Senior Workday Functional Analyst

We're passionate about providing our valued supporters with the best possible experience, making it as easy as possible to get involved with British Heart Foundation's (BHF) mission to help fund lifesaving research.

As our Senior Functional Analyst for our Workday platform you'll be responsible for configuring, maintaining, and optimising Workday across multiple modules. You'll partner with our People Directorate and wider organisation, as required, to translate requirements into scalable, compliant, and user-centre Workday solutions.

A key specialist role within our Technology Directorate, you'll be responsible for leading the design, alongside the BHF Architect, Tenant optimisation, and governance of Workday across British Heart Foundation (BHF) and will provide Workday functional expertise across Core HCM and multiple specialist modules, shaping the strategic evolution of Workday to support organisational, People, and technology ambitions.

You'll act as a senior Workday expert, guiding and coaching other analysts, advising stakeholders across Technology and People, and ensuring BHF maximises its investment in Workday through scalable, future-ready, user-centred solutions that support BHF's roadmap.

Working arrangements

This is a blended role, where your work will be dual located between your home and our London office.

At BHF we believe in the power of being together, so our colleagues on blended contracts can expect to spend some time in their office, at least one day each week, on average. The use of our office spaces is driven in part by your role and the activities you need to do. This may vary from time to time, so you will need to work in a flexible way to unlock your best work for our cause.

About you

With a Workday certification(s), or Workday Pro accreditation, you'll have proven, advanced, Workday expertise, with previous hands-on configuration experience across Core HCM and multiple specialist modules, able to design and govern enterprise grade configurations.

You'll be skilled in Workday reporting, dashboards, calculated fields, EIB uploads, audits, and data cleansing to ensure accuracy and efficiency, and will have previous experience optimising HR workflows, gathering requirements, mapping processes, and supporting Workday's biannual release cycle.

Highly proficient in Workday reporting, dashboards, Prism/analytics, calculated fields, and data governance frameworks, you'll have a strong understanding of Workday security, integrations, EIBs, BP logic, condition rules, and downstream impacts.

You'll have the following skills and experience:

• Experience with Workday integrations.
• Familiarity with both project and product (Agile) delivery methodologies.
• Exposure to automation or AI within HR technology.
• Experience working in complex, matrixed, organisation.
• Experience leading configuration and product enhancements within a complex, multimodule Workday environment
• Experience in technology enabled transformation, automation, or AI within HR technology ecosystems.

Able to take a collaborative approach to work you'll be proactive about finding better ways of doing things and building your technical know-how. You'll have excellent communication and presentation skills and will be able to think critically and constructively challenge and interrogate information.

Able to work in Agile and hybrid delivery models across product and project environments, you'll have previous exposure to working in a complex, matrixed organisation, ideally with a blend of strategic and operational responsibilities.

About us

We value and respect every individual's unique contribution, celebrate diversity, and make inclusion part of what we do every day.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy, along with our internal EDI group, Kaleidoscope, and a growing number of employee network groups (our Affinity Groups), help us create an environment where all our colleagues and volunteers can succeed.

Interview process

First stage interviews will be via MS Teams, with successful candidates being invited to a second stage interview at our London offices, this second stage will include a presentation element.

How to apply

To apply for this role please click through to our careers site to apply. Our process involves submitting your CV and a supporting statement, which should outline your interest and explain how you meet the role's criteria.

As part of our commitment to be an inclusive employer and ensure fairness and consistency in selecting the best candidate for this role, the BHF will use anonymous CV software as part of the application journey.

Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.