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# Senior Workday Analyst - Security & Data

- **Company:** Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
- **Location:** Salford, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £65,000.0 - £105,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Governance, Data Retention, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Workday Integrations, Data Streaming, Systems Integration, Workday Security, HR Software, Data Management, Workday HRIS, Workday Reporting, Workday PRISM Analytics, Core HR, Workday
- **Published:** September 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5899595439

## About the Role

* 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.

## Description

* 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


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