Workday FINS Senior Consultant

Overview

Senior Consultant for Workday Financials, supporting and enhancing WPP's existing Workday deployment as coverage expands across the business.

What you'll do

• Solution and oversee deployment of enhancements to existing Financials deployments.
• Diagnose and resolve assigned tickets for Workday Financials and integrated applications.
• Investigate functionality being released or introduced, collaborating with other functional Workday resources.
• Maintain expertise on new functionality, features and capabilities in Workday and wider industry, financials and technology trends.
• Maintain up-to-date process documentation.
• Provide creative solutions and apply the art of the possible with Workday.
• Safeguard global design standards and principles against competing requests for change.
• Train other team members on Workday Financials and associated processes.

What you'll need

• Workday Financials experience in a complex organization.
• Ability to manage workload and prioritize effectively to meet customer expectations.
• Ability to accurately collect information to understand and assess clients' needs.
• Excellent finance and accounting knowledge in a global business, with the ability to communicate with finance colleagues.
• Understanding of Shared Services operating models.
• Strong ability to inspire and engage a diverse team and create an inclusive culture across geographical boundaries.
• Ability to develop trusted relationships with key stakeholders in WPP ET and across the wider WPP business.
• Strong technical knowledge.
• Creative solutioning and strong problem-solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences.

Nice to have

• Workday Professional Services Automation and integrations.

Details

• Location: Chennai, India.
• Hybrid working, with teams in the office around four days a week.
• Reports to the Workday Financials Product Manager.