Team lead: Workday Reporting Analyst

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Team lead: Senior Workday Reporting Analyst

Location: Budapest, 13th District (1 office day per week / Hybrid)

Employment: Full-time

Requirements: Legal right to work in Hungary is mandatory

Role Overview

We are seeking a detail-oriented, analytical, and experienced Senior Workday Reporting Analyst to be a core member of our Global Workday support team at Randstad. In this role, you will be the primary point of contact for Workday reporting and analytics, providing expert consultation, report development, troubleshooting, and analytical support to HR users across the organization.

This position requires strong functional and technical expertise in Workday Reporting and Analytics. The role partners with HR stakeholders, Workday Product Managers, Functional Analysts, and IT teams to translate business requirements into scalable reporting solutions that support operational efficiency, compliance, and strategic decision-making.

In addition to delivering reporting solutions, this role provides technical and people leadership for the Workday reporting function by leading and developing a team of reporting analysts/report writers, driving reporting excellence, and fostering continuous improvement across Workday reporting and analytics capabilities. The role is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining Workday reports, dashboards, and analytics solutions while ensuring data accuracy, integrity, security, and governance. This position also supports Workday releases and enhancements, maintains reporting documentation, and establishes reporting standards and best practices across the Workday platform.

your typical day includes

• Serving as the Workday Reporting subject matter expert, supporting both day-to-day reporting requests and strategic reporting initiatives.
• Acting as the primary point of contact for HR stakeholders requiring Workday reports, dashboards, and analytics.
• Partnering with Workday Product Managers, Functional Analysts, HR Operations, Global Process Owners, and business stakeholders to understand reporting requirements and recommend scalable reporting solutions.
• Designing, developing, testing, and maintaining Workday reports using Advanced Reports, Matrix Reports, Composite Reports, Discovery Boards, Prism and other reporting tools.
• Developing and maintaining calculated fields to support reporting requirements.
• Building dashboards and Discovery Boards that provide meaningful insights to HR and business leaders.
• Reviewing reporting requirements to maximize the use of standard Workday functionality and minimize custom solutions.
• Validating report outputs following system changes, releases, and production deployments.
• Performing data validation and reconciliation activities to ensure report accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
• Troubleshoot report defects, security issues, and data discrepancies by performing root cause analysis and collaborating with Product Managers and Functional Analysts to resolve issues.
• Maintaining reporting documentation, report inventory, technical specifications, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Establishing reporting standards, naming conventions, documentation practices, and governance processes.
• Supporting report security validation and ensuring compliance with Workday security and data privacy standards.
• Providing guidance and training to HR users on Workday reporting capabilities and self-service reporting.

Technical Leadership

• Provide technical leadership and subject matter expertise for Workday reporting and analytics, driving best practices, governance, and high-quality reporting solutions.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of reporting analysts/report writers, providing direction, feedback, professional development, and technical guidance on Workday reporting solutions and best practices.
• Provide technical oversight of complex reporting solutions to ensure reports are scalable, maintainable, optimized for performance, and aligned with reporting standards and governance.
• Plan, prioritize, and allocate work across reporting initiatives, ensuring timely, high-quality delivery of reporting requests and projects while effectively managing team capacity and competing priorities.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing by developing technical documentation, leading knowledge transfer sessions, and building reporting capability across the Workday team.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Workday Functional Expertise

Experience in:

• Report Development: Advanced Reports, Matrix Reports, Composite Reports, and Report Writer
• Dashboards & Analytics: Dashboards, Discovery Boards, Worksheets, and Calculated Fields
• Data Management: Data Sources and Business Objects
• Report Security and Performance Optimization

Operational Excellence

• Experience managing multiple reporting requests while meeting agreed Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
• Experience supporting global HR reporting processes.
• Experience managing the Workday Help reporting queue, ensuring effective case triage, workload prioritization, and timely resolution of support requests in accordance with SLAs.
• Strong focus on operational excellence, governance, and data quality.

Analytics & Data Management

• Strong understanding of HR data, workforce metrics, and reporting methodologies.
• Experience validating, reconciling, and analysing HR data.
• Ability to identify trends and translate data into meaningful business insights.
• Strong understanding of reporting governance and data quality principles.

Technical Leadership

• Ability to mentor and coach reporting analysts and technical resources.
• Experience reviewing technical deliverables and providing constructive guidance.
• Ability to establish reporting standards, best practices, and governance frameworks.
• Strong planning, prioritization, and coordination skills across multiple initiatives.

Communication & Stakeholder Management

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts effectively to non-technical audiences.
• Strong stakeholder management and consulting skills.
• Ability to influence reporting standards and best practices across the organization.

Continuous Improvement

• Ability to identify opportunities to improve reporting efficiency and automate manual reporting processes.
• Commitment to maintaining high-quality documentation, report catalogues, SOPs, and knowledge articles.
• Demonstrated willingness to continuously develop Workday reporting expertise and remain current with new functionality and industry best practices.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, Human Resources, Data Analytics, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of experience in HRIS, HR Technology, or People Analytics, including at least 5+ years of hands-on experience developing and supporting Workday reports in a functional or HRIS reporting role.
• Experience supporting enterprise HR systems within a global or complex organization.
• Experience working with HR stakeholders, Global Process Owners, HR Operations, and business leaders.
• Experience supporting Workday production support, reporting enhancements, Workday releases, testing, and post-production activities.
• Experience leading or mentoring reporting analysts or technical resources.
• Workday Reporting Certification or Workday Pro Reporting Certification is highly preferred.
• Additional Workday certifications are considered an advantage.