Senior Systems Specialist - Workday HCM

Company Description

About SEEK

SEEK’s portfolio of diverse businesses make a positive impact on a truly global scale. Our purpose is to help people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and help organisations succeed. We create world-class technology solutions to connect more people to relevant employment, education, small business and volunteer opportunities. We have a culture of high-performance in our workplaces and celebrate the diversity of our employees who contribute to the success of our organisation.

Life at SEEK

SEEK’s purpose is at the centre of everything we do. Our SEEK, which defines the way we work, is all about what makes us unique and a little bit different. Passion, Team, Delivery and Future are our principles that drive innovation and creativity. SEEK strives to support employee wellbeing by providing an amazing experience at work which led us to being named AFR BOSS Top 10 Best Places to Work in Technology (2021-2024). We are proud to work in an environment that's inclusive where everyone's unique ideas, experiences and perspectives are valued.

Our award-winning head office in Cremorne (just a 4 min walk from Richmond station) provides an exceptional space to collaborate with colleagues. The building provides sweeping views of the city, a games area, sit and stand desks at every workstation, modern end-of-trip facilities and Thursday night drinks which gives our people an opportunity to connect in a social setting.

Job Description

Join our transformation journey as a Senior HCM Systems Specialist and play a pivotal role in revolutionizing our People & Culture technology landscape across the Asia-Pacific region.

What You'll Do
Drive the planning, delivery, and support of cutting-edge HCM technology solutions, with Workday HCM as your primary focus. You'll design and implement solutions across Core HCM, Absence, Compensation, and Performance modules while managing multiple stakeholders and fostering collaboration between Finance, Technology, and P&C teams.

As our primary system-of-record for all APAC employees, Workday HCM is central to our operations. You'll be instrumental in enhancing our capabilities and supporting our continued growth in this dynamic region.

This highly collaborative position connects you with the People Technology & Insights team, cross-functional partners, and third-party vendors. Reporting directly to the HCM Technology Senior Manager, you'll have the support and autonomy to make a real impact.

Ready to shape the future of People & Culture technology? We're looking for someone who thrives in collaborative environments and is passionate about delivering innovative HCM solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Understand and maintain the overall P&C technology eco-system in partnership with the Finance and Technology teams, as well as the various third-party vendors (including the Application Management Services provider)
• Serve as a strong consultative partner with the P&C function and with business stakeholders, to continuously improve service delivery, including facilitation and requirements gathering while serving as a subject matter expert on Workday’s capabilities
• Apply strong Workday functional design and configuration capabilities. Strong configuration capability in modules like Absence, Core HCM, Talent, Compensation and Advanced Compensation
• Fully participate in all areas of prioritising, delivery, including the application of the continuous improvement framework to the existing business processes
• Key contributor in the delivery of the overall P&C Technology roadmap
• Effective problem solving and managing defect resolutions, triaging and escalations
• Develop and lead policy/ process training, promote continuous learning and knowledge sharing within the team and stakeholders and assist in testing integrations and security features.

Qualifications

Skills and experience 

• Experience of ideally 5+ years in configuring Workday to business requirements. Ideally experience in Absence, Core, Talent and Compensation is desired
• Workday HCM and Absence training and certification/s, with a ‘hands-on’ solution delivery
• Evaluation of new releases and functionality for optimisation opportunities, configure and implement business process changes in Workday
• Strong attention to detail and planning capability, with ability to manage competing priorities, deadlines and coordinate with a variety of stakeholders
• Ability to facilitate and gather business requirements, user needs and translate them into pragmatic digital solutions
• Effective interpersonal and influencing skills, including demonstrated experience in relationship building and collaborating with stakeholders across geographies.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills that can be adapted to range of business scenarios, with ability to communicate with impact.
• A desire to learn, grow, network and mentor others
   

Additional Information

Permanent Perks
At SEEK we offer:

• Annual Performance Bonus Plan
• Support of flexible working, including a mix of office and work from home days depending on your role.
• Paid and unpaid leave benefits including Personal Flexi Days and Volunteer Days, as well as the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Support for parents with 14 weeks paid primary carers leave and 2 weeks paid leave for partners
• SEEK is committed to operating sustainably, certified carbon neutral for its business operations (through Climate Active), purchasing renewable energy for our office and working-from-home emissions and a target for net zero by 2030. 
• The opportunity to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per financial year
• SEEKer Support, a confidential service that offers employees up to six sessions with a mental health professional of your choice
• Tailored career development planning (including Education Assistance Program)
• Professional development sessions with industry leading guest speakers
• Free income protection insurance
• Access to a wide range of discounts on things such as health insurance, fitness, food, travel, accommodation plus many more
• Frequent events including sports days, annual Christmas party, hackathon, and trivia
• Free kick-start breakfast every morning and fresh fruit available all day in our offices
• Casual dress – every day

At SEEK, we are passionate about fostering a culture of inclusion and wellbeing that embraces and values the diversity of our people. We are a purpose driven business that works with heart.

We know teams with diverse ideas, experiences and perspectives are more creative and are critical to ensuring effective delivery and innovating to enable our future success. As such, we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and life experiences, especially as they relate to gender, sexual identity, culture, faith, disability and life stages. If you have the skills, curiosity and an adaptable mindset but don't meet every responsibility or qualification listed in this advertisement, please still get in touch with us.

Should you require any specific support or adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond, please advise us and we will be happy to assist.

For this role, only those candidates with the eligible right to work will be considered.

SEEK kindly requests no unsolicited resumes or approaches from recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for any associated fees.