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:
At WPP, technology is at the heart of everything we do, and it is WPP IT’s mission to enable everyone to collaborate, create and thrive. WPP IT is undergoing a significant transformation to modernise ways of working, shift to cloud and micro-service-based architectures, drive automation, digitise colleague and client experiences and deliver insight from WPP’s petabytes of data.
We are expanding our team to support our global Workday deployment that utilises HCM, PSA and FINS in North America covering East to West Coast and HCM in the UK and Ireland. We are looking for an HCM Analyst with core HCM experience to join the Workday Services Team providing post go-live support.
Reporting to the Workday Services HCM Lead Analyst, the purpose of the role is to deliver high-quality advice and support across Workday HCM. This will include diagnosis and resolution of issues raised by colleagues, create and maintain organizations & structures, configuration across Core HR, Absence, Compensation and Organisations. This is an exciting and varied role in a dynamic organisation where you will work with the wider Workday Services team to provide a world class level of Workday support and development on a day-to-day basis. You will also work with the WPP Programme Team and People Teams to understand, improve and deliver an efficient and effective solution.
What you'll be doing:
- Diagnose and resolve issues raised by the business
- Support data requests and maintenance including rescind, correct and EIBs
- Provide functional expertise and guidance to our People Teams
- Accountable for maintaining up-to-date process documentation
- Safeguard global standards and principles against competing requests and priorities
- Maintain expertise on data standards/functionality/features/capabilities in Workday and technology trends
Who you'll be working with:
The Workday HCM Analyst will report to the Workday Services HCM Product Manager, and support colleagues across the Americas region.
What you'll need:
- Experienced in Workday Core HCM
- Takes ownership of queries and successfully resolve
- Effective team player and experience of working with others to achieve a common goal
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent organisational skills, attention to detail and confident communicator across all mediums
- Ability to deliver to deadlines and prioritise effectively
- Experience of improving ways of working and processes
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?
WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, military/veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability. We believe in creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion and strives to recruit a diverse slate of candidates to help us achieve that goal.
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