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Team: Workday Product Team

Salary banding: £75,000 - £90,000

Experience: Expert

Working pattern: Full-Time

Reporting to: Head of OPEX and Change

Sponsorship: Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

This role in 3 words: Ownership,Expertise, Enablement

Top 3 qualities for this role: Collaborative, Innovative and Solution-focussed

In the words of the team, you should leave your current role for this one because….

“Workday is key to so many at OVO, being part of a team that can provide innovative solutions to genuine business challenges is hugely rewarding.”

Where you’ll work: 

At OVO, we understand that a one size fits all approach doesn't work for everyone. That's why we created the OVO Way of Flexibility.

All our roles are hub based (Bristol, Glasgow or London), providing a dedicated space for collaboration, connection and teamwork. You'll also have the flexibility to work from home.

Everyone belongs at OVO

At OVO, we are on a mission to solve one of humanity's biggest challenges, the climate crisis. And we know it takes all of us to change the world. That's why we need diverse people from all gender identities, ethnicities, ages, sexual orientations, life experiences and backgrounds to join us.

Teamworking for the planet

Everything we do here spins around Plan Zero. So, naturally, the team you’ll be joining plays a gigantic role in making that happen. Here’s how:

We work to provide innovative solutions to enhance our colleague experience, empowering us all to drive progress towards Plan Zero.

This role in a nutshell:

Sitting in the Workday Product Team at OVO,  this role supports the entire OVO group, working closely with the People and Finance functions by configuring system updates and developing & implementing new functionality.

Your key outcomes will be:

• Owning all Workday integrations with responsibility for maintaining and updating existing integrations in line with the Workday release cycle, taking advantage of enhancements whilst identifying and neutralising risks.
• Owns the encryption key updates required for all of the integrations within Workday.
• Ensuring Workday business processes require the minimum manual intervention and further opportunities for automation / integration with other systems are identified and exploited. 
• Managing, supporting and training Workday integration developers with responsibility for knowledge sharing and training of other professionals within this space to reduce single points of resource dependency and business risk.
• Building strong relationships with our internal customers to understand and translate their requirements into an integration solution which is fit for purpose, commercially viable and ensures data integrity.
• Ensuring up to date knowledge on the latest Workday features and technology releases.
• Responsible for identifying the opportunities for integration improvements and automation across the 3 core Workday areas of HCM, Payroll and Finance. 
• Lead on Workday integrations projects, ensuring that project plans and resourcing requirements are clearly documented and agreed.
• Accountable for project deadlines being met as required per roadmap.
• Lead on project sizing and scoping with key Finance and HR stakeholders and Workday team to ensure projects fit within the agreed roadmap.
• Review & analyze 3rd party information sources and work with the Business Area Owners to optimize interfaces and data flows.
• Work with other IT teams to ensure integrations are aligned with overall IT strategy.

Within your first 6 months month you’ll:

• Have a sound understanding of our critical integrations
• Be known in your business area and by key collaborators and stakeholders
• Be familiar with the use of OVO’s other key finance and people IT systems

Systems: Workday (including Studio & Prism), Google G-Suite, Microsoft Azure Active Directory, our learning & recruiting platforms as well as our own proprietary systems and CRM tools.

You’ll be a successful Workday Integration Lead at OVO if you…

• Are a subject matter expert with extensive Workday and software development technical expertise. 
• Are comfortable at juggling multiple things at once! There will be a lot of variety; you’re able to keep on top of it all and are prompt in delivery.
• Recognise the importance of upholding the highest degree of data confidentiality and security.
• Have a financial and/or human resources background combined with proficiency in at least one object-oriented programming language.
• Have an excellent understanding of cloud computing, web services, APIs and associated integration challenges.

Possess expertise in the following technologies/tools:  

• Workday - Advanced Reporting, EIBs, Core Connectors, Studio, Prism and Workday Security Framework
• XML, XSLT and XPATH
• REST and SOAP APIs
• Regex
• JavaScript
• JSON
• MVEL
• File transfer protocols
• Industry standard encryption methods
• Version control (Github)
• Help desk software (JIRA)

Let’s talk about what’s in it for you

We’ll pay you between £75,000 - £90,000, depending on your specific skills and experience.

We keep our pay ranges broad on purpose to give us, and you, flexibility to match your experience to our zero carbon mission.

You’ll be eligible for an on-target bonus of 15%. We have one OVO bonus plan that focuses on the collective performance of our people to deliver our Plan Zero goal. 

We also offer plenty of green benefits and progressive policies to help you feel like you belong at OVO…and there’s flex pay. We'll give you 9% Flex Pay on top of your salary – 4% of this is auto enrolled into your pension, and the remaining 5% is yours to do what you like with. You can use this to buy from our extensive range of flexible benefits, including our green benefits which we've put at the heart of our offering, add to your pension or even take it as cash.

Here’s a taster of what’s on offer: 

For starters, you’ll get 34 days of holiday (including bank holidays).For your healthWith benefits like a healthcare cash plan or private medical insurance depending on your career level, critical illness cover, life assurance, health assessments, and moreFor your wellbeingWith gym membership, travel insurance, workplace ISA, will writing services, dental insurance, and moreFor your lifestyleWith extra holiday buying, discount dining, home & tech loans, and supporting your favourite charities with give-as-you-earn donationsFor your home Get up to £400 towards any OVO Energy plan, plus great discounts on solar, smart thermostats and EV chargersFor your commuteNab a great deal on ultra-low emission car leasing, plus our cycle to work scheme and public transport season ticket loansWant to hear about our full range of flexible benefits and progressive people policies? Our People Team can tell you everything you need to know.

For your Belonging

To find better ways to support our people, we need to listen to each other’s experiences and find ways to build a truly inclusive and diverse workplace. As part of this, we have 8 Belonging Networks at OVO. Led by our people, for our people - so when you join OVO, you can play a part - big or small - with any of the Networks. It's up to you.

Oh, and one last thing...

We’d be thrilled if you tick off all our boxes, yet we also believe it’s just as important we tick off all of yours. And if you think you have most of what we’re looking for but not every single thing, go ahead and hit apply. We’d still love to hear from you!

If you have any additional requirements, there’s a space to let us know on the application form; we want to make the process as easy and comfortable for you as possible..