Delivering specialist Workday consulting, project delivery, talent and advisory services across the full Workday lifecycle.
As an official Workday Staffing, Deployment, Sales and AMS Partner, we support organisations at every stage of their Workday journey. From initial planning and implementation through optimisation and ongoing support, we combine specialist consulting, project delivery and talent solutions to help programmes succeed.
Our partner status reflects our commitment to the Workday ecosystem, while our consulting and recruitment expertise enables us to solve delivery challenges with the right people, the right capability and the right approach. Learn more about what our Workday Partner status means for your organisation.
Our specialists support every stage of the Workday platform, from Core HCM and Financial Management to Payroll, Recruiting, Learning, Adaptive Planning, Prism Analytics, Extend, Studio, Integrations and Security.
Whether you're deploying a single module or delivering an enterprise-wide transformation, we provide the expertise to support successful outcomes.
Every Workday programme is different. Our consulting services flex around your delivery methodology, supporting organisations from business case and vendor selection through deployment, testing, change management, optimisation and AMS.
We combine experienced consultants with practical ecosystem knowledge to reduce delivery risk, improve adoption and accelerate value realisation across every phase of your Workday programme.
More than ten years working exclusively in the Workday ecosystem has given us unrivalled understanding of the specialist talent behind successful Workday programmes. We know where the expertise is, what drives the market and how to build teams that deliver lasting results.
Whether you need permanent hiring, contract specialists, executive search or embedded talent partnerships, we connect customers, consulting partners and AMS providers with the people who keep Workday programmes moving.
Explore specialist Workday opportunities across customers, consulting partners and AMS providers worldwide.
Search jobs or upload your CV to start the conversation.
"From the initial call, the speed and professionalism in finding our requirements and lining up consultants was amazing."
Adrian Robinson
Payroll Consultant
"3/4 of the team came from Focus, so I think that in itself is testament to how great you were to work with."
Alexis Baker
Head of People Analytics
"Highly responsive. Found the exact match extremely fast. Really understood the requirement."
Grant Sheer
Head of Enterprise Architecture
"There was flexibility and willingness to listen to our needs, and put them into action, adjusting themselves to suit the plan going forward."
Hayley Hockley
Workday Project Director
"We can all appreciate the Microsoft space is moving super quickly... the guys at Cognitive really understand the technology set."
Jason Campbell
Programme Director
"Typically our time to hire would be 3-6 months, but working with Cognitive we were able to get that down to 2-4 weeks... they really took the time to understand us."
Jay Neale
Chief Executive Officer
"Cognitive have been really good at going out and finding candidates that fit; even more than we expected."
Julie Amos
Chief Operating Officer
"The quality of profiles we were provided with was confirmed by all the offers we presented to the candidates put forward by Focus Cloud"
Karolina Cielniaszek
Talent Acqusition Specialist
"A breath of fresh air... seamless, professional, and detail-orientated"
Kimberly Wood
Workday HCM/Pay Portfolio Manager
"Thank you for making it such a great experience, I'm really happy and I will definitely work with you again."
Martina Adamson
Lead D365 Finance Functional Consultant
"Focus Cloud Group provides insightful market intelligence and demonstrates deep expertise in their domain."
Natalya Melnichenko
Senior M365 & PP Solution Architect
"Focus Cloud were instrumental in helping us find the right person."
Neil Claypole
Director Global HR Data Governance, Reporting & Analytics
"They understood our needs and found good potential candidates. There was precise communication & good follow-up."
Rajesh Avinjikatmanakkal
SAP Commerce Cloud - Business Analyst
"I could honestly say that I'm not sure our project would be as successful as it is today without Focus Cloud supporting us."
Sabrina Holgate
Chief Program Officer
"The fact that I've been talking to them for 5 or 6 years says that im happy to keep in touch, and there's no pressure from them - good contracts come out of that."
Steve Cook
D365 Finance and Integration Test Lead
"Cognitive has been an excellent partner for our tech hiring. Overall, they are high-performing recruiters, who clearly have a bright trajectory ahead of them. I highly recommend them."
Zoe Sprangers
Senior Talent Acquisition Manager
Trusted by Leading Global Businesses
The experts leading our global Workday practice, supported by specialist consulting, project delivery and talent teams helping organisations maximise their Workday investment.
2 APR 2026
10 MAR 2026
16 DEC 2025
17 OCT 2025
30 SEPT 2025
2 SEPT 2025
15 NOV 2023
7 JUN 2023
29 NOV 2022