Senior Workday Analyst

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Configure, maintain, and optimize Workday across multiple modules.
• Translate organizational requirements into scalable, compliant, user-centered platform solutions.
• Lead Workday design, tenant optimization, and governance with the BHF Architect.
• Provide functional expertise across Core HCM and specialist modules and shape the platform's strategic evolution.
• Guide and coach analysts and advise Technology and People stakeholders.
• Develop future-ready solutions to maximize BHF's Workday investment and support its roadmap.

Working arrangements

• Hybrid role split between home and at least one day per week on average in the London office, normally Tuesday or Wednesday.
• Office attendance may vary, and flexibility is expected.

Experience and technical skills

• Workday certification(s) or Workday Pro accreditation and advanced Workday expertise.
• Hands-on configuration experience across Core HCM and multiple specialist modules, including enterprise configuration design and governance.
• Experience with Workday reporting, dashboards, calculated fields, EIB uploads, audits, and data cleansing.
• Experience optimizing HR workflows, gathering requirements, mapping processes, and supporting Workday's biannual release cycle.
• Strong understanding of Workday security, integrations, EIBs, business process logic, condition rules, and downstream impacts.
• Experience with Workday integrations and leading configuration and product enhancements in a complex, multimodule environment.
• Familiarity with project and product (Agile) delivery, complex matrixed organizations, and technology-enabled transformation.
• Experience with automation or AI in HR technology ecosystems.
• Collaborative and proactive approach, strong communication and presentation skills, and critical thinking.

Interview process

• The first interview stage is a short one-way video interview; successful candidates are invited to an MS Teams interview, followed by a final-stage interview at the London offices that includes a presentation.
• Applicants should provide an up-to-date CV and a supporting statement explaining their interest and how they meet the role criteria.