Senior HR Systems Analyst EMEA

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Job Description

The Role:

Join the People & Culture team at Norton Rose Fulbright as a Workday - Senior HR Systems Analyst in our Newcastle Office (Hybrid), where you will play a pivotal role in optimizing our Workday platform to support our EMEA region. Reporting to the Senior HR Systems Manager, you will collaborate with various teams to ensure the effective utilization of Workday across the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with People & Culture teams to gather requirements and offer recommendations for optimizing Workday usage.

• Manage the change request process, document changes, design, test, and implement solutions in accordance with internal governance procedures.

• Provide support to People & Culture Project teams as needed, offering input and assistance across various project portfolios.

• Conduct audits of Workday setup, structure, and data, providing input on cleanup and best practices.

• Communicate changes, update work instructions, and produce guidance documentation.

• Triage, diagnose, and resolve issues originating from end-users and business process events.

• Troubleshoot system integration issues, collaborating closely with IT to support new integrations.

• Assist with general maintenance and configuration across multiple Workday modules.

• Support training and engagement initiatives to ensure stakeholders fully utilise Workday.

• Design, build, test, and deploy Workday reports and dashboards using Prism Analytics, Advanced Report, and Composite Reporting.

• Assist with mass data requests using EIBs to create efficiencies for cyclical system updates.

• Proactively monitor new features released by Workday and advocate for appropriate adoption plans.

• Conduct functional and regression testing for all system fixes, upgrades, patches, and other maintenance activities.

Skills and Experience Required:

• 5+ years of hands-on technical Workday experience, including configuration of Core HCM and at least one other module.

• Previous exposure to Workday optimization or implementation projects.

• Detail-oriented with a keen eye for configuration and testing activity.

• Improvement-oriented mindset.

• Understanding of Workday integrations preferred.

• Workday HCM certification or Pro accreditation is advantageous.

• Ability to multitask, manage work under pressure, and deliver to agreed deadlines.

• Discrete with a commitment to maintaining confidentiality and departmental security.

• Strong collaborator with the ability to work independently and use initiative to research solutions with minimal guidance.

Our clients come first; whilst we have a high-performance culture and work hard as a team, in return we offer a range of competitive benefits including:

• 25 days holiday + Bank Hols
• Free Virtual GP Service
• Private Medical Insurance
• Pension – Norton Rose Fulbright will also make a contribution
• Life Assurance
• Income Protection Insurance
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption or Surrogacy Leave
• Carers Leave
• Flexible working

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Our new enabled work model allows our people to have more flexibility in the way they choose to work from both the office and a remote location, while continuing to deliver the highest standards of service. We offer a range of family friendly and inclusive employment policies and provide access to programmes and services aimed at nurturing our people’s health and overall wellbeing. Find more about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion here.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams. We strive to create an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. If you require any tailored adjustments or accommodations, please let us know here.