Workday HCM Manager

The role

The Workday HCM Manager will maintain and develop the Workday HR system, Ashby Recruitment ATS, Ravio Benchmarking Tooling, and other people systems. This role focuses on process improvements, automation, and providing reliable data and reporting for the People function.

What you will do

• Take full system administrator ownership for Workday, Ashby, Ravio, and shares management systems.
• Drive improvement across People Team systems through AI, automation, and accurate reporting.
• Partner with People, Recruitment, Finance, and IT stakeholders to capture requirements and prioritize enhancements.
• Recommend ways to maintain systems regarding accuracy, reporting, security, and segregation of duties.
• Manage relationships, contracts, and renewals with third party system providers and consultants.
• Engage stakeholders in HR, Operations, IT and Security to implement technical landscape improvements.
• Support the People team with standard processes like performance cycles, on/offboarding, and pay reviews.
• Support training activities and produce user guides.

Required qualifications

• Proven Workday HCM knowledge and experience across Core HCM, compensation, expenses, security groups, integrations, business process framework (BPF) and advanced reporting.
• Systems implementation, configuration, support and development.
• A passion for providing an excellent end-user experience and automating.
• Self-motivating and comfortable in a fast-paced and rapidly-changing environment.
• Skilled at building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Advanced Excel / Google suite and database skills.
• Proven track record administering modern recruitment platforms.
• A strong desire to expand beyond Workday to own, architect, and optimize the broader People Team technology ecosystem.
• Direct experience configuring and integrating various systems or tools into Workday HRIS.

Nice to have

• Ashby Recruitment ATS
• Formal HR or Systems qualifications (e.g., Workday Pro certifications, or equivalent business systems certifications)
• Prior experience managing people technology within a high-growth SaaS, fintech, or software enterprise
• Business Analysis skills

Benefits

• Industry's most generous employee share package

About the company

Thought Machine develops core and payments technology that runs natively in the cloud to rid banks of legacy technology. The company has more than 550 individuals across offices in London, New York, Singapore, Sydney and Lisbon.