possibilities
• A good working atmosphere on a daily basis: quarterly team evenings, international annual seminar
• We are Happy at Work certified and continue to listen to our employees. If you value a culture that respects diversity, individual courage, integrity, excellence and encourages team collaboration, HR Path is the place for you

Senior Workday Consultant - Advanced Compensation and Recruiting

We are partnering with a leading organisation to recruit a Senior Workday Consultant to join their team focused on the ongoing enhancement, troubleshooting and management of the Workday Advanced Compensation and Recruiting modules.

Role Overview:

• Collaborate with Regional HR experts to collate business requirements and translate them into well-architectured solutions that best utilise the Workday platform
• Collaborate with key business stakeholders and your own team to identify system improvements and enhancements; and to recommend and implement solutions
• Perform testing activities and recommending solutions to meet business requirements
• Develop and implement new processes and systems for efficient HR management
• Provide technical support, troubleshooting, and guidance to users including managing escalated level 3 internal user tickets
• Contribute to the input of and ensuring the integrity of highly confidential employee data
• Supporting the review, design, testing, implementation, and maintenance of Advanced Compensation and Recruitment Workday Modules
• Staying up-to-date of newly released features through adoption and delivering configurational changes
• Continuously improving business processes and reports
• Act as a representative and liaison between IT departments and business HR stakeholders during day to day and project activities
• Ensuring system compliance with data security and privacy requirements

Key Requirements

• Minimum 3 years experience with Workday Advanced Compensation
• Previous experience within Workday modules Recruitment and Absence
• The ability to apply systems knowledge to troubleshoot and analyst new issues
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage with the business users, across various levels, in non-technical language
• Organised and methodical approach to work
• Advanced time management skills

Workday Functional Consultant

London (4 days per week onsite / 1 day WFH)

575 - 625 p/d, inside IR35

6 months (high likelihood of extension)

A well-established, rapidly expanding organisation (8-10 acquisitions likely to complete this year alone), undergoing a major HR systems transformation is seeking an experienced Workday Functional Consultant / Systems Admin for an initial 6 month contract. Due to the ambitious expansion plans the contract is highly likely to extend.

It is a critical position within the company's digital transformation and M&A strategy, focusing on the ongoing optimisation and development of Workday.

This contract offers the opportunity to play a key role in configuring modules, workflows, business processes, reports, integrations as well as onboarding multiple newly acquired businesses onto the Workday platform.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the day-to-day administration, optimisation and continuous improvement of Workday
• Configure Workday templates, modules, business processes, reports and workflow
• Support M&A activities through the onboarding of new groups of employees into Workday
• Requirements Gathering and Analysis, collaborating with stakeholders to understand business needs and translate the into functional specifications.
• Collaborate closely with HR and IT stakeholders to define requirements and deliver appropriate solutions
• Ensure data accuracy and integrity across systems and integrations (e.g. Payroll, ERP)
• Provide training and support to HR end users and stakeholders
• Maintain strong vendor relationships and oversee third-party integrations
• Ensure compliance with data governance and security standards

Requirements:

• Proven experience as a Workday Consultant or Sys Admin
• Deep understanding of Workday configuration (including templates, workflows and reporting)
• Ideally experience supporting Workday in environments involving M&A requiring onboarding of new businesses
• Solid grasp of HR processes and how they map to systems
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work independently and strategically within an extremely fast-paced environment

A growing organisation is looking for a Workday Financials Consultant to join their team. The role will predominantly be focused on configuration and integration. It's a permanent role paying up to 120,000 + bonus. As to location, whilst their head office is London based, they're flexible although there will be some element of travel within the UK in the role.

To succeed in the role you'll need to have a strong background within Workday Financials, be happy to be hands on and if you had an accountancy background as well that would be a big bonus. The company is looking to hire ASAP so if you're interested, please send your CV through the application button.

A growing organisation is looking for a Workday Financials Consultant to join their team. The role will predominantly be focused on configuration and integration. They are looking for the role on a permanent basis but also considering interim to cover the search and notice period of the permanent person. As to location, whilst their head office is London based, they're flexible although there will be some element of travel within the UK in the role.

To succeed in the role you'll need to have a strong background within Workday Financials, be happy to be hands on and if you had an accountancy background as well that would be a big bonus. The company is looking to hire ASAP so if you're interested, please send your CV through the application button.

Workday Functional Consultant

London (4 days per week onsite / 1 day WFH)

575 - 625 p/d, inside IR35

6 months (high likelihood of extension)

A well-established, rapidly expanding organisation (8-10 acquisitions likely to complete this year alone), undergoing a major HR systems transformation is seeking an experienced Workday Functional Consultant / Systems Admin for an initial 6 month contract. Due to the ambitious expansion plans the contract is highly likely to extend.

It is a critical position within the company's digital transformation and M&A strategy, focusing on the ongoing optimisation and development of Workday.

This contract offers the opportunity to play a key role in configuring modules, workflows, business processes, reports, integrations as well as onboarding multiple newly acquired businesses onto the Workday platform.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the day-to-day administration, optimisation and continuous improvement of Workday
• Configure Workday templates, modules, business processes, reports and workflow
• Support M&A activities through the onboarding of new groups of employees into Workday
• Requirements Gathering and Analysis, collaborating with stakeholders to understand business needs and translate the into functional specifications.
• Collaborate closely with HR and IT stakeholders to define requirements and deliver appropriate solutions
• Ensure data accuracy and integrity across systems and integrations (e.g. Payroll, ERP)
• Provide training and support to HR end users and stakeholders
• Maintain strong vendor relationships and oversee third-party integrations
• Ensure compliance with data governance and security standards

Requirements:

• Proven experience as a Workday Consultant or Sys Admin
• Deep understanding of Workday configuration (including templates, workflows and reporting)
• Ideally experience supporting Workday in environments involving M&A requiring onboarding of new businesses
• Solid grasp of HR processes and how they map to systems
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work independently and strategically within an extremely fast-paced environment