Job Title: Workday Data Analyst
Department: Human Resources
Location: 1 Mabledon Place, London, WC1H 9AX
Contract /Hours: Fixed Term (4 Months), Full Time (40 hours per week)
Salary range: Up to £60,000 per annum DOE
About us:
Sonic Healthcare is an internationally renowned healthcare provider with a demonstrable track record of medical services across the world. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Sonic is an ASX Top 50 company that has grown to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers, specialising in pathology, radiology and primary care medical centres. We have operations in Australia, the USA, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand.
Sonic Healthcare UK encompasses the two main entities in the UK, The Doctors Laboratory (TDL) and Health Services Laboratories (HSL). HSL is a partnership between The Doctors Laboratory (TDL), Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH). HSL was formed to provide pathology services to the NHS Trusts and has expanded further to provide services to other NHS Trusts. Over 3,500 staff work at Sonic Healthcare UK, primarily under the TDL or HSL banner.
Our purpose is to deliver medically-led diagnostics, innovation, value and long-term investment to healthcare. With our core laboratory based at The Halo Building in London WC1H 9AX, we also have an expanding site in Manchester as well as smaller hospital-based laboratories across the country. We maintain rigorously high standards of quality, whilst also delivering efficiencies to healthcare through careful workforce planning, pioneering technology and significant investment in infrastructure and IT.
About the role:
Sonic Healthcare is seeking an experienced Workday Data Analyst to play a key role in our Workday implementation programme. Reporting into the Head of HR Systems, this position will lead and support data migration and reporting activities throughout the project lifecycle.
The successful candidate will bring strong expertise in data transformation, Workday reporting, and Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB). Post go-live, the role will focus on management information, reporting frameworks, and governance models to support data-driven decision-making across the business.
Key Responsibilities:
Data Migration & Transformation
- Lead data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) activities for the Workday implementation.
- Extract, analyse, and validate data from legacy systems.
- Cleanse, transform, and reconcile data to ensure absolute accuracy and consistency.
- Define and implement robust data transformation rules.
- Support all migration cycles, including mock loads, testing, and final cutover.
Workday Reporting & Administration
- Design, build, and maintain Workday reports and dashboards (Advanced, Matrix, and Composite).
- Develop complex calculated fields to support evolving business requirements.
- Establish and administer the Workday reporting framework, including governance and access controls.
- Act as Reporting Administrator, ensuring best practices, security adherence, and data integrity.
- Translate business needs into scalable, user-friendly reporting and analytical solutions.
- Build management dashboards and executive scorecards post go-live.
Integrations & EIB Management
- Support overall Workday integrations, throughout Hypercare.
- Monitor integration performance and troubleshoot runtime issues.
- Maintain and optimise integration processes post-implementation.
Key Skills & Experience:
Essential
Proven experience as a Workday Data Analyst within a fast-paced implementation environment.
Strong expertise in data migration, ETL processes, and data transformation.
Good working knowledge of SQL for data extraction, validation, and analysis.
Hands-on, deep expertise with Workday reporting tools:
Advanced Reports
Matrix Reports
Composite Reports
Complex Calculated Fields
Experience managing Workday reporting administration, security, and governance frameworks.
Strong proficiency with EIBs (Enterprise Interface Builders).
Demonstrated experience building management dashboards and analytics scorecards.
Excellent analytical, data validation, and reconciliation skills.
Ability to work at pace and hit the ground running within a live project environment.
Desirable
Experience with broader Workday integrations (Core Connectors, Workday Studio).
Functional exposure to Workday HCM, Payroll, or Learning modules.
Experience across a full Workday implementation lifecycle (Plan through Deploy).
Personal Attributes
Versatile communicator who can operate effectively at different levels, seamlessly pivoting from technical discussions to strategic updates for senior leadership.
Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to manage expectations, and translate complex data concepts into clear business insights.
Ability to work independently, managing your own workload and driving deliverables forward with minimal supervision.
Proactive, self-starting mindset with a strong sense of ownership over tasks.
Rigorous attention to detail, especially when handling large, complex datasets.
Collaborative, flexible, and fiercely delivery-oriented when working within a project team.
At HSL we offer a variety of excellent staff benefits including:
- Training and development opportunities – supporting professional development
- Annual salary review - salary and progression are aligned to our internal transparent pay structure (Progression Plus), supporting career development and structured annual salary reviews
- Discounted gym membership – we have a corporate gym membership scheme with Better Gyms
- Cash healthcare plan – cash back on a variety of healthcare costs including dentist and opticians
- Sick Pay Entitlement – one month’s full pay and one month’s half pay after probation
- Permanent Health Insurance and Death in Service Cover
- Life Assurance – providing salary continuation for long term illness (six months qualifying period)
- Employee Assistance Programme – supporting staff wellbeing
- Season Ticket Loan Scheme – interest free loan for the cost of annual travel ticket
- Perkbox – Access to additional staff perks and benefits such as high street discounts
- Company Pension Scheme – company and staff contributions which increase with service
- Competitive annual leave allowance – 24 days.
- Flexible working hours – we support and offer flexibility around shift patterns and working schedule
Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.
We respect and value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from diverse communities.
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