Senior Workday Analyst - Security & Data

Salary: £65,000 - 105,000 per year

Requirements:

• Extensive experience administering Workday security
• Strong understanding of domain and business process security
• Experience with Workday reporting and calculated fields
• Experience with Workday data governance and data quality management
• Experience supporting audits and compliance reviews
• Strong understanding of data privacy principles
• Experience working with integrations and data flows
• Workday Pro Security Certification (desirable)
• Workday Pro Reporting Certification (desirable)
• Workday Prism Analytics experience (desirable)
• Workday Integration knowledge (desirable)
• Experience with GDPR and regulatory compliance frameworks (desirable)
• Experience implementing security redesign programmes (desirable)
• Candidates must have or secure the right to work in the UK and provide evidence before employment begins.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, support, and maintain our core Workday HR system while delivering customer service to colleagues worldwide
• Analyse business processes and configure new functionality within our core HR system and other HR systems
• Act as a subject matter expert in Workday Security and Data, working with key stakeholders to drive continuous improvement
• Own and maintain our Workday security model, including designing and configuring security groups and role-based access
• Manage domain and business process security policies
• Conduct regular security audits and access reviews, and support internal and external audit activities
• Maintain segregation of duties principles
• Assess security impacts of organisational changes and new Workday functionality
• Establish and maintain Workday data governance standards with business stakeholders to improve data accuracy and consistency
• Drive improvements in data quality and data ownership
• Define data management processes and controls, and support data retention and privacy requirements
• Partner with integration teams to ensure secure and accurate data exchange
• Support inbound and outbound Workday integrations
• Assess data impacts of integration changes and troubleshoot data and integration issues
• Ensure compliance with data security standards across connected systems
• Resolve issues and work collaboratively in a team environment

Technologies:

• Support
• Security

More:

We are Freshfields, and this Senior Workday Analyst will join our Global HR Technology and Services team in Manchester. We are an equal opportunities employer and consider applications on merit, welcoming suitably qualified individuals regardless of background. We are a Ban the Box employer and ask applicants to disclose criminal convictions only after a conditional job offer; a conviction does not automatically result in withdrawal of an offer, and decisions are made case by case with an opportunity for candidates to discuss the matter with us.

last updated 40 week of 2026