Senior Hcm Specialist

About SEEK

SEEK’s portfolio of diverse businesses make a positive impact on a truly global scale. Our purpose is to help people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and help organisations succeed. We create world-class technology solutions to connect more people to relevant employment, education, small business and volunteer opportunities. We have a culture of high-performance in our workplaces and celebrate the diversity of our employees who contribute to the success of our organisation.

Life at SEEK

SEEK’s purpose is at the centre of everything we do. Our SEEK, which defines the way we work, is all about what makes us unique and a little bit different. Passion, Team, Delivery and Future are our principals that drive innovation and creativity. SEEK strives to support employee wellbeing by providing an amazing experience at work which led us to being named 2022 Top 10 Best Place to Work In Tech. We are proud to work in an environment that's inclusive where everyone's unique ideas, experiences and perspectives are valued.

Our award-winning head office in Cremorne (just a 4 min walk from Richmond station) provides an exceptional space to collaborate with colleagues. The building provides sweeping views of the city, a games area, sit and stand desks at every workstation, modern end-of-trip facilities and Thursday night drinks which gives our people an opportunity to connect in a social setting.

The Team

As our organisation grows globally, across 9 countries with over 3000 staff, the newly created People Technology and Insights team will be pivotal in its purpose of enabling our people to work easily and effectively at scale. This team is responsible for APAC wide implementation, maintenance, reporting and the management of systems and applications across People and Culture at Seek.

The Role

Please note this role is initially a 12-month fixed term parental leave cover.

As our Senior HCM Specialist, you are accountable for planning, delivery, and support of HCM solutions across the P&C team. You bring a continuous improvement lens ensuring our P&C technologies are best practice and our ways of working are effective and efficient!

Reporting into the HCM Technology manager, the primary system this role deals with is Workday HCM. This role works across all areas of P&C and requires a collaborative and adaptable mindset. As a senior systems specialist, you mentor the team, build their capability, and bring forth ideas to continually improve and evolve our ways of working.

The primary responsibilities of the position include:

• Understand and maintain the overall P&C technology eco-system in partnership with the Finance and Technology teams, as well as the various third-party vendors (including the Application Management Services provider)
• Serve as a strong consultative partner with the P&C function and with business stakeholders, to continuously improve service delivery, including facilitation and requirements gathering.
• Apply strong Workday functional, configuration and security capabilities.
• Support the HCM System Administrators and partner with the HCM Data & Analytics Manager and Analysts
• Fully participate in all areas of prioritising, planning and delivery, including the application of the continuous improvement framework and end-to-end business process mapping
• Participate and represent at various technology and digital experience and governance forums and play an active lead and/or SME role in HCM technology related projects.
• Effective problem solving and managing defect resolutions, triaging and escalations.
• Maintain system documentation and document management repositories.
• Release management including the co-ordination of resources, testing activities and stakeholder management.

We are looking for an experienced systems professional with proven experience in HCM technology related programs of work, ideally in a stream lead role. Experience with Workday HCM is a must for this role and deep understanding of multiple Workday streams, release management processes, including the engagement of key partners, AMS providers and Workday.

• Workday HCM training and certification/s, and ‘hands-on’ solution delivery
• Experience across multiple HR technologies and tools, across the HR lifecycle where workflow configurations and approvals have been implemented.
• Strong problem solving, attention to detail and planning and analytical capability, with ability to manage competing priorities, deadlines and coordinate with a variety of stakeholders.
• Ability to facilitate and gather business requirements, user needs and translate them into pragmatic digital solutions.
• Effective interpersonal and influencing skills, including demonstrated experience in managing and collaborating with cross functional teams across geographies.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills that can be adapted to range of business scenarios, with ability to communicate with impact.
• Apply design thinking and journey mapping as part of the overall solution with technology as a key enabler.
• Project Management experience, including Agile and using collaboration tools like Trello, JIRA, Confluence, Miro, and Slack

At SEEK we offer:

• Support of flexible working, including a mix of office and working from home depending on your role
• SEEK are committed to operating sustainably, a certified carbon neutral business operation, with the target of 100% renewable energy by 2025, and net zero by 2030
• Professional development sessions with industry leading guest speakers
• Frequent events including sports days, family and friends’ day, hackathon, and trivia

Here at SEEK we pride ourselves on harbouring a flexible and inclusive working environment. Should you require any specific support or adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond, please advise us and we will be happy to assist.

For this role, only those candidates with the eligible right to work will be considered.

At SEEK, the health and safety of our people is our highest priority. For this reason, SEEK has a policy requiring all new employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, unless a formal medical exemption applies. On this basis, as part of the application process you will be asked to confirm that you have read and understood this policy and would like to continue with the hiring process.  Further details about this policy will be shared during the hiring process, as required.