Description

Workday Consultant, providing both stakeholder management and hands-on configuration support with activities such as implementation, optimization, reorganization, issue resolution, reporting and data. Special focus on supporting clients that have a Workday setup that does not match the requirements of the business and requires in-depth analysis and reconfiguration across multiple modules to bring in line with the business needs. Utilizing a collaborative, creative, problem-solving mindset to enhance the Workday user experience and deliver efficient, logic-based solutions that are manageable for the long term.

Specialist knowledge of HCM Core, Talent & Performance (including Skills Cloud - Career Hub & Talent Marketplace), Learning, Reporting & Data. Intermediate knowledge of Time Off and Leave, Compensation, Payroll, Expenses. Fundamental knowledge of Workday Studio and Integrations.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

English
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Manchester (up to 50km)

Landal
Workday Consultant
ENTERTAINMENT AND LEISURE
September 2025 - March 2026 (6 months)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Workday generalist role with initial purpose to support go-live of Workday for a Netherlands based leisure company (circa 5,600 heads), operating in several countries, via a mix of owned and franchised parks.

Go-live responsibilities included HCM and Expense configuration, report building, EIB data loading, hands on support to end users to resolve issues upskill and generally ensure that BAU activities were maintained and confidence and comfort in using Workday were present.

Following go-live and hyper-care, the key task has been to act as HCM Integration Lead, for AFAS payroll integration, working with an AMS integration specialist to develop the integration, eliminating many bugs, errors and further automating the integration so that it works cleanly, to ensure payroll activities are delivered correctly and on time.

Other activities include acting as lead for termination process optimization and roll out of new parks - process mapping and delivery.
Workday
Loyens & Loeff
IT Applications Manager - Workday
September 2023 - July 2025 (1 year and 10 months)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Workday role that spanned, in-depth, multiple in-Workday modules such as HCM, Time Off & Leave, Payroll, Compensation & Benefits, Talent & Performance, Reporting & Data. Included maintenance of WD Studio based integrations. AMS-style problem solving and issue resolution. Upskilling of BAU members of staff and general end users. Alongside being the client-side Workday Consultant offering support and advice for various project based and strategic planning activities.

Forma Reorganization 2025 (full company re-structure – circa 1600 heads)
- Part of the project team that included Roland Berger (Management Consultancy) and Loyens & Loeff HR, IT, Payroll and Finance
- Acted as Workday representative, responsible for agreeing and translating the new organization structure into a Workday supervisory organization structure that was rational, logical and easy to manage from a security and business process perspective
- Involved creation, configuration, data uploads and assignments of new organizations & structures, job profiles, business processes and security enhancements
- Incorporation of automation, where possible to improve efficiency and reduce data quality issues, for example rank code (used for client billing in law)

Implementation of Expenses Module
- Part of the project team that included Workday, Loyens & Loeff Compensation & Benefits and Finance
- Acted as the client-side Workday representative
- Involved in rationalization of requirements
- Responsible for configuration of allowance plans and expenses setup (latter in collaboration with Workday)

SD Worx Connect Integration – Workday to Cobra
- Part of the project team that included Kainos, SD Worx and Loyens & Loeff Payroll
- Working as the client-side Workday representative
- Responsible for configuring the in-Workday HCM setup required to enable the payroll integration

Mircrosoft Entra ID Integration – Workday to Active Directory

Upskilling of BAU Workday Team
Workday
Rabobank
Workday Solution Specialist
BANKING AND INSURANCE
September 2021 - September 2023 (2 years)
Utrecht, Netherlands
Workday Talent & Performance Lead, acting as the bridge between the in-house stakeholders in HR, Resourcing and Conduct & Regulatory Affairs and the HR system – Workday - to ensure a smooth and seamless end-user experience. Responsible for both gathering requirements, advising on capabilities of Workday, delivery and roll out of new functionality, through configuration, testing, documentation creation and go-live/end user support.

Talent Optimization via Skills Cloud:
- Matching workers to jobs, gigs, learning, mentoring, connections through skills-based organizational mindset combined with the machine learning capabilities of Skills Cloud
- Part of the wider team responsible for bringing live Career Hub and Talent Marketplace for enhanced user experience and greater adoption

Mentoring:
- Global implementation (pre-Skills Cloud go-live)

Conduct & Disciplinary Outcome Recording:
- Process for logging and recording outcomes implemented within Workday in order to meet compliance requirements

Talent & Performance:
- General support with run activities such as Goal Setting, Assessing Potential and Annual Performance Reviews & Calibration, improving the user experience where possible
- Support with Succession Plans & Pools and Talent Pools
- Report creation as required
Workday