Description
Thought Machine is seeking a Workday Financial Manager to report to the Group Finance Director. The successful candidate will sit at the intersection of accounting logic, systems architecture, and Generative AI.
The company uses Workday Financials and requires someone experienced in using the system to drive process improvements, maintain the system, and support the Finance function. The goal is to eliminate manual processes and ensure reliable data, automated processes, and fast, meaningful reporting.
Key responsibilities include:
- Serving as the primary System Administrator for Workday Financials
- Driving end-to-end platform optimisation and new feature adoption
- Managing incoming change requests and support tickets
- Ensuring reporting for management and statutory purposes is accurate and compliant
- Reviewing and optimising business processes
- Producing technical playbooks and end-user documentation
- Participating in the Workday community to leverage best practices
- Ensuring integrations are compliant and improved
- Working on future projects, such as implementing a new shares tool and integrating with other banking partners
- Enforcing strict segregation of duties processes and system audit trails
- Overseeing ongoing maintenance, vendor relationships, and SLAs for third-party system integrators
The ideal candidate will have:
- Workday Financial knowledge and experience
- Engineering excellence and coding skills
- Experience collaborating across teams
- Systems implementation and configuration experience
- Business process analysis skills
- A passion for providing an excellent end-user experience and automation
- AI curiosity and understanding of how to prompt LLMs and use APIs
- Self-motivating and able to work in a fast-paced environment
- Strong relationship-building skills
Desirable skills include:
- Accounting knowledge
- Experience in a systems role in an SME enterprise
- Experience in the software SaaS industry