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As a Workday Solution Specialist, you'll translate business needs into effective Workday solutions while upholding the integrity of our global design.Functie omschrijving
Rabobank operates in a dynamic environment where technology is crucial for delivering an outstanding employee experience. Our Tech4HR chapter is dedicated to developing, delivering, and maintaining HR technology solutions that support over 43,000 employees globally. Following the successful implementation of Workday as our global HR platform, we're continuing to streamline and optimize our HR technology landscape to drive our digital HR strategy forward.
To bolster our Global HR Systems team, we're seeking an experienced Workday Solution Specialist with a keen interest in the Total Reward domain. In this role, you'll be instrumental in shaping, maintaining, and continuously enhancing Rabobank’s Workday environment, ensuring we deliver scalable, user-friendly, and future-proof solutions for employees, managers, and HR professionals worldwide.
Your Impact
As a Workday Solution Specialist, you'll translate business needs into effective Workday solutions while upholding the integrity of our global design. Working within an Agile and DevOps framework, you'll collaborate closely with colleagues across HR, IT, and other business areas to deliver high-quality improvements and foster continuous innovation.
You'll play a pivotal role in optimizing processes and employee journeys related to compensation, benefits, rewards, absence management, and other Workday functionalities.
Key Responsibilities
- Analyze business requirements and translate them into sustainable, scalable Workday solutions.
- Design and configure Workday functionality in alignment with global standards, architectural principles, and business objectives.
- Assess the impact of proposed changes and validate new Workday releases.
- Configure and maintain solutions within Workday HCM, Compensation & Benefits, Advanced Compensation, and Time & Absence.
- Provide clear solution recommendations, including outlining alternatives, trade-offs, and implementation considerations.
- Collaborate with global and local HR stakeholders to identify opportunities for process improvements and optimization.
- Support testing activities, defect analysis, and release deployment.
- Develop and maintain functional documentation and knowledge materials.
- Deliver user support, knowledge transfer, and training as needed.
- Work closely with integration and technology teams to assess impacts on connected systems and processes.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and the ongoing evolution of Rabobank’s global HR technology landscape.
Examples of Your Work
- Enhancing employee, manager, and HR user journeys within Workday.
- Designing and implementing improvements in the Compensation and Rewards domain.
- Optimizing Workday configurations to boost automation, data quality, and user experience.
- Evaluating new Workday functionalities and advising on their adoption within the global template.
- Collaborating with Product Owners, HR experts, and fellow specialists to deliver innovative HR solutions.
What You'll Join
You'll become a valued member of Rabobank's Global HR Systems organization, a place where technology and HR unite to create seamless employee experiences. Alongside a team of product specialists, engineers, and HR experts, you'll help shape the future of HR technology at Rabobank and contribute to solutions that make a real difference for thousands of employees worldwide.
Growing a better world together starts with empowered employees—and Workday is key to making that happen.
Duration: 01-09-2026 - 31 August 2027 with option for extension
Location: Utrecht
Freelance: Not permitted
Offers can be submitted until: 06-08-2026 13:00
Language: English mandatory
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What You Bring
Required Experience
- At least 5 years of hands-on Workday configuration experience.
- Proven expertise in one or more of the following areas:
- Workday Core HCM
- Compensation & Benefits
- Advanced Compensation
- Time & Absence
- Experience translating business requirements into practical system solutions.
- Experience working in complex international environments with multiple stakeholders.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Good understanding of HR processes, policies, and employee lifecycle management.
- Experience working within Agile and DevOps delivery models.
- Familiarity with Workday release management, testing, and change implementation.
- A strong quality mindset with attention to detail.
- Excellent English communication skills, both written and verbal.
Competencies
We're looking for a proactive and collaborative professional who thrives in multidisciplinary teams while owning their deliverables. You'll combine technical expertise with a customer-focused mindset, navigating a dynamic international environment with ease.
You bring:
- Strong stakeholder management skills.
- The ability to work independently and prioritize effectively.
- A continuous improvement mindset.
- A structured and quality-driven approach to work.
- A collaborative attitude and a passion for teamwork.
- Resilience and adaptability in a changing environment.
- The ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
Bedrijfsprofiel
Sharing would be appricatied! Paylaşırsanız sevinirim! Do you want to work for our client in The Netherlands? Hollandada ICT alaninda calismak?
Let’s meet! Are you the person we’re looking for?
If you are, we are happy to receive your application including your motivation.
Growing a better world together: You'll already be aware that our client is a financial services provider for 7.1 million customers in 40 countries. But did you know that we aim to contribute to real change with our 'Growing a better world together' mission? We do so in countless ways, such as:
A third of all the food we purchase is thrown away. Together with Nature & Environment, we’re working to increase awareness among consumers of how to reduce food waste. As part of a project with Humanitas, we are helping people who are experiencing financial difficulties to get their household finances in order. Together with ‘Vluchtelingenwerk Nederland’ (the Dutch Council for Refugees), we are helping 1,500 refugees find a suitable job. Interested? Do you want to become the ideal version of yourself? We would love to help you fuel and invest in your career and ambitions in an environment where you keep learning every day. We give you the space to innovate and initiate. In this way, we offer you numerous opportunities to grow and help you exceed your expectations, to do the right thing exceptionally well, and to therefore grow as a professional.
Our client is a financial service provider for 7.1 million customers in 40 countries, you know already. Our Red Team works for all the locations of our client in all these countries. Do you also know that we are working together on a better world? We do this in 101 ways like for example our knowledge and experience of Ethical Hacking and Red Teaming sharing with other organizations and "hackers". That belongs to us at ' growing a better world together '
Arbeidsvoorwaarden
Working conditions: This job role offers a balanced split between operational (run) and project (build) work, with a distribution of 75% operational and 25% project-related tasks. To minimize the impact on business operations, some changes may be scheduled outside of regular business hours.
Do you want this too? Do you aspire to be the best version of yourself? We are delighted to support your development and invest in an environment where continuous learning is encouraged. We provide you with the freedom to innovate and take initiative. By offering numerous growth opportunities, we help you exceed your own expectations and excel in your work, enabling you to grow both personally and professionally.
Moreover, you can expect the following benefits based on a 36 or 40-hour working week:
- An Employee Benefit Budget equivalent to 10% of your monthly income, which you can use according to your preferences. This budget allows you to purchase additional holiday days or make additional contributions to your pension.
- Flexible working hours and the possibility of location-independent work, depending on the team's planning.
- 100% reimbursement of commuting costs if you travel using public transportation. If you commute by car or motorcycle, you can opt for a commuting allowance.
- A pension scheme with a contribution rate of only 5% from your side.
Let's get to know each other.
Are you the person we are looking for? The new colleague who wants to strengthen our client's team and make a difference for yourself, our customers, and society? We would love to receive your application for this vacancy.
Please note: Even if you don't meet all the criteria mentioned in the profile, but you believe you can fulfill the role effectively, we encourage you to apply. We invest in your growth and development.
Responses to applications are handled in accordance with our vacancy management process.
If you have any questions about the application process, ww will be happy to assist you via email (info@if-solutions.nl) office +31 10 210 87 90 or through the provided application link.
Screening is a standard part of the application process. We assess candidates based on the screening procedures followed by our client to ensure that new employees are reliable and suitable for their roles.
For this vacancy, an individual assessment and skills testing may be included as part of the application process.
We believe that everyone is unique, and it is precisely these differences that help us become an even better bank. That's why we are curious to know more about you.