Workday Services Senior Fins/PSA Reporting Consultant - APAC Shift

WPP is at the forefront of the marketing and advertising industry's largest transformation. Our Global CIO is leading a significant evolution of our Enterprise Technology capabilities, bringing together over 2,500 technology professionals into an integrated global team. This Team will play a crucial role in enabling the ongoing transformation of our agencies and functions.

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
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What you'll need:

• 4+ 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