Manager, Workday Finance - Reporting, Technology & Transformation

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As an Elite Platinum Global Alliance Partner, Deloitte has a long standing relationship with Workday and has received multiple partner awards in recognition of our work, which spans hundreds of clients across all major industries.

Deloitte has one of the fastest growing Workday Finance Practices and needs thought leaders like yourself to help pave the way for our clients and further develop our Workday Consulting Practice. For our clients, our Workday Managers reduce cost and support innovation at the enterprise level by managing business requirements and leading the functional design, prototyping and process design stages of Workday implementations.

Want to work with business leaders, and alongside some of the most creative thinkers in industry? Can you develop and deliver innovative and core technology solutions that transform the digital enterprise and maximise ROI? From strategy articulation and process design to technology enablement, we work together to simplify the complex; creating tangible value for our clients.

We encourage consideration of flexible ways of working, both formal and informal arrangements that allow for the best outcomes for our people and our clients. If this opportunity is of interest to you with some flexibility, please do discuss with us.

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Connect to your opportunity

Deloitte's Workday Financial Management Practice sits within the Enterprise Applications service line which forms part of Technology & Transformation. Here we focus on providing application expertise to support specific areas of a project.

Connect to your skills and professional experience

As a Workday Finance Manager - Reporting, you will be instrumental in guiding clients through their finance transformation journeys, focusing on the design, development, and optimisation of Workday Financials reporting. You will work on both advisory- and delivery of projects, helping clients define their solution architecture reporting requirements, streamline end-to-end processes, and leverage Workday technology to achieve maximum business benefits and ROI.

In this role you will:

• Lead the intake, triage, prioritisation, and resolution of Workday Financials reporting requests, defects, and enhancements across finance-related modules and reporting domains.
• Design, build, test, and maintain Workday Financials reports and dashboards for all Workday functional areas, including advanced report types, calculated fields, prompts, filters, and data sources, with a focus on financial data accuracy, usability, and performance.
• Gather reporting requirements from client stakeholders, translating complex finance and accounting business needs into robust technical solutions and providing recommendations to address reporting issues and data challenges.
• Lead reporting workstreams, coordinating priorities, tracking deliverables, identifying risks, and supporting testing and deployment activities for report changes and Workday releases.

What you'll bring:

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Demonstrable expertise in designing, building, testing, and maintaining Workday Financials reports and dashboards.
• Strong ability to gather reporting requirements from client stakeholders and translate finance/accounting business needs into technical solutions.
• Experience leading reporting workstreams, coordinating priorities, and managing deliverables.
• Proficiency in troubleshooting reporting and data issues within Workday Financials.
• Good understanding of Workday transactional data flows and experience supporting data migration activities.
• Experience designing and/or implementing ERP systems.
• Possess good problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to plan and deliver the scope and deliverables of a team.
• Demonstrated understanding of risk in relation to ERP delivery projects.
• Experience of at least two end-to-end Workday implementations.

Desirable Skills & Experience:

• Ideally, Workday Reporting.
• Demonstrated understanding of the current state of automation, continuous integration/deployment, and cloud-based delivery models.
• Comfortable discussing technical issues with business stakeholders and business issues with technical teams.
• Ability to express complex concepts in plain language to reach broader audiences and craft compelling messages tailored for a given audience.
• Demonstrated business domain and/or industry knowledge.

Connect to your business - Technology and Transformation

Distinctive thinking, deep expertise, innovation and collaborative working. That’s what connects us. That’s what makes us Deloitte. If you want to help solve some of the biggest tech and transformational challenges around, join us. Together, we’ll make an impact that matters.

Enterprise, Technology and Performance

Our clients want to achieve maximum value from digital transformation investments in Finance, Supply Chain and IT operations. That’s where we come in. By taking a holistic view of performance improvement, including strategy, process design and technology enablement, we support the smooth operation of transformations.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

Connect with your colleagues

“As part of the Workday Finance Team, I have seen myself grow both professionally and personally over the last 4 years. This has been possible with the constant support and encouragement provided by all my team members. If you are interested in Workday Finance, Adaptive or are generally curious about Finance Transformation projects, this is a great team to join. We also have some lovely work socials to keep that work life balance in check.” – Nupur, Technology and Transformation

“I've loved being a part of the Workday Financials team at Deloitte - I have been in the team for nearly 4 years now, and from day one I have been given fantastic opportunities to implement Workday for global clients. The project work is challenging but fun, and a close-knit team means you never have to look far for support and advice if you need it.” – Rebecca, Technology and Transformation

Our hybrid working policy

You’ll be based in one of our UK offices with hybrid working.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That’s why we’ll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You’ll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

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