[Hiring] Workday Financials Analyst @Global

Role Description

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

• 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.

Qualifications

• 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.