Workday Analyst - Full Remote

By joining Sedgwick, you'll be part of something truly meaningful. It’s what our 33,000 colleagues do every day for people around the world who are facing the unexpected. We invite you to grow your career with us, experience our caring culture, and enjoy work-life balance. Here, there’s no limit to what you can achieve.

Newsweek Recognizes Sedgwick as America’s Greatest Workplaces National Top Companies

Certified as a Great Place to Work®

Fortune Best Workplaces in Financial Services & Insurance

Workday Analyst - Full Remote

To provide complex technical support, administration, testing, and maintenance of HRIS systems mainly Workday including system enhancements /configurations , business as usual, system auditing, managing setup tables and security; to collaborate with internal business COE stakeholders and vendor consultants to ensure that system requirements are met. Looking for a functional lead in Workday Compensation and someone who also is able to work across other functional areas such as Time & Absence and Payroll. This role will be remote based across Spain and/or Portugal and will report into a UK based Line Manager.

Primary Purpose :

To lead the technical configuration, support & maintenance, and the day-to-day functional and technical activities required to maintain Workday and other CR related systems and applications to ensure business objectives are met. To work closely with the leader of HRIS/CR Operations, Total Rewards and the third party AMS/TMS vendor on technical/functional needs of the organization while maximizing the functionality of Workday to streamline and automate as many business processes as possible.

• Reviews Workday modules predominantly Compensation as well as changes/updates to current modules and processes.
• Act as a functional lead for Workday Compensation & Advanced Compensation modules
• Identifies future Workday system enhancements or functionality that may be beneficial to the organization.
• Provides support for CR systems including researching technical issues, unexpected results or process flaws and recommending solutions or alternate methods to meet system and workflow requirements.
• Partners with various departments to understand business needs, communicates system capabilities/limitations, and translates into system design.
• Maintains change management documentation to satisfy audit controls and compliance best practices.
• Manages ongoing configuration, design, maintenance and implementation of the human capital management application in Workday including developing configuration specification documentation.
• Participates in the review, testing and implementation of bi-annual Workday releases and other system releases or patches; determines impact, participates in regression testing for new system features and communicates changes/benefits to end users.
• Ensures that procedures are followed and that adequate internal controls are maintained.
• Works on special projects as assigned.
• Automates internal auditing tasks by leveraging Workday reporting.

Additional Functions and Responsibilities:

• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Supports the organization's quality program(s).
• Travels as required.

Qualifications:

Education & Licensing

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university preferred.

Experience

Eight (8) years HRIS or technical systems experience or equivalent combination of education and experience required.

Skills & Knowledge

• Advanced logic and configuration skills to implement new Workday functionality, improve existing functionality, and create custom reports or integrations while incorporating ”Best Practices”
• Ability to support all aspects of Workday including configurations, business processes, security, reporting, and data integrity
• Ability to collaborate across the business to ensure understanding of system needs to assess priorities and developing solutions
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills
• PC literate, including Microsoft Office products
• Excellent problem solving, analytical and interpretive skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Excellent project management skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to create and complete comprehensive, accurate and constructive written reports
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Ability to meet or exceed Performance Competencies

The statements contained in this document are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by a colleague assigned to this description. They are not intended to constitute a comprehensive list of functions, duties, or local variances. Management retains the discretion to add or to change the duties of the position at any time.

Sedgwick is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The statements contained in this document are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by a colleague assigned to this description. They are not intended to constitute a comprehensive list of functions, duties, or local variances. Sedgwick retains the discretion to add or to change the duties of the position at any time.