Senior Workday Financial Analyst

SPAC Information Technology Inc; Philippines; Hybrid; PHP 1,200,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Job summary

SPAC Information Technology Inc. is seeking a Workday Specialist to support and enhance the financial modules within Workday. The role involves implementation, configuration and ongoing support for Finance teams across planning, reporting, and security settings.

You will collaborate with local finance teams and system consultants on VAT, tax compliance, and data migration, while driving month-end close and quality reporting. Hybrid work arrangement applies, with routine on-site days as scheduled.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accounting professional with IFRS knowledge.
• Experience in Workday Financial modules preferred.
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting, and VAT-related activities.
• Strong data mapping and testing skills.

Responsibilities

• Support planning, budgeting, forecasting, and scenario modelling activities.
• Maintain lean global chart of accounts and account dimensions.
• Define and maintain account posting rules in line with policy.
• Collaborate with local finance and system consultants on VAT and sales taxes.
• Deliver finance integrations with system consultants (banking, VAT returns, payroll).
• Define month and year end close processes.
• Create and update business processes and validations; use Workday security groups.

Skills

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Financial controls

IFRS knowledge

Accounting background

AP/AR/GL experience

VAT & sales taxes

Workday reporting

Workday security

Workday Adaptive

Workday

Education

Accounting qualification

Tools

Workday

Job description

Working Arrangement: Hybrid (2x a week RTO) (Mid Shift)

Responsibilities

Part of a team of Workday Specialists, the role is fundamental to supporting and advancing FINS usage of the core Workday Financial components. The Analyst serves as a Technology point of contact for financial functional areas and assists Finance teams to identify, plan, and implement systems and process improvements. The role will involve implementation, configuration, and support of Workday applications.

Key aspects of the role are as follows:

• Support of planning, budgeting, forecasting, and scenario modelling activities.
• Maintenance of a lean global chart of accounts structure which delivers both statutory and management accounts.
• Account dimension definition and maintenance which are used as the building blocks to quality, value-add reporting and used as the basis for how we record financial transactions.
• Account posting rule definition and maintenance, which will use accounting knowledge ensuring compliance with policy and an ethos of one company one way.
• Collaboration with local Finance teams and system consultants to deliver local requirements for VAT and sales taxes.
• Integrations: Working with the system consultants and local Finance teams to deliver finance integrations that are fit for purpose (such as banking / digital VAT returns/ payroll)
• Month and year close process definition
• Skilled in creating, updating and developing business processes, custom validations, condition rules
• Familiar with Worktags and its usages
• Knowledgeable with Workday Reporting, custom reports, composite, advance, BIRT, etc
• Familiar with security configurations and their functions
• Knowledgeable with Workday Adaptive, office connect and worksheets

Reporting:

• Work with Finance Transformation, local Finance and Master Data & Reporting teams to identify, interpret and deliver local reporting requirements through the new systems landscape.
• Develop and support management and board‑level reporting within Workday Adaptive Planning.

Security:

Ensuring through system design that the objective of a controls-based audit is embedded within Finance processes.

Education of local finance teams in relation to Workday security groups and impact on ways of working

Data Migration:

Support the businesses in mapping financial history to Workday, including GL, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and bank.

Testing:

Working with local Finance teams to ensure configuration and business processes operate as expected and are fit for purpose.

Training:

Preparation of training material for finance processes

Training super users in new systems

Early life support for businesses post deployment

Functional and technical skills:

• Attention to detail and accuracy in preparing accounts and supporting information
• Strong interpersonal skills are essential whilst working in a highly pressurised environment
• Professional level of communication in verbal and written form
• Focus on systems, processes and controls to ensure that risks are minimised, and processes are scalable as the business continues to grow
• An understanding of the key drivers of the business model and how developments or changes could impact ways of working and/ or accounting and tax processes.
• Sound knowledge of IFRS accounting standards
• Accounting qualification – Fully Qualified
• Sound accounting knowledge, including IFRS
• Good Finance exposure
• Must have experience in 2-3 of the following: AP/AR; Banking; Journals;