Sarah Harkin
Manchester,United Kingdom
Summary
Experienced Workday Senior Analyst with 7+ years delivering and supporting Workday solutions for global organisations. Skilled in partnering with HR, TA, and business stakeholders to optimise processes, enhance systems and deliver strategic solutions. Strong functional expertise in Workday HCM with experience leading projects, gathering requirements, managing testing and implementing scalable solutions that improve user experience and operational efficiency.
Experienced across the full enhancement lifecycle, including system releases, reporting and analytics development, and continuous improvement of HR processes.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work history
People Systems Senior Analyst
AMC Networks/AMC Global Media
London
2023.01 - Current
- Lead and coordinate Workday projects, enhancements and system improvements across multiple functional areas.
- Partner with HR, People Operations and business stakeholders globally to gather requirements and define solutions.
- Manage project plans, testing activities, deployment schedules and stakeholder communications.
- Provide subject matter expertise across Talent & Performance, Reporting, Time Tracking and Core HCM.
- Drive adoption of Workday best practices and continuous process improvement initiatives.
Workday AMS HCM Consultant
One Source Virtual
Derry
2020.08 - 2023.01
- Managed complex incidents and enhancement requests for global post-go-live Workday customers across HCM, Reporting, Security, Data Loads and Business Process configuration.
- Partnered closely with clients to identify root causes, recommend solutions and optimise Workday functionality to support business objectives and improve operational efficiency.
- Proactively identified opportunities for system enhancements and advised customers on new Workday features and best practices.
- Provided support to team members by sharing expertise across multiple functional areas.
- Delivered large-scale Workday projects for global customers, managing activities throughout the project lifecycle from requirements gathering and design through to testing, deployment and closure.
Workday HCM Consultant
Kainos
Belfast
2019.09 - 2020.08
- Create and manage requirements, design, configuration, testing, and support activities for core HCM functional areas including HCM, Talent and Performance, Reporting and other functional areas.
- Managing positive, productive client relationships by ensuring configuration and/or solutions are consistently delivered to a high standard whilst meeting the defined Service Level Agreement.
- The ability to identify optimizations and knowledge of new Workday features and how they could benefit an existing Workday customer.
Client Administrator
Deloitte LLP
Belfast
2017.11 - 2019.09
- Chosen by PACE Innovation lead to support in the development and delivery of key pensions audit innovation objectives including being the key contact for the PACE Request website.
- Supporting 28 managers and partners on their timely delivery of key tasks on their pensions audit clients through a combination of systems.
- Performed Excel Training for new Graduates and Bright Starts joining the department.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Technology
The Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester, UK 9 2014 - 7 2017
3 A-levels - English Literature (C), ICT (C) and Religion (C)
Thornhill College Girls' Grammar School
Derry, N. Ireland 9 2007 - 5 2014
Skills
- Project Planning & Delivery
- Stakeholder Management
- Requirements Gathering
- Strong communication and listening skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (including Excel)
- Analytical skills
- Self-motivated professional
CERTIFICATIONS
- Nov 2019 - Workday HCM Core Certification
- Mar 2021 - Workday Talent and Performance Management Consulting Core
- Oct 2021 - Workday Advanced Reporting Consulting Core
- Jun 2023 - Workday Recruiting Fundamentals
- Aug 2025 - Workday Time Tracking for Administrators
Timeline
People Systems Senior Analyst
AMC Networks/AMC Global Media
2023.01 - Current
Workday AMS HCM Consultant
One Source Virtual
2020.08 - 2023.01
Workday HCM Consultant
Kainos
2019.09 - 2020.08
Client Administrator
Deloitte LLP
2017.11 - 2019.09
Bachelor of Science - Business Technology
The Manchester Metropolitan University
9 2014 - 7 2017
3 A-levels - English Literature (C), ICT (C) and Religion (C)
Thornhill College Girls' Grammar School
9 2007 - 5 2014