Workday Financials Administrator & Optimization Lead

Experis UK; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Experis UK is seeking an experienced Workday Systems Administrator to own the ongoing management, support, and optimisation of a Workday Financials environment. You will collaborate with Finance and IT to ensure security, data integrity, and alignment with business needs.

The role focuses on configuration, integrations, security, system updates, testing, and continuous improvement, while providing advanced support to users across finance functions and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience managing Workday Financials environments and configurations.
• Knowledge of security, business processes, calculated fields, reporting and integrations.
• Experience supporting finance functions such as GL, AP, AR, procurement, expenses, and financial reporting.
• Understanding of Workday integrations (EIBs, Web Services, etc.).
• Strong engagement with technical and business stakeholders.
• Workday Financials and/or Integration certifications.
• Experience with Workday Studio, APIs or advanced integrations.
• Knowledge of cloud security and financial data governance.
• Previous experience supporting enterprise financial systems.

Responsibilities

• Act as the Workday Financials subject matter expert and own the ongoing management, support, and optimisation of the Workday Financials environment.
• Configure and maintain business processes, security, reports, and integrations.
• Partner with Finance stakeholders to improve processes and system functionality.
• Manage releases, updates, and new feature adoption.
• Support testing activities including UAT and regression testing.
• Ensure data integrity, compliance, and financial governance standards.
• Provide guidance on reporting best practices and troubleshoot complex issues.
• Identify opportunities for automation and continuous improvement.

Skills

Workday Admin

Security controls

Integrations

Reporting skills

Testing/UAT

Automation opportunities

Data governance

Stakeholder engagement

Cloud security

Financial systems

Tools

Workday Studio

APIs

Web Services

EIBs

Job description

Experis UK is seeking an experienced Workday Systems Administrator to own the ongoing management, support, and optimisation of a Workday Financials environment. You will collaborate with Finance and IT to ensure security, data integrity, and alignment with business needs.

The role focuses on configuration, integrations, security, system updates, testing, and continuous improvement, while providing advanced support to users across finance functions and stakeholders.