Workday Specialist

Digital HRIS function organization provides process and service excellence to support Dyson’s growth ambitions with a goal of innovating and enhancing employee services over time to meet the changing needs of the business. 

About the Role: 

The Workday Specialist is responsible for the administration, procedural, and level 1 configuration tasks related to all People System and Integrations, primarily Workday.  This role will work closely with the Workday Functional Managers and Workday Specialists (based out of Singapore, India and Poland) and the Employee Services Teams, to identify improvement opportunities within our HR Technology processes and implementing new ways of working in support of the Dyson employee experience.  

To be successful in this role, you will strive to deliver a 'best in class', efficient service and will be a valued member of the wider People and Dyson Business Services communities at Dyson. 

Key responsibilities:

• Candidates with a mix of HR and IT/business systems background are highly preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of Excel, HR analytics, and ERP/HRMS platforms can be highly advantageous.
• Practical exposure through internships, projects, or experience in HR operations/HRIS implementations is valued.
• First line of support for HRIS technologies issues (administration and technical) that have been escalated from the Employee Administration Team and/or Employee’s directly 
• Responsible for all administrative, procedural, and level 1 configuration tasks required by the HR Technology Team, primarily supporting Workday HCM, Recruitment and Talent. 
• Support the Employee Administration Team in delivering high quality employee interactions by acting as HR Technology Support   
• Carry out data audits and reporting to support regular or ad-hoc business requirements, escalating as required to appropriate parties   
• Support and implement business re-organizations and hierarchy restructures, using established approval and procedural guidelines   
• Support the Workday Functional Managers and Workday Specialists to test, document, maintain, and support Workday interface solutions to share data with other applications, as required   
• Support the bi-annual enhancements and release communications by testing and validating business requirements applicable to Dyson 
• Support the Workday Functional Managers and Workday Specialists in implementing configuration changes, updating to existing Workday modules, and managing and promoting the changes through the appropriate Dyson software development cycle and change processes  
• Support the delivery of key projects, including Workday module enhancements, other HR system implementations/changes, and customer service delivery improvements  
•  Prepare and run data uploads into Workday using appropriate EIB templates.  

About you: 

• Demonstrated background working in a Global HR Shared Services, HR experience, and/or a basic understanding of HR policy and procedures   

• Previous experience with Workday, both configuration and administrative (Essential) 

• Previous experience with Talent and Recruitment module configuration in Workday (Essential) 

• Curious, data driven mindset focused on creating administrative efficiencies 

• Growth mindset, willingness to continuously learn 

• Experience working in a customer-focused environment, where focus is on SLA's and continuous improvement   

• Excellent time and task management skills, highly organised with the ability to plan, prioritise and delegate (Essential)  

• Adaptable and flexible; comfortable working under ambiguous, changing conditions 

• Comfortable managing data; ability to understand reports/data 

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Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.