
Global Workday Analyst
Rentokil Initial
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Crawley • United Kingdom
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About the role
- - Provide Workday training: Deliver stakeholder training for all levels of employees and produce/maintain Knowledge Articles and training materials as required.
- - Working with the wider HR Team: Ensure that the quality and consistency of system and process information is enhanced and maintained, investigating, and resolving system issues as they occur.
- - Service & Incident Management: Ensure operational effectiveness by managing the ServiceNow queue. Review, analyse, and troubleshoot Tier 1 & 2 support requests (e.g. security assignments, password issues, rescinds, and corrections), resolving them directly or delegating to Tier 3 as required.
- - Audit & Access Control: Take ownership of the creation and distribution of access management reporting to satisfy internal and external audit requirements. Regularly review system permissions to ensure compliance and maintain a robust audit trail.
- - Process Optimisation: Continually identify opportunities to drive automation, improve efficiency, and enhance the overall employee and HR experience.
- - Reporting & Analytics: Develop and maintain complex Workday reports (matrix, composite, dashboards). Use data to identify trends and add efficiency to support team procedures while ensuring strict data privacy standards.
- - SDLC Support: Partner with Global Solution Managers and technical teams throughout the system development life cycle, from requirements and design to testing and deployment.
- - Release & Update Management: Support semi-annual Workday releases and specialised system updates by performing regression and unit testing to ensure zero-impact transitions.
- - Data Management: Execute mass data loading strategies (Workday EIBs or equivalent) for business cycles, deployments, and Merger & Acquisition activities, ensuring high standards of data integrity.
- - Knowledge Management & Training: Produce and maintain Knowledge Base (KB) articles and documentation. Take an active role in user empowerment by designing, creating, and hosting engaging training sessions for stakeholders to drive system proficiency.
- - Cyclical Processes: Drive the completion of processes such as performance reviews, period schedules, and end-of-year time-off actions.
Requirements
- - 2+ years of previous HRIS support experience at level 2 support, with Workday Functional Administration around HCM (hire to retire)
- - Experience managing service requests via a ticketing system (e.g. ServiceNow) and an understanding of Continual Service Improvement (CSI).
- - Have experience in processing Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB) for mass data uploads
- - Experience with other functional areas of Workday such as Access Management, Advanced Reporting
- - Experience with Learning Management Systems (e.g. Cornerstone), Recruiting/Referral tools, or Talent platforms (Career+).
- - Development of complex dashboards, matrix/composite reports, and experience with Workday Integrations.
- - Broad understanding of the HR lifecycle (Recruitment, Onboarding, Performance, Compensation, and Payroll) and how technology supports these functions.
- - Customer Focus: Understanding and regularly checking the needs of global HR partners and internal employees.
- - Communication & Facilitation: Confident in presenting complex system information clearly; comfortable creating training materials and hosting live training workshops for various stakeholder groups.
- - Technical Problem Solving: An analytical and creative mindset capable of troubleshooting complex system errors and data discrepancies.
- - Influence & Impact: Ability to communicate technical language to non-technical HR stakeholders to encourage system adoption.
- - Data Privacy & Compliance: High degree of discretion and understanding of Global Data Privacy Standards (GDPR) and the importance of rigorous audit reporting.
- - Agility: Comfortable working in a fast-paced, global environment with a willingness to learn and challenge existing processes and able to communicate expectations clearly.
- - Relevant/Desired Qualifications: Demonstrable experience working with Workday, Experience supporting multiple Workday modules
Benefits
- - Competitive salary
- - Hybrid working
- - Rentokil Initial Reward Scheme
- - 23 days holiday, plus 8 bank holidays
- - Employee Assistance Programme
- - Death in service benefit
- - Healthcare
- - Free parking
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Workday Functional AdministrationHCMServiceNowEnterprise Interface Builder (EIB)Advanced ReportingData ManagementComplex DashboardsWorkday IntegrationsMass Data UploadsAudit Reporting
Soft Skills
Customer FocusCommunicationFacilitationTechnical Problem SolvingInfluenceImpactAgilityAnalytical MindsetCreativityUser Empowerment