Workday Data & Reporting Specialist

Johnston of Carmichael LLP; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm seeks a Workday Data & Reporting Specialist to drive reporting excellence and champion data quality during a major transformation. This role involves designing and maintaining reporting solutions, empowering users through intuitive dashboards, and developing technical skills in areas like Workday Extend. Candidates should have hands-on Workday experience, a proactive mindset, and the ability to bridge technical and functional requirements. Join us to elevate analytics capabilities and support transformative growth.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Learning and development opportunities

Health and wellness benefits

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Hands-on experience with Workday Report Writer (Advanced, Composite, Matrix Reports).
• Ability to create and manage dashboards effectively.
• Understanding of the Workday data model and business objects is essential.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Workday reports and dashboards.
• Ensure data integrity and accuracy in reporting.
• Create intuitive dashboards for business users.

Skills

Hands-on experience with Workday Report Writer (Advanced, Composite, Matrix Reports)

Experience creating and managing Workday dashboards and scorecards

Strong understanding of Workday data model and business objects

Proactive in identifying areas for improvement

Tools

Workday Extend

Prism Analytics

Job description

We are looking for a Workday Data & Reporting Specialist to join our team.

Location is flexible across all our offices.

Job Purpose:

At Johnston Carmichael, the Workday Data & Reporting Specialist plays a pivotal role in supporting our enterprise transformation programme. As we migrate from legacy systems (CCH and iTrent) to Workday Financial Management and HCM, this role will be instrumental in ensuring the organisation can derive maximum value from its data through robust reporting and analytics capabilities.

We are looking for someone with a growth mindset who is excited to build their capabilities across both reporting and technical development. Rather than a specialist siloed in one area, we want someone who sees value in working across both disciplines and is motivated to expand their skillset as our Workday environment matures.

The Workday Data & Reporting Specialist will be responsible for, but not limited to:

• Drive Reporting Excellence: Design, develop, and maintain Workday reports, dashboards, and analytics solutions that provide actionable insights to stakeholders across the firm.
• Champion Data Quality: Take ownership of data integrity within Workday, ensuring reports are accurate, timely, and aligned with business requirements.
• Enable Self‑Service: Empower business users by creating intuitive dashboards and providing training on Workday’s reporting capabilities.
• Bridge Technical and Functional: Work across both technical reporting and business processes, understanding how functional requirements translate into reporting solutions.
• Grow Your Platform Skills: Develop expertise in Workday Extend, building custom applications and orchestrations that extend platform capabilities alongside your reporting work.
• Stay Ahead: Keep abreast of Workday product updates, new reporting features and best practices, bringing fresh ideas to enhance our analytics capabilities.

About You:

• Hands‑on experience with Workday Report Writer (Advanced, Composite, Matrix Reports)
• Experience creating and managing Workday dashboards and scorecards
• Strong understanding of Workday data model and business objects
• Experience with calculated fields and custom report data sources
• Proactive in identifying areas for improvement and suggesting solutions
• Keeps up‑to‑date with Workday product releases and new features
• Ability to elicit and document business requirements

At Johnston Carmichael, this role offers the opportunity to shape our reporting strategy during a significant transformation. We need your expertise in Workday reporting, particularly within Financial Management and PSA, combined with enthusiasm to develop your technical skills in areas like Prism Analytics and Workday Extend.

We’re committed to supporting your learning journey, providing opportunities to grow across both reporting and platform development as our Workday environment matures.

Why JC?

Johnston Carmichael helps to build success stories that change lives – whether it’s our clients, our communities, or most importantly, our people, who now number over 900 across the UK.

We work with individuals and businesses all over the country and our expertise covers almost every industry sector. We’re also an independent member firm of Moore Global Network Limited, a global accounting and advisory network of over 37,000 advisers across more than 114 countries.

Everything we do at Johnston Carmichael is underpinned by our four core values – Doing The Right Thing, Standing In Other People’s Shoes, Leading Our Future and Remaining Relevant. We’ve created a range of ways to support our people to make sure every voice is heard, including our People and Culture Forum, and we encourage each of our sharp minds to be leaders of their work and learning.

In the last 10 years we’ve raised more than £450,000 for charity and continuously evolved our commitment to sustainable business practices. We are Gold sponsors of the Kiltwalk and also partner with Netball Scotland and England Netball, creating an enduring impact on the ground in our communities.

What you can expect

As well as working with a great team of colleagues and enjoying the balance of hybrid and flexible working, we offer a range of benefits to make your time at JC even more fulfilling.

Different backgrounds and different opinions make for more interesting work and better outcomes. We’re sure we don’t have to say this, but we welcome people from all backgrounds, regardless of your heritage, ethnicity, religious beliefs, sexual identity or gender identity. We also actively encourage applications from anyone who’s had an extended time away from paid employment.

Our team is made up of people who have taken varied routes through their careers. We’re here to give you the tools, support, and materials to develop your expertise so you can pursue your ambitions. Our JC Aspire learning programme helps everyone reach their personal goals, and we’ve also carefully created our own Leadership Development Programme, which is accredited by the University of Strathclyde Business School at Masters degree level.

We look forward to hearing from you

If you’re ready to write your success story with us, apply today.

At Johnston Carmichael we are committed to diversity, equality and inclusion in the workplace. A copy of this policy will be made available on request. We also welcome applications from individuals who have had time away from paid employment.