Senior Workday Financial Analyst

Role: Senior Workday FINS Analyst

Working Arrangement: Hybrid (2x a week RTO) (Mid Shift)

Responsibilities

Part of a team of Workday Specialists, the role is fundamental to supporting and advancing FINS usage of the core Workday Financial components. The Analyst serves as a Technology point of contact for financial functional areas and assists Finance teams to identify, plan, and implement systems and process improvements. The role will involve implementation, configuration, and support of Workday applications.

Key aspects of the role are as follows:

System configuration:

·       Support of planning, budgeting, forecasting, and scenario modelling activities.

·       Maintenance of a lean global chart of accounts structure which delivers both statutory and management accounts.

·       Account dimension definition and maintenance which are used as the building blocks to quality, value-add reporting and used as the basis for how we record financial transactions.

·       Account posting rule definition and maintenance, which will use accounting knowledge ensuring compliance with policy and an ethos of one company one way.

·       Collaboration with local Finance teams and system consultants to deliver local requirements for VAT and sales taxes.

·       Integrations: Working with the system consultants and local Finance teams to deliver finance integrations that are fit for purpose (such as banking / digital VAT returns/ payroll)

·       Month and year close process definition

·       • Skilled in creating, updating and developing business processes, custom validations, condition rules

·       • Familiar with Worktags and its usages

·       • Knowledgeable with Workday Reporting, custom reports, composite, advance, BIRT, etc

·       • Familiar with security configurations and their functions

·       • Knowledgeable with Workday Adaptive, office connect and worksheets

Reporting:

·       Work with Finance Transformation, local Finance and Master Data & Reporting teams to identify, interpret and deliver local reporting requirements through the new systems landscape.

·       Develop and support management and board‑level reporting within Workday Adaptive Planning.

Security:

·       Ensuring through system design that the objective of a controls-based audit is embedded within Finance processes.

·       Education of local finance teams in relation to Workday security groups and impact on ways of working

Data Migration:

·       Support the businesses in mapping financial history to Workday, including GL, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and bank.

Testing:

·       Working with local Finance teams to ensure configuration and business processes operate as expected and are fit for purpose.

Training:

·       Preparation of training material for finance processes

·       Training super users in new systems

·       Early life support for businesses post deployment

Functional and technical skills:

Minimum Requirements:

·       Attention to detail and accuracy in preparing accounts and supporting information

·       Strong interpersonal skills are essential whilst working in a highly pressurised environment

·       Professional level of communication in verbal and written form

·       Focus on systems, processes and controls to ensure that risks are minimised, and processes are scalable as the business continues to grow

·       An understanding of the key drivers of the business model and how developments or changes could impact ways of working and/ or accounting and tax processes.

·       Sound knowledge of IFRS accounting standards

·       Accounting qualification – Fully Qualified

·       Sound accounting knowledge, including IFRS

·       Good Finance exposure

·       Must have experience in 2-3 of the following: AP/AR; Banking; Journals;

General Ledger; Fixed Assets; Reporting; VAT

·       Strong Excel knowledge