Workday HCM Consultant / Lead

The Workday HCM Consultant plays a key role in the implementation, optimisation and ongoing support of Workday Human Capital Management within a complex government shared services environment. Working as part of a multi-disciplinary delivery team, you will provide hands-on functional expertise across Workday HCM, supporting business change, process improvement and system configuration. You will act as a trusted adviser to stakeholders, ensuring solutions are robust, compliant and aligned to Client and wider government standards., Working as part of a multi-disciplinary delivery team, you will provide hands-on configuration expertise alongside technical leadership, design assurance and supervisory support. You will act as a senior trusted adviser and escalation point, ensuring solutions are robust, scalable, compliant and aligned to the Client's and wider government standards.

• Demonstrable experience working with Workday HCM in a configuration, implementation or support role.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end HR processes within a complex organisation.
• Exposure to Workday Payroll or integrations with third-party payroll providers.
• Experience gathering, analysing and documenting business requirements and producing high-quality functional specifications.
• Hands-on experience configuring Workday business processes, data structures and security roles.
• Experience supporting or delivering testing activities within an ERP or SaaS environment.
• Ability to work collaboratively across multi-disciplinary teams and with a range of stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience working within a structured delivery environment, such as Agile or hybrid methodologies., Significant experience working with Workday HCM in a senior configuration, implementation or support role.
• Deep understanding of end-to-end HR processes within large, complex organisations.
• Proven experience providing technical leadership, assurance or oversight within ERP or SaaS environments.
• Experience supervising, mentoring or coaching other consultants, analysts or partners.
• Strong experience gathering, validating and translating complex business requirements into functional designs.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels.