Your Role: Workday Analyst
We’re looking for an experienced Workday professional to take senior ownership of our HCM configuration, reporting and data integrity as our go-to functional expert.
Location: Holborn, London or Remote
As a Workday Analyst at Global, you will:
Key Responsibilities
Workday Configuration: Own the end-to-end configuration of Workday HCM modules spanning business processes, security, organisations and calculated fields with a focus on user experience - including our bi-annual releases, from prototyping through to deployment.
Reporting & Insight: Build and maintain our reporting suite including board level reporting - giving P&C, Finance and business leaders the insight they need.
Data Integrity & Governance: Own data quality through regular audits, proactive gap-checking, and use of Workday tools to provide guardrails and guidance to users
Team Enablement & Continuous Improvement: Share knowledge across the Workday team, maintain clear documentation, and champion best practice as we roll out new functionality.
What You’ll Love About This Role
Think Big: Shape how Workday supports our people strategy end-to-end, from configuration through to board-level reporting.
Own It: Take full ownership of Workday configuration, reporting and data integrity as our senior functional expert.
Keep it Simple: Turn complex configuration and data into simple, usable insight for the business.
Better Together: Partner closely with the Workday team, P&C and Finance
What Success Looks Like
In your first few months, you’ll have:
Got up to speed with our Workday configuration, reporting suite and current ways of working.
Built strong relationships across P&C
Taken ownership of at least one area of reporting or configuration, including board level reporting
What You’ll Need
Workday Expertise: Solid hands-on experience configuring Workday HCM across multiple modules, including business processes, security and calculated fields (ideally with payroll, time tracking, and absence experience but not essential)
Reporting & MI Skills: Experience building advanced and matrix reports, dashboards and board-level presentation of data
Data Governance: A meticulous, audit-minded approach to data integrity
Senior Stakeholder Communication: Confidence engaging with senior stakeholders across P&C & Finance, translating technical detail clearly.
Skills Required
- Solid hands-on experience configuring Workday HCM across multiple modules, including business processes, security, and calculated fields.
- Experience building advanced and matrix reports, dashboards, and board-level data presentations.
- Meticulous, audit-minded approach to data integrity and governance.
- Confidence communicating with senior stakeholders across People & Culture and Finance, translating technical details clearly.
- Experience with Workday payroll, time tracking, and absence modules.
Global Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Global and has not been reviewed or approved by Global.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — 25 days’ annual leave plus an extra work‑anniversary day, with the option to buy up to five additional days, points to broad time‑off flexibility. Enhanced family and accessibility leave further expand coverage.
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Healthcare Strength — Access to a 24/7 virtual GP, health and dental discount programs, long‑term sickness insurance, and life assurance at 4x salary indicate robust health protection. Free Headspace membership and nutrition coaching complement the core offering.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Discounted gym memberships, cashback benefits, discounted travel insurance, and access to company‑sponsored music events contribute lifestyle value. Feedback suggests these extras add to a fun, wellbeing‑oriented culture.
Global Insights
What We Do
The UK and Europe’s largest Radio & Outdoor company, Global is home to respected, national market-leading media brands broadcasting across the UK on DAB & FM and around the world on Global Player, including Heart, Capital, LBC, Capital XTRA, Capital Dance, Classic FM, Smooth, Radio X and Gold. Global Player allows listeners to enjoy all of Global’s radio brands, award-winning podcasts, and expertly curated playlists, in one place in app, on web and on smart speakers. Global is also one of the leading Outdoor companies in both the UK & Europe, with over 253,000 sites reaching 95% of the UK population. Global’s extensive and diverse outdoor portfolio encompasses Transport for London’s Underground network, almost all major UK airports including Gatwick, the UK’s largest portfolio of roadside posters and premium digital screens in prime locations, as well as the UK’s largest network of buses including all major cities. On-air, on Global Player and with our outdoor platforms combined, Global reaches 51 million individuals across the UK every week, including 26.3 million on the radio alone.
