The role will sit within our HR Operations function as part of our HRIS team and combine technical ability with strong communication, consultative and project management skills. You’ll be the Subject Matter Expert for Workday reporting, analytics and dashboards in Harrods. You’ll shape, build and deliver new reports and dashboard in Workday to meet and adapt to changing business needs. You’ll develop the reporting roadmap in partnerships within HRIS team, HRBPs, COE and business stakeholders.
This role may be required to support our Workday system more broadly, including BAU support and the future development of our HCM, Recruitment, and Learning modules. You’ll own the change management for any future Workday releases which impacts our Workday reporting functionality. You’ll build relationships with key user groups both within and outside HR ensuring the delivery of high quality management information that is valuable.
About us
Harrods is reimagining every aspect of the store to ensure we remain the world’s leading luxury emporium. People-led change is at the forefront of this transformation. We are driving forward high-profile, strategic HR initiatives and ensuring our people-related activity is executed exceptionally. With the implementation of Workday at Harrods, the HR Team are evolving their ability to provide high quality HR management information and operational data to both their colleagues, leadership teams and managers in the business.
About you
We are looking for a driven and ambitious individual who can be the functional expert in the configuration of Workday reporting and management information. Harrods has an in-house first approach to Workday development, so this individual must be a Workday configuration specialist in the design, build, test and rollout of reports, dashboards and analytics. This role is customer led, so the individual must have the ability to take business problems and design intuitive, customer focused solutions with the user experience at the forefront of design. This role will also be a critical enabler to our Workday Roadmap, so it would be highly desirable for this individual to have experience of developing a full data reporting and insight service, which includes ad hoc reporting requests through to Executive level reporting and insights
More specifically, we are looking for:
- Strong analytical skills.
- Proficient in Workday Report Writer.
- Experienced in building custom reports and dashboards.
- Advanced Excel skills and the ability to manipulate large data sets comfortably.
- Excellent written and communication skills, experience of liaising with senior stakeholders.
- Experience with coding in Python and SQL and an understanding of analytics cubes, MDX and DAX is desirable.
- Project management capability including creation and ownership of project documentation.
Our promise to you
Culturally, we value difference and individuality. Your ideas and energy are going to shape every aspect of our people success in your division, but we’re not going to dictate how you achieve these results. Rather, we will give you the freedom to imprint your operating style on the role and help us create a remarkable, magical and memorable business for our customers.
As well as the support of a highly respected team of HR experts, you will find our business transformation creates a stimulating day-to-day environment and opens up a wealth of long-term career potential. Alongside this, you can look forward to an excellent package of benefits. This includes a company pension, flexible working, 25 days’ holiday and your birthday off, up to 33% in-store discount and a season ticket loan.
Uniquely You
At Harrods we believe the personality and authenticity of our people sets us apart. We celebrate and invite applications from all cultures, backgrounds, tastes and experiences and are proud of our culture where people from all walks of life can grow and thrive. What makes you unique makes us exceptional.
If you want to know more about our people and our culture, search #TogetherHarrods on LinkedIn, Facebook or Instagram.