Workday HCM Functional Lead (Day Rate Contract 6+ Months)

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:

What you'll be doing:

• Lead Local design of business processes across the full suite of HCM processes supported by the following Workday modules, Recruitment, HCM, Absence, Compensation (Including Advanced), Talent, Performance, Succession.
• Support markets to understand the Workday design concepts and globally defined configuration.
• Support workshops and design review sessions with HR business users, Workday technical and functional resources at all levels, including global owners of the specific work streams.
• Support markets in defining their business requirements and working with the implementation partner translate those into Workday configuration.
• Support the completion of system configuration and functional specification documents, test plans, test cases and input into development of user training and support documentation for your region.
• Work closely with other functional leads and the technical workstream to ensure a cohesive design and that cross functional impacts are considered and mitigated.
• Support the technical team on integration design between Workday and internal enterprise systems and external vendors.
• Support the data migration team on data mapping requirements as part of the migration process.
• Work with the Workday implementation partners to validate configuration and test Workday to address the local requirements.
• Support business users during testing, undertake testing ‘triage’ process to validate true testing defects.
• Support global process owners identify change impacts and remediation plans, communication message, learning delivery content and support aids, including development of a Q&A knowledgebase.
• Undertake formal knowledge transfer activities to the support team and provide warranty support post go-live.

What you'll need:

• Between 3-5 years’ experience with Workday HCM configuration (certification is an advantage); with specialised knowledge in your subject domain
• Implemented Workday for 3+ projects.
• Attention to detail and the ability to see the big picture, pragmatic problem solver.
• Excellent planning, interpersonal and time management skills with a track record of following through on dedications.
• Solid understanding of Human resources function and business processes within a global and complex organization.
• Exceptional, effective, proactive communication skills at all levels and with all stakeholders, including project team members, peers, business stakeholders and managers.
• Ability to build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders at multiple levels in a global, regional and local team.
• Ability to understand legal and cultural requirements and concerns raised by country stakeholders and the impact of these on design.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Ability to challenge to clarify understanding.
• Good team player

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?

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