Workday Platform Lead

Bristol

Closing date: 31st Jan 2025

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About the role

Are you a skilled finance systems professional with a passion for enhancing and optimising financial management platform solutions? We're seeking a Finance Workstream Lead to oversee the continuous improvement, maintenance, and optimisation of our recently implemented Workday Financial Management (FINS) platform which is accompanying the roll out of Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) and Professional Services Automation (PSA). This role is central to supporting our evolving business needs, ensuring seamless platform functionality, and fostering cross-functional collaboration to drive continuous improvement. The

Key Responsibilities:

  • FINS Roadmap Management:
    Developing and maintaining a strategic roadmap for FINS, aligning platform enhancements with business goals and prioritising initiatives for continuous improvement.
  • Change Requests & Issue Resolution:
    • Managing and prioritising cases submitted through ‘Workday Matters’, coordinating with stakeholders, including the COO and Finance Director, to address critical needs.
    • Overseeing the Deferred List, prioritising change requests that require future action.
    • Troubleshooting and resolving FINS-related issues to optimise system functionality and user satisfaction.
  • FINS Cyclical Checklist Management:
    Ensuring the completion of monthly and annual Workday tasks to maintain system stability and compliance.
  • Configuration & Process Improvements:
    Implementing configuration updates and process changes in collaboration with Finance team stakeholders to meet evolving business requirements.
  • Cross-functional Collaboration:
    • Working closely with HCM, PSA, and Help Workstream Leads to coordinate on configuration requirements, process changes, and issue resolutions.
    • Collaborating with the Workday Data Analytics Lead for reporting requests and security configurations related to FINS.
    • Partnering with the Senior Developer and Solution Architect to ensure FINS integrations meet business and system requirements.
  • User Support & Upskilling:
    Providing support and guidance to the Finance team on Workday-related issues, fostering user confidence and system expertise.
  • Workday Release Management:
    Leading release checks and testing for biannual Workday updates in March and September, ensuring compatibility with FINS and effective communication to stakeholders.
  • Cross-system Integrations:
    Engaging with stakeholders to manage integrations that impact FINS, promoting aligned systems and efficient workflows.
  • Documentation & Policy Review:
    Collaborating with the Help Workstream Lead to manage document reviews, including key policies and annual business requirements.

About you:

  • Strong expertise in financial management systems, preferably Workday Financial Management (FINS).
  • Excellent problem-solving and prioritisation skills for handling system configurations and process improvements.
  • Proven experience in roadmap planning, stakeholder engagement, and cross-functional collaboration.
  • A proactive approach to user support and knowledge-sharing within finance teams.

Why Join Bishop Fleming?!


Bishop Fleming is leading independent provider of auditaccountancytax, and advisory services in the UK. With a turnover of £43.1m, the firm saw growth of almost 13% per cent over the last 12 months.

From owner-managed businesses, SMEs, and large businesses; to entrepreneurs and private individuals; Bishop Fleming offers full services across a diverse range of sectors, including:

AutomotiveCharities and Not for ProfitEducationEnergy, Renewables and Natural Resources, Financial Services, Food and DrinkHealthcareHospitality and LeisureHousing AssociationsManufacturingPrivate ClientProfessional ServicesPublic SectorReal Estate and ConstructionTechnology, Media and Telecomms, and Transport and Logistics.

Bishop Fleming is currently ranked fifth in the Accountancy Age Mid-Tier Power Index and is also the largest provider of audit services to multi-academy trusts in the academy sector.

With 8 offices spanning from the West Midlands to the South West, the firm has 40 partners and nearly 500 staff, and is a certified Great Place to Work®.

Bishop Fleming is a member of Kreston Global, a global network of independent accounting firms in more than 100 countries.

If that’s not enough, we offer a fantastic range of benefits including: 

  • 27 days holiday plus bank holidays plus Christmas off! 
  • Hybrid working 
  • A contributory Pension scheme 
  • Life assurance 
  • Simply Health cashback plan including access to 24/7 online GP service and counselling services 
  • Perkbox discounts and rewards platform with over 4,00 perks and discounts 
  • Yulife employee wellbeing app 
  • Social events with active social committees that plan internal and external events  
  • Numerous opportunities for development 

Please contact Sam Ford, Talent Acquisition Manager if you would like to discuss this opportunity further. 

We welcome applicants who would like the flexibility in their working arrangements, including working from home or part time working, which may help to accommodate parent or carer responsibilities, further studies and activities outside of work. 

We are committed to welcoming new people into an inclusive working environment, where everyone is given equal opportunity to reach their full potential.  We support a culture where people are valued and treated fairly with respect and differences are understood and celebrated.  

The more varied our workforce, the broader the expertise within our business. The broader our expertise, the greater our chances of innovation and success. That's why we're committed to equality of opportunity, diversity, and inclusion at every level. 

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