WORKDAY ABSENCE ANALYST
SPAIN - REMOTE
BASIC, BONUS & BENEFITS
Do you?
Do you enjoy being the go-to expert for Workday Absence Management, owning configuration, rules, eligibility, and compliance across multiple countries — while also optimising wider Workday HCM functionality, data accuracy, and reporting?
Do you like working closely with HR and the business to ensure absence processes are robust, compliant, and trusted, supporting everything from day-to-day operations to audits and strategic reporting?
If this sounds like you, this People Technology Analyst role could be an excellent next step in your career.
Our Customer:
We’ve been chosen once again to recruit EXCLUSIVELY for a customer whom we have recruited globally for over 10 years.
They’re a hugely successful and well-established international travel business, operating in over 120 countries with a significant global workforce. Tech-driven, fast-paced, and innovative, they provide a highly regarded B2B service to travel partners worldwide.
With people data, compliance, and workforce management at the heart of their success, they are now seeking a People Technology Analyst with strong Workday Absence expertise to join their growing team.
This is a fantastic opportunity offering a competitive salary, performance-related bonus, flexible remote or hybrid working, generous annual leave, and an extra day off for your birthday.
Job Description:
In this role, you will take a hands-on functional lead for Workday Absence Management while supporting and optimising wider People systems to ensure accurate data, compliant processes, and meaningful reporting.
You will:
- Act as the functional owner for Workday Absence, supporting configuration, eligibility rules, accruals, calendars, and country-specific requirements - Provide day-to-day functional support across Workday HCM, with a strong focus on absence-related processes and data - Configure and maintain business processes, security roles, and organisational structures - Resolve system issues, particularly those impacting absence tracking, compliance, and reporting, advising on best-practice solutions - Develop and maintain Workday reports, dashboards, and analytics, including absence and workforce data - Ensure data accuracy, integrity, and consistency across HR systems - Support mass data uploads, corrections, and ongoing data management - Partner closely with HR, Payroll, IT, and the wider business to gather requirements and deliver system enhancements - Deliver system training, guidance, and documentation, especially around absence processes and reporting - Support audits, compliance checks, and data governance requirements
Experience Required:
- Degree in HR, Business, Information Systems, or similar - At least three years’ experience in HR systems or People Technology roles - Hands-on experience supporting Workday HCM with strong exposure to Workday Absence Management - Demonstrable experience configuring and supporting absence processes in a multi-country environment - Strong capability in building and maintaining Workday reports and analytics - Experience working with HR data, audits, and compliance-driven reporting - Understanding of Workday security and business process frameworks - Exposure to global HR environments and complex organisational structures - Experience supporting system changes, enhancements, or project-based initiatives
Benefits and Perks:
- Competitive salary - Performance-based annual bonus - Generous annual leave allowance - Birthday off as an extra day’s leave - Travel discounts and industry perks - Referral bonus scheme - Insurance and well-being benefits - Company events and social activities - Supportive and inclusive team culture
Click here to apply for this Workday Absence Analyst job, which is being recruited by Ambitions Travel Recruitment, a boutique recruitment agency, specialising in integral luxury travel, hospitality, lifestyle and events roles, and known for sourcing hard-to-find talent.
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