Workday Financials Application Specialist
Model of work: hybrid (2 days in Manila or Warsaw office / a week)
Do you want to be a key player in the support and optimization of our finance related processes in Workday, in a role where you can put your combined finance, configuration, and Workday skills to use? Then you might be our new Finance Application Specialist for our Workday platform.
WHAT MAKES US, US
Join some of the most innovative thinkers in FinTech as we lead the evolution of financial technology. If you are an innovative, curious, collaborative person who embraces challenges and wants to grow, learn and pursue outcomes with our prestigious financial clients, say Hello to SimCorp! At its foundation, SimCorp is guided by our values — caring, customer success-driven, collaborative, curious, and courageous. Our people-centered organization focuses on skills development, relationship building, and client success. We take pride in cultivating an environment where all team members can grow, feel heard, valued, and empowered. If you like what we’re saying, keep reading!
WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT TO US
As Finance Application Specialist, you will support Finance teams across the world in using Workday as a driver for developing and implementing best-practice finance processes and enabling operational excellence across all processes anchored in Finance. You will serve Global Finance colleagues as Workday support when it comes to process improvements and incident solving, in close cooperation with the other Corporate Functions (Services, HR and IT), and ensure that we get the most value for money out of Workday.
This includes using Workday as a leverage for standardization, simplification, centralization, and automation of finance processes as well as ensuring efficient and effective operational processes around the Workday application. You will drive the system configuration of enhancements and be hands-on in terms of solving small scale process improvements while collaborating closely with finance colleagues globally, to ensure a successful Workday adoption.
WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
Support development and implementation of best practice finance processes around the Workday Finance application in close cooperation with the other Corporate Functions
Ensure adoption of business processes in Workday and promote usage of the application, through documentation, training, and effective communication
Conduct continuous reviews of finance processes and identify opportunities for improvement with the aim of optimizing processes towards standardization, simplification, centralization, and automation.
Work on implementing the backlog of ideas, change requests, new releases, and enhancements, including electronic invoicing requirements with our global solution Pagero.
Ensure efficient Workday operational processes within finance, and coordinate with other Corporate Functions where needed
Provide increased focus on process documentation in terms of flow charts, process descriptions and user guides
WHAT WE VALU E
An academic degree in Finance or IT
Knowledge of Workday Finance (minimum 1- 2 years of Workday experience)
At least 2- 3 years work experience within finance or ERP support
Experience with business- and finance process optimization
Sound knowledge of operational processes in finance
Excellent collaboration and communication skills, bridging IT, business and Finance
Fluency in spoken and written English
Workday administration or configuration experience is a big plus
While this role sits within an application environment; we strongly encourage finance professionals with Workday or ERP experience to apply.
BENEFITS
Attractive salary, bonus scheme, and pension are essential for any work agreement. However, in SimCorp, we believe we can offer more. Therefore, in addition to the traditional benefit scheme, we provide a supportive work & life balance: flexible work hours, a hybrid workplace model.
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