Workday Finance Systems support Analyst

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Howden is a global insurance group with employee ownership at its heart. Together, we have pushed the boundaries of insurance. We are united by a shared passion and no-limits mindset, and our strength lies in our ability to collaborate as a powerful international team comprised of 24,000 employees spanning over 56 countries.

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Full time

Location:

Office Working / Hybrid 2/3 days per week in office

Salary: TBCThe Workday Financials Systems analyst will provide user support to both the Workday Financials application alongside the Workday T&E application currently in use in our European businesses.

WHO WILL THIS PERSON TYPICALLY REPORT TO?  
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Workday Finance Support AnalystROLE

PURPOSE:

To enable operational support of the recently implemented Workday Financials and T&E. Further countries are in line for deployment later this year and the support workload is expected to increase significantly, with the use of Workday Financials and associated integrations.

The job holder will work alongside existing resources in the team.

Key Accountabilities As a Workday Financials Systems Support Analyst you will:

Work with business users to provide third line support of Workday Financials and Travel & Expenses.

Challenge designs and business requests to ensure a standard design is achieved globally for all Finance systems, allowing for localisations in country

Work closely with existing project team to ensure any support requests do not break existing design decisions. If they do and are valid, take these to design authority for decisions

Work with third party support partners to spread workload where necessary and where sensitive information is involved.

Ensure all changes, fixes are tested and signed of before deployment to ensure full audit trail of changes

Support new user training for deployed countries where necessary.

Support half yearly Workday release reviews and testing against existing build.

Work alongside HCM colleagues who currently manage the main security of the application

Knowledge and Experience Proficiency in Workday Financials as a user and/or consultant

Solid grounding in accounting principles

Demonstrate knowledge and experience in the following areas in Workday Finance:

Record to Report  Order to Cash Procure to Pay Accounts Payable Accounts Receivable Prism & Accounting Centre (less important)
Understanding of/ experience of Insurance Broking

Experience of a large global programme involving significant business operational change

Able to build and sustain the confidence of senior level stakeholders.

Policy, Process and Procedures:

Keep informed of all legal and regulatory developments relevant to the Company/Group Interprets instructions and issues arising and then implement actions according to policies and procedures.

Environment, Customer Focus and Relationships:

Consistently deliver an excellent and comprehensive service

Develop strong relationships with colleagues, plus key contacts within the business

Behave with all clients (both internal and external) fairly and ethically

People Management/Personal Development:

The job holder does not have direct reports.

Actively undertakes personal development to ensure up to date knowledge and understanding of best practice.

Remains aware of external, industry, legal and regulatory developments (where this is relevant to the job role) to ensure practice and outputs are of a sufficiently high standard.

Keeps informed of all legal and regulatory developments relevant to the Operating Entity/Group.

Regulatory and Compliance:
The Board of each Operating Entity requires the highest standards of corporate governance, operational excellence and financial reporting throughout the Group from all its employees/contractors. Specific responsibilities are listed…