Workday Reporting & Analytics Specialist

Workday Reporting & Analytics Specialist

Purpose

As the Workday Reporting & Analytics Specialist, you'll be required to drive the optimisation of our Workday Analytics approach.

This includes custom reports, standard reports, dashboards and discovery boards whilst introducing process improvement and improving stakeholder experience. You will also review our current integration and any optimising of connections to Power BI and data warehouses alongside our internal Data and Insights team. You will introduce Prism Analytics capability to HR and build internal team capability through structured knowledge transfer.

Reporting Review & Optimisation:

Audit existing Workday reports (standard, custom, matrix, composite and Workday-delivered)

Identify redundant or unnecessary reports

Review and improve the standard Workday tenant set-up to ensure role-appropriate access to reports, dashboards and hubs, with clear recommendations for sustainable implementation. Power BI, Data Warehouse and other Integrations:

Review and document existing data flows between Workday and PowerBI

Assess integration patterns

Identify gaps and recommend improvement to data pipeline architecture

Work with data/BI teams to align Workday models with warehouse schemas Prism Analytics:

Assess readiness and define a roadmap for Prism adoption for HR

Configure Prism data sources, datasets and pipelines where appropriate

Build initial Prism dashboard or templates to establish best practice

Consider other business areas as part of the assessment, for example, Activity Based Monitoring and Anaplan Team Upskilling and Knowledge Transfer:

Assess current team capabilities for reporting types

Deliver structured training (workshops, documentation, and hands-on sessions)

Support with the creation of a Reporting Governance Framework

Recommendations for on-going BAU and Report reviewing processes Essential Specialist Skills:

Strong hands-on experience with Workday Report Writer including:

Advanced Reports

Calculated Fields

Composite and Matrix Reports

Experience with Workday Integrations

Demonstrable Power BI experience, ideally connecting to Workday Data Sources

Understanding of data warehouse concepts

Workday Prism Analytics experience

Demonstrable experience in Reporting, Prism, HCM & Learning

Familiarity with Workday security models as it relates to report access and data domains

Essential General Skills:

Experience upskilling internal teams

Building excellent relationships you know how to work collaboratively with others to provide solutions for customers

Ability to adapt to changing circumstances, positively embracing new approaches

Ability to deliver at pace and manage multiple projects and activities

Able to work using your own initiative, prioritising multiple pieces of work and multitasking

Collaborating closely with other colleagues to deliver good outcomes

Confident with working with a wide range of staff and able to flex your communication style depending on your audience.

Working well under pressure when there's a lot on - you have a resilient and tenacious attitude to your work

Demonstrable experience communicating effectively with senior leaders, and being able to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders