The Role: Workday Migration Consultant Location: Reading, UK Position Type: Contract Inside IR35 Remote work option Available: 3- Days Work from Office Job Description: Your responsibilities: * Analyze and understand existing Workday data structures and business processes. * Lead and support end-to-end data migration activities from Workday to a new payroll platform. * Gather, extract, transform, cleanse, validate, and reconcile data throughout the migration lifecycle. * Collaborate with business stakeholders, payroll teams, and technical teams to ensure data accuracy and completeness. * Develop data mapping documents and migration strategies. * Identify and resolve data quality issues and migration-related risks. * Perform migration testing, validation, and post-migration support activities. * Ensure compliance with data governance, security, and privacy requirements. * Support project timelines and provide regular status updates to stakeholders. Essential skills/knowledge/experience: * Proven experience (8+) working experience in Workday Data Migration and Workday Integration exposure. * Appropriate degree or relevant professional qualifications. * Experience of systems development change lifecycles, best practices and approaches. * Strong experience working with Workday HCM and related business processes. * Proven experience in data migration projects, preferably involving HR and payroll systems. * Experience with data extraction, transformation, cleansing, validation, and reconciliation. * Understanding of employee, organizational, payroll, and workforce data structures. * Ability to analyze complex data sets and troubleshoot migration issues. * Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills. * Ability to work independently in a fast-paced project environment. * Experience migrating data from Workday to payroll platforms or other HCM solutions. * Knowledge of payroll processes and payroll data structures. * Experience with Workday reporting, EIBs, integrations, or data conversion tools. * Workday certification is an added advantage