Getir is a global scale-up business for on-demand groceries and services. I am leading the implementation of Workday globally (Turkey, Europe & US) as Project Manager and Product Lead. I act as chief architect making sure our functional requirements are met in a dynamic organisation with ever changing needs and requirements. I lead a team of functional experts and SME’s in a blended project team, tracking and managing milestones, working with internal and external teams to resolve issues and risks, communicating status and escalate concerns. My role reports directly to the HR Team Project Stakeholders and to the Steering Committee (made up of C-Suite executive). On completion of the implementation I will lead an in-house team developing Workday using an agile approach and I will be responsible for developing and owning the product roadmap.

Leading a large HR Technology team as Director, maintaining Workday and other HR technology products. My role is strategic, acting as architect and creating development roadmaps. I have a hands-on approach to work and have bought deep product knowledge across all Workday HCM domains. I work closely with key business stakeholders (VPs & Directors) to further evolve our Workday capability. I also coach and mentor my direct reports to further develop their skills. I am a vocal leader and champion for HR Technology in the business.During my tenure I have introduced agile methodology to transform how work is delivered and improve visibility of process. Major projects I have worked on include the acquisition of Zynga and various Label integration work.

Leading a diverse team as the Workday HR Product Manager for the full-suite HR Workday system. My team supports and innovates a freshly implemented Workday system, having being involved in the cut-over from the ERP Project. My direct reports (HR Systems Manager & HR MI Manager) manage teams dealing with support while my other direct report the Change & Adoption Manager works with the business on future capability. I’m directly responsible to HR and IT senior management. I am responsible for shaping the direction of Workday within BDO and have ultimate responsibility for vendor management. Prior to this I was the Workday HR Functional Lead and delivered a fully suite HR tenant.

BDO UK is an accounting and advisory firm, part of the global BDO network. The Workday HR Functional Lead role is responsible for providing comprehensive functional expertise on all Workday HR modules. My role is also responsible for leading the HR Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), business process re-engineering and working with the project team in designing, developing and delivering a range of HR service offerings on Workday. I have ensured that BDO’s functional requirements have been configured in Workday as communicated during the HR discovery, design and validation workshops. Worked to ensure Workday has full integration to external HR systems. Supported the data cleaning of legacy systems, conversion and respective validation processes. Coordinated the end-to-end testing of HR business processes and Workday configuration. Supported in the training of HR Super Users. Formed an integral part of the Project Team supporting architecture, scoping, implementation and post-production phases of the Workday projects. Reported to the Steering Group and HR Leadership Team.

Aberdeen Standard is a multi-national FTSE 100 company and the largest asset manager in Europe. I was the Workday Build and Configuration lead for the Standard Life merger programme as part of the global HRIS team. Prior to this I was involved in a full implementation of Workday, leading the Absence, Compensation and reporting elements. I have gained extensive Workday experience building complex business processes, calculated fields and reports. I have implemented other periphery HR systems including Taleo and HumanConcepts (Saba). My SQL skills are advanced and have built many scripts for reporting, updating and creating data. I lead the compensation review for 5 years (in Workday). My team and I support users globally (28 countries).

In this role I was the specialist in management information and reward, primarily working with the HR Information System Chris21. I also had a strategic personnel and policy role, completing case work, role analysis (Towers Perrin and Hay methodologies), employment law/contractual queries and developing policy and practice. I managed many HR projects, most notably completing a major project implementing a new pay scale framework, modelling costs and analysing the staff impact. My responsibilities were wide ranging including building data from the HR information system using Actuate and SQL tools, co-ordinating the data mapping into a specialised pay modeller and developing a cost and benefit analysis. My final recommendations on pay scale models were used to gain the right balance of financial sustainability and pay for equal value.

In this role I provided project and training support for the Financial Literacy Team. As part of a team I assisted in co-ordinating events & training, preparing correspondence and completing wide ranging project work. I also assisted in specialist financial projects and made presentations on Financial Literacy programmes.

The HR Systems Manager role was both a development and project based. I maintained and developed a large corporate HR/Payroll system (Prophecy). Primary tasks included MI reporting, system analysis, maintenance and decision making using system data. I initiated and participated in many major projects such as the HR information system replacement project. Where existing software didn’t meet requirements I adapted, programmed or commissioned systems to fill the gaps. My knowledge of how the Human Resources and Finance system operated was highly developed. I acted as a facilitator for HR/Finance staff and IT staff.

In my Financial Projects role I acted as the team leader, managing project staff and acted as the systems accountant leading year-end reporting.