Workday FINs FP&A Analyst

Accepting applications until: 23 October 2026 Job Description Your Role: Workday Financials Analyst (Remote UK) As a Workday Financials Analyst at Global, you will play a key role in supporting and optimising our Workday Financials and Adaptive Planning (FP&A) solutions. This is a hands-on, finance-facing role where strong technical accounting and FP&A expertise are essential. Sitting within the Technology Group Applications team, you’ll partner closely with Finance to ensure our systems deliver seamless, efficient, and scalable processes across the business. Key Responsibilities - BAU & Continuous Improvement (50%) - Act as a key contact for Workday Financials and Adaptive Planning queries, providing day-to-day support through ServiceNow. - Manage ongoing system administration including configuration, security, integrations, and data quality. - Resolve incidents promptly and identify opportunities to prevent recurrence through smarter design. - Review and refine finance business processes, driving simplicity, standardisation, and automation. - Develop and maintain reporting and analytics solutions using Workday Report Writer - Stay current with new Workday functionality, assessing release updates for relevance and value to Finance. - Partner with the Finance community and our AMS partner (Cloud Rock) to ensure smooth operations and continuous improvement across all functional areas. - Enhancement Projects (50%) - Lead and support Workday/Adaptive projects from design to delivery, including requirements gathering, solution design, build, testing, and deployment. - Collaborate closely with Finance, Technology, and HCM colleagues to deliver integrated cross-functional solutions. - Document “as-is” and “to-be” processes, ensuring clear traceability of requirements and measurable benefits. - Support change management activities including testing, training, and communications to ensure successful adoption. - Contribute to roadmap planning and help shape the future direction of the Workday Finance platform. What You’ll Love About This Role Think Big: You’ll shape how Workday Financials supports a fast-growing media business, driving innovation that scales with Global’s ambitions. Own It: You’ll be hands on in Workday Financials with autonomy to lead improvement initiatives, from problem identification through to solution delivery. Keep it Simple: You’ll design efficient, user-friendly solutions that make life easier for our Finance community. Better Together: You’ll work side by side with Finance, Technology, and external partners to make Global’s systems the best they can be. What Success Looks Like In your first few months, you’ll have: - Built a strong understanding of Global’s Finance structure and processes. - Developed hands-on knowledge of Workday/Adaptive with a key focus on Financial Accounting and FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis) - Identified and scoped opportunities for process or configuration improvements. - Delivered enhancements to streamline Finance operations. - Established trusted partnerships with Finance stakeholders and system partners. - Supported a smooth delivery of Workday release updates. What You’ll Need - Qualified Accountant (mandatory): A strong technical accountant with 2+ years’ Workday Financials experience and hands-on FP&A exposure. - Workday Expertise: Expert in Workday Financials configuration, business processes, security, and reporting, especially in Financial Accounting and Adaptive. - Finance Knowledge: Broad understanding of Finance processes (Accounting, Planning, AR, AP, Tax, Treasury) underpinned by strong accounting fundamentals and a key focus on FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis). - Analytical Thinking: Ability to connect people, process, data & technology holistically. - Continuous Improvement Mindset: Always seeking better, simpler, and more automated ways of working. - Collaboration & Communication: Excellent stakeholder skills with the confidence to engage across technical and non-technical teams. Originally posted on Himalayas