Workday Services FINS/PSA Reporting Consultant

Why we're hiring:

At WPP, technology is at the heart of everything we do, and it is WPP IT’s mission to enable everyone to collaborate, create and thrive. WPP IT is undergoing a significant transformation to modernise ways of working, shift to cloud and micro-service-based architectures, drive automation, digitise colleague and client experiences and deliver insight from WPP’s petabytes of data.

Reporting to the Workday Services Reporting Lead, this role is vital to ensuring that WPP’s Finance and PSA Workday reports are supported and enhanced as required by our business partners while remaining a source of reliable data and insight to support business decisions. 

This is an exciting and varied role within the Workday Services Reporting Team which provides a world-class level of Workday reporting support and enhancement.

What you'll be doing:

• Support and development of Finance and PSA reports in Workday
• Provide day to day support including monitoring and addressing service requests
• Support business and SSC colleagues during key financial activities such as month-end close and accounting system data loads
• Working with business partners to gather requirements for enhancements to existing reports and delivery of new reports as approved
• Support colleagues to build reporting self service capabilities where appropriate
• Safeguard global standards and principles against competing requests and priorities
• Training and onboarding of future Reporting team members in Mexico City
• Champion recommendations for continuous improvement in our reports and rationalization of reports while maintaining a source of data that our business partners can trust

What you'll need:

• 2+ years of experience with Workday Financials with background in Finance preferred
• Proficiency in Accounting related processes
• Report Writer proficient in building and maintaining Advanced, Composite and Matrix Reports in Workday, particularly for financial applications
• Proficient in building and support Workday dashbaords including Discovery Boards
• Strong working knowledge of Workday Financials, Report Writing, Business Process Administration and general system configuration
• Knowledge of how to assist in the review, testing, and implementation of software updates and enhancements.
• Experience in the following Workday functional areas: Core Financials, Planning, Banking & Settlement, Business Assets, Budgets, Cash Management, Expenses, Payroll, Customer Accounts, Supplier Accounts, Financial Accounting, Professional Services Automation
• Excellent data analysis skills, Excel, and PowerPoint presentation skills
• Superior communication skills and the ability to collaborate with all levels of an organization
• Ability to interact in a consultative way with stakeholders in order to identify opportunities, triage issues, and develop solutions
• Creative problem solver and strategic thinker - able to look for opportunities in existing systems and procedures with consideration of underlying factors and develop elegant solutions to address business needs
• Self-starter with ability to work in a fast-paced environment, handling multiple requests at once, while delivering accurate and timely results.
• Workday Pro Certification in Reporting, Financials, or relevant functional area would be beneficial

Who you are:

You're open: We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are accepting: of new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.

You're optimistic: We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with conviction: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.

You're extraordinary: we are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day.

What we'll give you:

Passionate, inspired people – We promote a culture of people that do extraordinary work.

Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and complete projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.

Challenging and stimulating work – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge?