Workday Solution Specialist — Total Reward

Role summary: You will shape, maintain and continuously improve Workday solutions with a focus on Total Reward, delivering scalable, user-friendly solutions for employees, managers and HR professionals.

Your impact

• Translate business needs into effective Workday solutions while safeguarding the integrity of the global design.
• Collaborate in an Agile/DevOps environment with HR, IT and other stakeholders to deliver enhancements and support continuous innovation.
• Optimize processes and employee journeys related to compensation, benefits, rewards, absence management and related Workday capabilities.

Key responsibilities

• Analyse business requirements and translate them into sustainable, scalable Workday solutions.
• Design and configure Workday functionality in line with global standards, architecture principles and business objectives.
• Assess impact of proposed changes and validate new Workday releases.
• Configure and maintain solutions within Workday HCM, Compensation & Benefits, Advanced Compensation and Time & Absence.
• Provide clear solution recommendations, including alternatives, trade-offs and implementation considerations.
• Collaborate with global and local HR stakeholders to identify opportunities for process improvement and optimization.
• Support testing activities, defect analysis and release deployment.
• Develop and maintain functional documentation and knowledge materials.
• Deliver user support, knowledge transfer and training where required.
• Work closely with integration and technology teams to assess impacts on connected systems and processes.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and the evolution of the global HR technology landscape.

Examples of your work

• Improve employee, manager and HR user journeys across Workday.
• Design and implement enhancements within the Compensation and Rewards domain.
• Optimize Workday configurations to increase automation, data quality and user experience.
• Evaluate new Workday functionality and advise on adoption within the global template.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, HR experts and fellow specialists to deliver HR solutions.

What you bring

Required experience

• At least 5 years of hands‑on Workday configuration experience.
• Proven expertise in one or more of: Workday Core HCM; Compensation & Benefits; Advanced Compensation; Time & Absence.
• Experience translating business requirements into practical system solutions.
• Experience working in complex international environments with multiple stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.

Preferred qualifications

• Good understanding of HR processes, policies and employee lifecycle management.
• Experience working within Agile and DevOps delivery models.
• Familiarity with Workday release management, testing and change implementation.
• Quality mindset with attention to detail.
• Excellent English communication skills, both written and verbal.

Competencies

• Proactive and collaborative, with strong stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work independently, prioritise effectively and take ownership of deliverables.
• Continuous improvement mindset and a structured, quality‑driven approach.
• Resilience and adaptability in a changing environment.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands‑on execution.