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Senior Workday HCM Functional Consultant
Medivet Group Limited
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Source date: 10/30/2026
About this role
This is a fantastic opportunity for a Workday expert who enjoys solving complex challenges, influencing change and making a real difference. You'll play a key role in shaping, optimising and continuously improving our Workday HCM platform, working with stakeholders across People, Payroll, IT and the wider business. What you'll do: * Be our Workday expert: Take functional ownership of Workday HCM configuration across multiple modules, providing specialist advice and guidance to stakeholders across the business. * Drive continuous improvement: Identify opportunities to simplify processes, improve functionality, introduce automation and enhance the colleague experience. * Deliver system enhancements: Lead the design, configuration, testing and implementation of Workday changes, enhancements and new functionality. * Solve complex challenges: Investigate and resolve complex Workday issues, identifying root causes and delivering effective, sustainable solutions. * Optimise our processes: Own and maintain Workday business processes, workflows, calculated fields, validations and security configuration. * Make the most of Workday releases: Assess new functionality, understand business impacts and identify opportunities to improve how we use the platform. * Shape our future roadmap: Contribute your expertise to People Systems priorities, projects and longer-term development plans. * Champion quality and governance: Ensure high standards of system configuration, data integrity, documentation, security and compliance. * Collaborate and influence: Work closely with People Operations, Payroll, IT, external Workday partners and business stakeholders to deliver solutions that make a difference. * Share your expertise: Support and guide colleagues, helping to build Workday knowledge and capability across the team. What you’ll bring: We're looking for someone who combines deep Workday expertise with a practical, solutions-focused approach and a genuine passion for improving how systems work for people. You’ll have: * 4+ years experience working with Workday HCM, ideally across multiple functional areas or modules. * Good understanding of HCM core, Core Comp, Learning, Recruiting, Absence, Time Tracking & Scheduling modules * Strong expertise in Workday configuration, including business processes, calculated fields, validations, workflows and security. * Proven experience independently delivering complex Workday enhancements, configuration changes and system improvements. * Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, with experience resolving complex system issues. * Experience managing Workday releases, functional testing, regression testing and user acceptance testing, including negative testing. * A good understanding of Workday reporting, data and the impact of configuration changes on wider business processes. * Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to advise, influence and challenge constructively. * The ability to balance day-to-day operational priorities with projects and longer-term improvements. * A proactive, collaborative approach and the confidence to take ownership and deliver results. It would also be great if you have: * Workday certification in a relevant functional area. * Experience across modules such as Core HCM, Compensation, Recruiting, Learning, Time Tracking, Absence or Scheduling. * Knowledge of Workday integrations, advanced reporting or security configuration. * Experience supporting Workday implementations, transformation programmes or major system enhancements. * Experience working in a large, complex organisation with 5,000+ colleagues. * Experience coaching or mentoring others. Why Medivet Joining Medivet means becoming part of a nationwide community that puts care at the heart of everything we do. You'll work with a collaborative, people-first team where your expertise will be valued and your work will make a genuine impact on the lives of our colleagues and the animals they care for. *Medivet is a family of passionate, supportive and thoughtful veterinary professionals. We work as one team to support each other, grow the business, and make sure every pet receives the very best care.* Introduce yourself to our recruiters and we'll get in touch if there's a role that seems like a good match. At Medivet we’re proud that we’ve been able to achieve steady growth without losing the family feel of the company, and we’re always looking for like-minded people to join us. You’ll be joining at a time when Medivet is growing, and you’ll be able to make a real impact on how the business is shaped for the future.