Senior Functional Consultant - Workday Talent & Performance

Location: Sunderland or London (on-site 3 days per week in chosen base location)

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: To be discussed

Are you an experienced Workday Functional Consultant / Functional Partner with solid Workday Talent & Performance experience? Are you looking for an opportunity to spearhead the ongoing improvement of its use within a progressive end-user environment? If so, apply now for this new permanent role.

This role could be based in either central London or Sunderland and will require 3 days per week onsite in your base location.

The Senior Functional Partner for Workday Talent and Performance will be joining at a time of significant investment and transformation in the way that the organisation uses Workday. You’ll be the SME for Workday Talent & Performance and will be key in driving its adoption by the business as well as continuous enhancements to its functionality.

This strategic role is responsible for the delivery and continuous improvement of Talent and Performance processes within Workday, ensuring optimal configuration, security, and business process alignment.

Although your core focus will be the Talent & Performance module, the Senior Workday Functional Partner will support junior analysts with other modules where possible, as well as partnering with stakeholders to maximise the value add to the business.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and maintain Workday Talent and Performance modules, including upgrades and change requests

Develop and deliver a roadmap for Talent and Performance enhancements

Facilitate workshops and demos to promote understanding and adoption of Workday, reducing off-system processes

Own communications across relevant workstreams, gathering feedback and driving engagement

Partner with stakeholders to identify and implement continuous improvements

Configure and maintain reports, business processes, and security policies

Test new functionality and manage incident resolution within SLA guidelines

Leverage Workday Community and Success Plans to stay aligned with best practices

Support training activities and maintain user documentation

To be successful in this role, the Senior Functional Partner / Functional Consultant will ideally have completed 2 cycles using Workday Talent & Performance.

This is an exceptional opportunity to make a real impact at a time when the business is supercharging its use of Workday. There is a shared ambition internally to make full use of the systems capabilities and you’ll be supported in achieving this.

The salary and package is flexible depending on experience and this can be discussed directly. Please apply to be considered and we will be in touch if the opportunity is a good fit.

Senior Functional Consultant – Workday Talent & Performance