Corient
EMEA Workday HCM Manager
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Role: EMEA Workday HCM Manager
Location: London, (or anywhere in EU)
About
Corient is the world’s largest multi-family office and non-bank wealth manager focused on serving ultra-high- and high-net-worth clients. As the industry’s only global professional services partnership, we combine the personal service and objectivity of a boutique with the scale and resources of a global institution. Our partnership model fosters collaboration over competition, bringing together the collective expertise of Corient to each relationship to deliver a transparent, client-first experience. As a fully integrated global firm, we deliver comprehensive solutions across investment management, wealth strategy and family office services to help clients simplify their lives, manage their wealth and establish lasting legacies.
Overview
We are looking for an experienced Workday Manager to play a pivotal role in the continued rollout and optimisation of Workday HCM across the EMEA region. This is an exciting opportunity to join a high-profile transformation programme, working closely with HR, Technology, Finance, and business stakeholders to deliver a best-in-class Workday experience across multiple countries.
As a Workday expert, you will bring a broad understanding of the Workday HCM ecosystem, combining subject matter expertise with implementation experience gained through global or multi-country deployments. You will act as a trusted SME, helping to drive adoption, ensure system integrity, and support the delivery of new functionality as Workday continues to evolve across the region.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the implementation, rollout, and optimisation of Workday across EMEA.
- Support M&A’s by driving system onboarding of new countries and entities into Workday HCM, integrating with payroll and Workday financials.
- Manage a HR Systems Analyst to support HR systems and analytics.
- Design a M&A systems playbook to onboard new companies into our existing Workday ecosystem, and expansion into new countries.
- Oversee configuration and maintain Workday modules, business processes, security, and reporting capabilities in partnership with our North American Workday HCM COE.
- Partner with global HR, HRIS, IT, and business stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into scalable Workday solutions.
- Support the design and execution of new Workday functionality, enhancements, and releases.
- Ensure system configuration aligns with global standards while accommodating local and regional business requirements.
- Provide expertise across core Workday functionality, including HCM and associated modules.
- Collaborate with implementation partners and internal project teams during deployment phases.
- Drive process improvement initiatives and identify opportunities to maximise Workday capabilities.
- Support testing activities, including system integration testing, UAT, and post-deployment validation.
- Ensure maintenance of system documentation, configuration workbooks, and operational procedures.
- Act as a key point of contact for Workday-related escalations and complex issue resolution.
- Stay informed of Workday releases and recommend enhancements that improve user experience and business outcomes.
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Required Experience
- Proven experience supporting and configuring Workday in a complex, international organisation.
- Previous experience managing HR systems staff.
- Hands-on experience participating in at least one full-cycle Workday implementation or large-scale Workday deployment.
- Strong Workday configuration experience across core HCM, business processes, security, and organisational structures.
- Experience working in global environments with an understanding of multi-country HR processes and governance.
- Knowledge of Workday architecture, data structures, and system design best practices.
- Experience supporting stakeholders across multiple regions and functions.
- Strong understanding of change management and adoption within large transformation programmes.
- Ability to troubleshoot, analyse business requirements, and recommend effective Workday solutions.
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Preferred Experience
- Experience supporting Workday rollouts across EMEA countries.
- Exposure to additional Workday modules such as Recruiting, Talent, Compensation, Absence, or Time Tracking.
- Experience working with Workday integrations, reporting, and analytics.
- Workday certifications are highly desirable.
- Experience partnering with third-party implementation consultancies and system integrators.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Ability to influence and collaborate across global teams.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
- Strong attention to detail and process orientation.
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced transformation environment.
- Commercial mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and user experience.
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