Purpose of the role
To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues.
Accountabilities
- Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools. Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance.
- Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives.
- Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.
- Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contribute to the organization’s technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth.
- Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions.
- Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability.
Assistant Vice President Expectations
- To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
- Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
- If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
- OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
- Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
- Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
- Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
- Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
- Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
- Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
- Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
- Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.
All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.
Join us as a “Workday Specialist, where you will provide subject matter expertise on India employment legislation, Regulatory Requirements, and Organisational compliance procedures. In this role, you will support the organisation by offering guidance on complex employment law matters, interpreting statutory requirements, ensuring that policies and processes reflect current legal standards and attend various hearings with the regulators . You will partner with various stakeholders to drive fair, consistent, and legally compliant employee practices across the organisation.
To be successful as a "Workday Specialist”, you should have experience with:
Required Skills:
Experience in the implementation of changes within Workday.
Knowledge of business processes of Workday modules across Core HR.
Knowledge and hands-on experience with Workday Core (core components of the system).
Experience of Workday configuration (ideally Talent Module).
Experience using Workday HCM (employee lifecycle).
Talent development experience.
Workday Certification will be mandatory (Pro Certificate is acceptable).
Additional Skills:
Works with HR, Finance, or IT stakeholders to understand and analyze requirements.
Translates business processes into technical configurations in Workday.
Serves as a bridge between business users and Workday technical tools.
Manages Workday security roles and domains, ensuring proper access control and compliance.
Performs audits to validate correct role-based access.
Reviews and tests Workday biannual updates to assess impact.
Works with stakeholders to adopt new features or deprecate obsolete configurations.
Keeps the organization aligned with Workday’s evolving capabilities.
Creates and executes unit, regression, and UAT test scripts.
Troubleshoots system issues and works with Workday support or internal teams to resolve them.
Supports or configures Workday integrations with third-party systems (e.g. payroll vendors, benefits providers, ERP systems).
Uses Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, or Web Services if skilled in integration.
Provides functional support to end users, HR teams, or finance departments.
Delivers training, job aids, and knowledge articles to ensure adoption and proper usage.
Documents system configurations, business processes, and change logs.
Supports change control procedures and governance.
Basic/ Essential Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree.
You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.
This role will be based out of Pune.
