About the Role
We are seeking a proactive and technically capable Workday BAU Analyst to support and enhance our global Workday platform, focusing on Core HCM and Security. This role is crucial for maintaining system integrity, improving processes, supporting releases, and driving continuous improvement within the Workday landscape, while also leading enhancement initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Provide day-to-day support and administration of the Workday platform across Core HCM and Security.
- Configure and maintain Workday business processes, security roles, domains, and policies.
- Lead and support enhancement initiatives across the platform, including Job Architecture design, Security redesign, Reporting and dashboard optimization, Process automation, and user experience improvements.
- Partner with HR and Technology stakeholders to gather requirements, assess impacts, and deliver scalable solutions.
- Support Workday releases including impact analysis, testing, and deployment of new functionality.
- Investigate and resolve system issues, data discrepancies, and user queries.
- Support audits, SOX controls, and security reviews where applicable.
- Create and maintain reports, calculated fields, and dashboards to support operational and business needs.
- Assist with data loads, integrations testing, and tenant management activities.
- Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to simplify configuration, reduce manual effort, and improve governance.
- Produce and maintain clear documentation for configurations, processes, and support procedures.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience supporting and configuring Workday (5+ years).
- Strong functional knowledge of Core HCM, Workday Security, Business Processes, and Reporting.
- Experience delivering or supporting Workday enhancement projects.
- Strong understanding of Workday security framework including domains, roles, segment-based security, and governance best practices.
- Experience troubleshooting production issues and supporting BAU operations.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities across BAU and project delivery.
- Experience supporting Workday releases and regression testing.
Skills
- Workday Core HCM
- Workday Security
- Workday Business Processes
- Workday Reporting
- Workday releases
- Regression testing
- Stakeholder management
- Communication
- Workday Peakon Employee Voice
- Workday Extend
- Workday Recruiting
- SOX
- Audit-controlled environments
Location
- London
- Peterborough
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Fixed-Term Contract
Experience Level
- 5+ years
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package, subject to eligibility
About the Company
- News Corp is a global diversified media and information services company focused on creating and distributing authoritative and engaging content to consumers and businesses throughout the world.
- The company comprises businesses across a range of media, including: news and information services, book publishing and digital real estate services.
- Headquartered in New York, the activities of News Corp are conducted primarily in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom.
Equal Opportunity
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other protected characteristic.
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