Senior Workday HCM Specialist

Company Description

Devexperts works with respected financial institutions, delivering products and tailor-made solutions for retail and brokerage houses, exchanges, and buy-side firms. The company focuses on trading platforms and brokerage automation, complex software development projects, market data products, and IT consulting services. 

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Workday HCM Specialist who will work across multiple modules in Workday, supporting the migration, design, configuration, and administration of a Group global HRIS. The role collaborates with HRBP, the Talent team, the HR Solutions team, as well as Payroll and Total Rewards, to analyze and document current processes and procedures with a consultative approach to improve efficiency and identify additional opportunities for automation.

We expect the Senior Workday HCM Specialist to:

• Support the migration, implementation maintenance and structure of Workday (HRIS),
• Triage, diagnose, and assign/resolve issues originating from end-users, business process events, etc,
• Provide day-to-day support to HRIS stakeholders within the HR, Payroll, as well as to end users (employees and managers),
• Support HRIS upgrades, proactively monitor new features, upgrades and enhancements released by Workday and advocate for appropriate adoption plans, including bi-annual Workday releases and new system features,
• Lead testing and data validation and ensure that overall system performance is aligned with business objectives,
• Work closely with HR COE’s, HR Business Partners and business stakeholders to gather and define requirements, provide recommendations through a consultative approach,
• Partner with all areas of HR and business to create, edit and prepare reports and user-friendly dashboards where needed,
• Participate actively in the Workday Community, propose and advocate for improvements to the Workday solution, and build a network of peers to best-practice-share with,
• Support security configuration and management to ensure appropriate control of access to data and system,
• Manage maintenance and accuracy and integrity of employee data, for reporting and distribution,
• Develop user procedures, guidelines, and documentation,
• Safeguard system access and security, and support system audits.

Qualifications

Must-have skills:

• More than 5 years of experience working as an Workday HCM Specialist,
• Experience with Workday HCM, supporting the design, configuration, and administration,
• Experience in the Workday migration processes, from planning to implementation,
• HR experience with a strong understanding of HR processes and procedures and the requirements of an HR function,
• Exceptional communication skills, both in composing thoughtful and caring written communication and sharing complex information verbally,
• Ability to navigate highly complex business needs without a clearly defined path and where you see a need, you bring a well-considered solution,
• Strong knowledge of Workday best practices and how to effectively translate them into realistic business processes,
• Common sense – always spots opportunities to simplify and improve processes to drive better results,
• Experience in a multi-cultural, multi-language global organization.

Nice-to-have skills:

• Experience with other enterprise HR systems (Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP, Workday, etc),
• Workday Official Certification.

Additional Information

Devexperts employees create the art of FinTech in comfortable working spaces located in modern business centers around the world. Join our team in Porto and enjoy:

Work Regime Flexibility benefits: 

• Possibility of hybrid/remote work mode
• Flexible working hours
• Work From Anywhere Program

Health and recreation benefits: 

• Fully paid additional wellness days (3 unwell days per year)
• Medical insurance for the employees and children
• Reimbursement of fitness
• Meal allowance
• Flexpay system

Facility benefits: 

• Modern office with new equipment
• PlayStation, table football, and musical instruments in the office
• Parking spaces
• Free drinks and snacks

Community benefits: 

• Teambuilding activities
• Corporate parties
• Football Club
• Music club
• Speakers' club
• Free admission to corporate external events
• Possibility of joining conferences and professional fairs
• Personal branding development support

Professional training benefits: 

• English language courses
• Local language courses for foreign employees
• Unlimited access to self-learning platforms
• Certification opportunities
• Mentorship Program

Social benefits: 

• Parental bonus
• Pension plan
• Referral bonus
• Blood donation paid leave