Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
A hands-on Workday Lead with 7+ years of experience delivering end-to-end Workday implementations, driving optimization initiatives, and providing post-production support. I use my strategic and operational expertise with Workday to deliver effective solutions that align with evolving business goals. I lead cross-functional teams and build strong stakeholder relationships to ensure our HR Technology ecosystem remains agile, efficient, and aligned with key organizational priorities. ➡️ Strong experience with the following Workday modules: HCM, Compensation, Advanced Compensation, Help, Recruiting, Advanced Reporting, Learning, Talent, Performance and Integrations (EIB & RaaS). ➡️ Good experience with the following Workday module: Absence. ➡️ Working knowledge of the following Workday modules: Peakon (Previously Certified), Payroll and Integrations (Core Connectors). Outside of the Workday ecosystem, I stay driven by marathon and strength training. To unwind, I enjoy the fast paced strategy of Call of Duty Warzone.
• Lead a team of 5 Workday Analysts including a Reporting Analyst to support 10,000+ employees and contractors across 34 hospitals in the UK. • Partnered with the Head of the Department to develop strategic Workday roadmaps in an Agile framework, collaborating with Product Owners across HCM, Absence, Recruiting, Learning, Talent, Advanced Compensation and Integrations. • Managed the full lifecycle of Workday projects from discovery through go-live resulting in enhanced user adoption across multiple departments. • Facilitated requirements gathering workshops with senior stakeholders to translate business needs into Workday functional specifications. • Implemented process improvements that reduced the Workday user request backlog, significantly enhancing user satisfaction.
• Provided expert Workday HCM consulting, driving implementation, optimization, and post-production support by delivering innovative solutions across HCM, Absence, Compensation, Recruiting, Learning, Payroll & Talent modules. • Fostered cross-functional collaboration to ensure seamless project alignment and effective delivery of Workday solutions. • Advised clients on Workday best practices and optimized solutions by continuously integrating latest Workday enhancements and industry knowledge. Please Note: I was hired into OneSource Virtual's AMS Practice which was acquired by Collaborative Solutions in January 2023.
• Point of contact through a Help Desk (ServiceNow) for Workday related requests from colleagues and different departments of the business. • Design, configure, test and deploy Workday functional changes across all modules based on identified business needs and functional requirements. • Further enhance Workday’s capability and functionality by reviewing the latest release updates. • Process inbound EIB’s across all modules - Strong excel skills. • Automated the Offer Letter generation, Notice and Probation Period Process for 15+ Countries. • Created Dashboards, Advanced and Matrix Reports for Stakeholders. • Configured Announcements, Notifications, Validations and Reports. • Created SOP's and user guides for both technical and non technical audiences. • Good knowledge of Workday Security Setup and designing security matrix. • Completed the following Workday Courses independently by reading the manual: Business Process Fundamentals, Configurable Security, Calculated Fields, Compensation Fundamentals, Report Writer and Simple Integration Systems.
• As a part of the internal Aon & Alight HR customer service team, I assisted our North American & EMEA colleagues with their US & Canadian Payroll and Workday system related inquiries in the HR Service Center using Workday & Salesforce. • Workday support for the HCM Modules. • Collaborated with HR to process Workday transactions. • Resolving and processing Payroll requests. • Promoted to the Team Developer position within 13 months of starting as a Team Member.