Solutions Architect
Hybrid
London, United Kingdom
Freelance
14-03-2025
Job Specifications
We are seeking a Workday Solution Architect to lead the design and optimization of Workday solutions across Talent, Recruit, Reporting, Calculations, and Security. This role will be responsible for defining Workday system architecture, ensuring best practices, and aligning Workday capabilities with business goals.
Key Responsibilities
• Develop scalable Workday architecture across Talent, Recruit, Reporting, and Security.
• Lead Workday configuration and design sessions to improve system efficiency.
• Ensure Workday best practices and governance across modules.
• Partner with HR and recruiting teams to enhance Talent and Recruit functionalities.
• Design workflows to improve recruiting, onboarding, and employee career development.
• Define and oversee Workday reporting strategy, including custom dashboards, Composite, and BIRT reports.
• Develop strategic workforce analytics and KPIs.
• Optimize calculations and metrics to drive HR insights.
• Ensure Workday security best practices, including role-based access control and compliance.
• Lead security audits and implement risk mitigation strategies.
• Work closely with HR, IT, and leadership to develop a Workday roadmap.
• Provide expert guidance on Workday enhancements, upgrades, and future capabilities.
Qualifications & Skills
• 5+ years of Workday experience, with deep expertise in Talent, Recruit, Security, and Reporting.
• Strong knowledge of Workday Security, Business Processes, and Integrations.
• Experience with Workday Extend, Prism Analytics, and Workday APIs is a plus.
• Proven ability to design and implement scalable Workday solutions.
• Excellent leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills.
About the Company
Brookwood Recruitment is a talent solution recruitment agency to a global client base. Specialising in Transformation and Change. Providing recruitment solutions across all sectors, delivering both full project teams as well as individual hires in perm and contract roles. We work with some of the biggest and most recognisable companies and have successfully helped our clients deliver change programs across IT, business operations, digital, tech and HR Whatever you are trying to achieve through digital transformation w... Know more
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