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    Newcastle Building Society

    Financial Services

    People Systems and Data Lead - Fixed Term

    Cobalt, United KingdomHybridFull-time£52k – £73.2k / yearPosted 4d ago
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    Job Posting Title

    People Systems and Data Lead - Fixed Term

    Salary Band

    Salary - £52,039 - £73,244

    Grade - MP1

    Job Description

    About the Role

    We're looking for a People Systems and Data Lead to take ownership of our Workday platform and help shape the future of People technology across the organisation.

    Reporting to the Head of Reward, Systems and Data, you'll lead a small specialist team while acting as the People function's Workday expert. With Workday implemented less than two years ago, you'll play a key role in driving adoption, continuous improvement and future development, ensuring we maximise the value of our investment.

    Working closely with People, IT, Finance, Workday and our AMS partner, Kainos, you'll lead the Workday roadmap, oversee system enhancements and help create more connected processes, data and user experiences across the business. You'll also be responsible for developing our people data and reporting capability, ensuring leaders have access to high-quality insights that support effective decision-making.

    This is an opportunity to influence both strategy and delivery, leading the evolution of Workday while ensuring the platform continues to meet the needs of a growing and ambitious organisation.

    About You

    You'll have significant hands-on experience with Workday HCM and a proven track record of leading Workday development within a complex organisation. You'll understand how to balance business requirements, user experience and technical capability to deliver practical solutions and continuous improvement.

    You'll bring people management experience and enjoy leading, coaching and developing others, creating a collaborative and high-performing environment where individuals can thrive.

    You'll be an excellent relationship builder, comfortable working across People, IT and Finance teams, managing third-party suppliers and engaging stakeholders at all levels. You'll use your expertise to influence decisions, solve problems and identify opportunities to enhance systems, processes and data.

    Most importantly, you'll be passionate about getting the best from Workday, using technology and insight to improve colleague experience, support business goals and help shape the future of our People systems capability.

    About Us

    The Newcastle Building Society Group comprises of Newcastle Building Society, Manchester Building Society, Newcastle Financial Advisers and Newcastle Strategic Solutions. Our purpose, connecting our communities with a better financial future inspires and directs our activities.

    As an inclusive employer and member owned mutual, we aim to reflect the diverse communities we serve and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We believe everyone should feel valued, respected, and celebrated for who they are, we want colleagues to feel this is a place they belong. A place to be you.

    What do you get in return? As well as receiving a competitive annual salary based on above-market pay scales, our reward package includes:

    Financial

    • Corporate bonus scheme (on target 10%, up to a maximum 15%)
    • Pension scheme (up to 9% employer contribution)
    • Annual performance related pay reviews
    • Colleague mortgage scheme
    • Electric car salary sacrifice scheme
    • Life assurance (4x salary) and income protection
    • Access to our financial advisers
    • Access to a range of high street and online discounts

    Work/Life Balance

    • A 35-hour weekly contract
    • 30 days’ annual leave + bank holidays
    • The option to buy and sell up to 5 days’ holiday
    • Hybrid working (typically 3 days’ home based)
    • Above statutory family leave entitlement - 3 months full pay, 3 months half pay, regardless of gender or route to parenthood

    Health and Wellbeing

    • Private medical insurance
    • Access to a health cash plan through a Medicash scheme
    • Access to an employee assistance programme
    • Free onsite gym at our Cobalt head office and access to discounted gym’s
    • Two paid volunteering days’ each year
    • Cycle to work scheme

    Recognising there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to recruitment, we’re committed to ensuring every candidate has the opportunity to showcase their full potential throughout the recruitment process. We strive to make our processes as accessible as possible, if there are any ways in which we can provide support or make adjustments, we would love to discuss this with you, you can contact your Recruiter for this vacancy at [email protected]

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    Newcastle Building Society

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    Newcastle Building Society

    Newcastle Building Society is a building society based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

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