Workday Functional Consultant

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Job Title: Workday Functional Consultant

Location: The Acre, Covent Garden, London - Hybrid working, 1 day per month in the office

Type: Full time, Permanent

We are hiring a Workday Functional Consultant to join us on permanently working on a hybrid basis from our Covent Garden office. You will be responsible for delivering Workday configuration, technical troubleshooting, incident resolution, and controlled Workday change management across the global Workday platform.

This is a purely technical and operational role focused on system accuracy, configuration quality, data integrity, release readiness, and defect elimination. You will work across all functional areas of Workday as required, while also maintaining expertise in one or more assigned modules.

This role focuses on platform enablement, ensuring the Workday system is stable, compliant, scalable, and continuously optimised through structured delivery disciplines such as SDLC, ITIL, and Agile.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide expert support and administration across the Workday platform, ensuring a stable, efficient, and high-performing HR system.
• Own and configure key Workday modules, driving enhancements while maintaining compliance with governance and global design standards.
• Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve system issues, using root cause analysis to deliver long-term solutions and continuous improvement.
• Deliver Workday change requests and enhancements from requirements gathering through to testing, deployment, and post-launch support.
• Lead the assessment and testing of Workday bi-annual releases, ensuring minimal business disruption and seamless adoption of new functionality.
• Monitor system performance, data quality, security, and reporting accuracy, implementing improvements to strengthen platform integrity.
• Identify and implement automation and process optimisation opportunities to improve user experience, efficiency, and operational effectiveness.
• Partner with HR, Payroll, IT, and business stakeholders to provide technical expertise, drive best practice, and maximise the value of Workday across the organisation.

To be successful in the role, you will have

• Previous experience within a Workday Functional role with demonstratable hands on experience.
• Must have experience with 1 or more of these Workday Modules; Recruiting, Learning, Compensation.
• Experience of Workday Security or Integrations is desirable.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication.
• Proactive attitude with sound decision making and problem solving.
• Strong hands-on experience configuring Workday Business Processes.
• Proficient in building and maintaining Calculated Fields, EIBs (Inbound & Outbound), custom reports, and condition rules.
• In-depth understanding of Workday data structures, business objects, and reporting frameworks.
• Demonstrated experience using ServiceNow and Azure DevOps
• Working knowledge of downstream integration behaviours, data flows, and impacts of configuration on connected systems.
• Proven ability to interpret Workday release notes, identify technical impacts, and assess system or process consequences.
• Experience delivering configuration changes under structured governance.

Grow your career and expand your skills and knowledge. At BSI, we offer opportunities to work across industries and across the globe. You’ll benefit from the different perspectives and experiences of your international colleagues, as well as ongoing training and development.

Salary Range: £51,600 - £64,000

The advertised salary range reflects the level, scope and responsibilities of the role. Starting salary within that range will be determined based on experience, skills, market considerations and alignment with internal equity principles.

• flexible working
• as well as 27-days annual leave
• paid sick leave
• bank holidays
• health insurance
• life insurance
• pension plan with company contribution
• car allowance (dependent on role)
• income protection
• paid maternity leave
• paid paternity leave
• paid parental leave
• adoption leave
• compassionate leave
• paid bereavement leave
• learning and development opportunities
• a wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle

Please note: BSI are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this vacancy.

We’re looking for passionate people who want to make a difference in a purpose-led organisation.

Together, we can help create a better society and a more sustainable world.

D&I Policy

BSI is committed to ensuring the diversity of our workforce reflects that of our clients and the communities in which we operate.Our goal is to create a sense of belonging for all employees by providing opportunities to develop, grow, andengage with our global organization all while having fun doing great work.BSI is a community where everyone can thrive.

If you require any reasonable accommodations to be made on account of a disability orimpairment throughout out our recruiting process,please inform your Talent Acquisition Partner.

About Us

BSI is a business improvement and standards company and for over a century BSI has been recognized for having a positive impact on organizations and society, building trust and enhancing lives.

Today BSI partners with more than 77,500 clients in 195 countries and engages with a 15,000 strong global community of experts, industry and consumer groups, organizations and governments.

Utilizing its extensive expertise in key industry sectors - including automotive, aerospace, built environment, food and retail, and healthcare - BSI delivers on its purpose by helping its clients fulfil theirs.

Living by our core values of Client-Centricity, Agility, and Collaboration, BSI provides organizations with the confidence to grow by partnering with them to tackle society’s critical issues – from climate change to building trust in digital transformation and everything in between - to accelerate progress towards a better society and a sustainable world.

BSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.