Workday Services HCM Consultant

Posted:
7/24/2024, 9:10:20 AM

Experience Level(s):
Junior ⋅ Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Consulting

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients, and communities.

Working at WPP means being part of a global network of more than 115,000 accomplished people in 110 countries. WPP has headquarters in New York, London and Singapore and a corporate presence in major markets worldwide.

We create transformative ideas and outcomes for our clients through an integrated offer of communications, experience, commerce, and technology.

WPP and our award-winning agencies work with most of the world's biggest companies and organisations – from Ford, Unilever and P&G to Google, HSBC, and the UN. Our clients include 61 of the FTSE 100, 307 of the Fortune Global 500, all 30 of the Dow Jones 30 and 62 of the NASDAQ 100. WPP are the leader in the Bloomberg Gender Equality Index and 20th in the FTSE 100 rankings for Women on Boards.

Why we're hiring:

At WPP, technology is at the heart of everything we do, and it is WPP IT’s mission to enable everyone to

collaborate, create and thrive. WPP IT is undergoing a significant transformation to modernise ways of working,

shift to cloud and micro-service-based architectures, drive automation, digitise colleague and client experiences

and deliver insight from WPP’s petabytes of data.

 

We are extending our team to support our expanding global Workday deployment that utilises HCM, PSA and

FINS. We are adding more Agencies to our current headcount in North America East to West Coast and United

Kingdom and Ireland. deployment in North America covering East to West Coast. We are looking for an HCM

Consultant with Core HCM and absence/time tracking experience to join the Workday Services Team providing

post go-live support.

 

This is an exciting and varied role in a dynamic organisation where you will work with the wider Workday

Services Team to provide a world class level of Workday support and development on a day-to-day basis. You will

also work with the WPP Implementation Team and People Teams to understand, improve and deliver an efficient

and effective solution.

 

What you'll be doing:

  • Develop requirements documentation to meet business needs
  • Diagnose and resolve HCM issues raised by the business
  • Support data requests and maintenance including rescind, correct and EIBs
  • Provide guidance to our team of Analsysts when troubleshooting complex issues
  • Provide functional expertise and guidance to our People Teams
  • Accountable for maintaining up-to-date process documentation
  • Safeguard global standards and principles against competing requests and priorities
  • Participate in testing activities as required
  • Provide creative solutioning for enhancements to our Workday deployment
  • Maintain expertise on data standards/functionality/features/capabilities in Workday and technology trends
  • Four years’ Workday experience across Workday HCM including absence, time tracking, recruitment and
  • talent, preferably in a global organisation
  • Ability to identify opportunities to extend Workday usage to meet business requirements
  • Strong communication skills
  • Takes ownership of queries and successfully resolve
  • Experience of using ServiceNow or similar service management software
  • Effective team player and experience of working with others to achieve a common goal
  • Excellent organisational skills, attention to detail and confident communicator across all mediums
  • Ability to deliver to deadlines and prioritise effectively
  • Experience of improving ways of working and processes
  • Knowledge and experience of cross functional working on both HR and finance processes an advantage

Who you'll be working with:

Reporting to the Workday Services Product Manager, the purpose of the role is to deliver high-quality advice and

support across Workday HCM. This will include diagnosis and resolution of issues raised by colleagues, create

and maintain organizations & structures, configuration across Core HR, Absence, Compensation and Organisations.

 

 

 

Who you are:

You're open: We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are accepting: of new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.

You're optimistic: We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with conviction: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.

You're extraordinary: We are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day.

 

What we'll give you:

Passionate, inspired people – We promote a culture of people that do extraordinary work.

Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and complete projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.

Challenging and stimulating work – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge?

WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, military/veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability. We believe in creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion and strives to recruit a diverse slate of candidates to help us achieve that goal.

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WPP

Website: https://www.wpp.com/

Headquarter Location: London, England, United Kingdom

Employee Count: 10001+

Year Founded: 1985

IPO Status: Public

Industries: Advertising ⋅ Brand Marketing ⋅ Consulting ⋅ Digital Media ⋅ Information and Communications Technology (ICT) ⋅ Internet ⋅ Internet of Things ⋅ Marketing ⋅ Public Relations