UK-TD001-003 Workday Finance Analyst Fixed Term Maternity Cover (11 months)

Global; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media and entertainment company in the UK seeks a Workday FINS Analyst for maternity cover. In this role, you will support the Finance team through ongoing maintenance and enhancement of Workday Financials and Adaptive Planning. The ideal candidate is a fully qualified accountant with 2+ years of Workday experience, strong analytical skills, and a passion for improving systems. Join us to make a difference in a fast-paced, agile environment.

Qualifications

• 2+ years Workday Financials experience is required.
• Proven track record of delivering Workday enhancement projects.
• Solid understanding of Financial Accounting processes.

Responsibilities

• Drive continuous improvement of Workday platforms.
• Support day-to-day system administration of Workday.
• Collaborate with finance to design enhancement projects.

Skills

Expert in Workday Financials

Continuous improvement mentality

Outstanding communication skills

Education

Fully Qualified accountant

Tools

Workday Reporting

ServiceNow

Job description

Accepting applications until: 28 November 2025

Job Description

We are Global

We think big, work hard and never stand still. It’sour talented andpassionate people that make us leaders in creativity and innovation and the proud home to the best media and entertainment on the planet.

We’re here to make everyone’s day brighter. That’s everyone from our Globallers, to our audiences, every partner we work with and every community we work in. Whether we’re making shows or making headlines, making everyone’s day brighter is behindeverything we do.

Whether we’re in the studio, building a world-class Global Player app,or producing fast-moving digital content, we’re at our best when we’re working together. It’s why we show up, deliver great work and above all, it’s the reason we all love to work here.

Description

Workday FINS Analyst Maternity Cover

Reporting of the Role

This role reports to Director of Group Applications

Overview of job

The Workday FINS Analyst will be a key member of our Workday team with a focus supporting the Finance team as part of the Technology Group Applications Team.

You will assist with the ongoing maintenance and development of Workday Financials and Adaptive Planning. This individual will require the technical knowledge needed to take on the day-to-day management of Workday and its various partners.

3 best things about the job

• You will be hands on with Workday Financials and build a deep technical knowledge to apply it to Global’s business requirements across a wide range of systems and integrations!
• You will be working in a face‑paced agile Technology environment, part of a growing Group Applications team, ensuring that Finance operate to their maximum potential.
• The opportunity to be a change agent – the opportunity to change the way that Workday is seen and used across the business!

Measures of success – In the first few months, you would have:

• Developed a knowledge of Global’s Business & Teams
• Got hands access to all Workday Financials functional areas with a key focus on Financial Accounting.
• Built up a knowledge of the current Workday, Adaptive & PRISM technical architecture & identified areas of improvement
• Started work on exciting enhancement projects to help take Globals Workday solution to the next level

Responsibilities of the role

• Drive continuous improvement of Globals Workdayplatforms through combination of resolving incidents & delivering enhancement projects
• Support day to day system administration; including security, configuration and design of Workday Financials and Adaptive Insights.
• Maintain and develop business process across all of Workday Financials and functional areas.
• Develop and maintain reporting solutions using both report writer and PRISM Analytics.
• Support Workday Financials & Adaptive Planning configurations for Budgeting and Forecasting
• Stay current with industry trends and best practices to identify system improvements and enhancements.
• Provide support to end‑users of the Workday platforms through our ServiceNow Support portal, answering inquiries, resolving issues, and following through on any reported or unresolved issues ensuring a timely and reliable response.

Additional responsibilities

• Partner with the finance community to design & execute enhancement projects; holding requirements gathering sessions with finance, documenting the ‘as is’ problems & ‘to be’ solutions with quantifiable measures, and delivering the identified solutions.
• Collaborating closely with both our CVS partner and Workday (as appropriate and required) directly and overseeing tickets to conclusion while ensuring accurate change management / testing protocol is followed.
• Collaborate with our BrightSparks community, end‑users & senior Finance members to assess business needs and translate those needs into effective streamline technical solutions that promote user adoptions.
• Collaborate with your Workday HCM colleagues (same team) to cross pollinate knowledge & work to the common goal of helping deliver an optimised Workday platform
• Hands on with the bi‑annual compulsory releases, implement new functionality and ensuring a successful delivery is always achieved through diligent planning and testing of processes, configuration and integrations.

What you will need

• Fully Qualified accountant mandatorywith 2+ years Workday Financials experience.
• Expert in Workday Financialsconfiguration, implementation, and maintenancewith a key focus on Financial Accounting.Competent with Workday Reporting, security, and business processes.
• Solid understanding of all finance processes, including Financial Accounting, FP&A, AR & AP, Taxwith a key focus on Financial Accounting
• Ability to think holistically across technology & function;People, Process & Systemcombined
• Acontinuous improvement mentality;“better today than yesterday”
• Passion fordelivering solutionsthat are“simple, standard & automated”
• Proven track record of delivering the design & execution of Workday enhancement projects; holding requirements gathering sessions with finance, documenting the ‘as is’ problems & ‘to be’ solutions with quantifiable measures, and delivering the identified solutions.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, including ability to communicate effectively with colleagues
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast‑paced environment

Everyone is welcome at Global

Just like our media and entertainment platforms are for everyone, so are our workplaces. We know that we can’t possibly serve our diverse audiences without first nurturing and celebrating it in our people and that’s why we work hard to create an inclusive culture for everyone. We believe that difference will set us apart, so no matter what you look like, where you come from or what your favourite radio station is, we want to hear from you.

Although we cannot make guarantees, we welcome conversations about flexible working for all roles at Global