Workday/ERP Finance Product Analyst - #1667114

Division – Data, Technology & Innovation (DTI)

Department – Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

Salary – National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £52,400 to £80,600 and London from £57,700 to £88,600 per annum (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)

Are you looking to join an organisation that offers a better work/life balance? If you have ERP Financials experience and enjoy changing and improving ERP systems, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

About The FCA

The FCA regulates the conduct of 45,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. Follow this link to find out more About the FCA.

We make sure financial markets work well for individuals, businesses and the wider economy and prevent vulnerable consumers falling victim to scams, unfair lending practices, or inappropriate financial products.

What will you be doing?

You’ll join the ERP Product Group DevOps team and work on change initiatives with our Workday ERP system. Working alongside a talented team including a Product Owner, Service Manager and Architects in a collaborative and forward-thinking environment, you will support key business owners and SMEs to achieve the delivery of improvements to our Workday Financials systems and operations.

• Build strong relationships with stakeholders to identify and support business needs
• Identify new opportunities to leverage the functionality available within Workday Cloud service offerings, ensure delivered solution meets business and non-functional requirements
• Provide development and BAU support for Workday Finance, covering core Financials, Revenue Management, Projects, Procurement, Suppliers, Expenses, Time Tracking, Customers, Financial Accounting, Tax, and Adaptive Planning
• Contribute to the ERP Product Group team to support the development of a comprehensive DevOps model for end users
  
  

What will you get from the role?

• Your work will help safeguard millions of everyday people from harmful financial practices
• The FCA is an established Workday customer, and we have a strong pipeline of improvement projects – you will play a key role in shaping the FCA’s ERP Finance solution
• The opportunity to develop deep expertise in Workday Finance while continuously enhancing your analytical and problem-solving skills
• An opportunity to upskill into Workday Prism Analytics
• An opportunity to use your existing ERP Financials experience to develop deep Workday Finance expertise – a rare and highly employable skill set
  
  

If you're looking for a varied, impactful, and career-advancing opportunity where you can contribute to critical business processes and innovate within a leading financial organisation, we’d love to hear from you.

Which skills are required?

We are a Disability Confident Employer; therefore, disabled people or individuals with long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. (To learn more about the Disability Confident Scheme Click Here)

Minimum

• Experience implementing and configuring ERP Finance systems - as a minimum there must be experience defining and delivering Workday Finance change, however supporting experience with similar ERP systems such as Oracle or SAP will be considered
• Proven experience producing project lifecycle deliverables - business requirements, functional specs, configuration documents, process flows, use cases, requirements traceability matrices, etc
  
  

Essential

• Excellent communication skills for presentations, workshops, and business reporting
• Strong stakeholder management, engaging with all business levels
• Workday Pro Track qualification highly desirable but not essential
• Project management experience, ideally qualified in a formal PM methodology (Prince2, RUP, Scrum, Agile or similar)
• Experience integrating ERPs with other IT Systems e.g. Adaptive Planning, Salesforce, Clarizen is highly desirable but not essential
  
  

Our Values & Diversity

We are proud to be an inclusive employer and our ambition is to cultivate a culture for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better regulation.

Within the workplace you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions.

Did you know? 50% of our Executive Committee are women.

The FCA is committed to achieving greater diversity across all levels of the organisation. Given this, we particularly welcome applications from women, minority ethnic, disabled, and neurodivergent candidates for our role.

Benefits Of Working At The FCA

• 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
• Hybrid working (work from home up to 60% of your time)
• Private healthcare with Bupa
• A non-contributory Pension of at least 8%
• Life assurance
• Income protection
  
  

We also have a competitive flexible benefits scheme which gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifestyle.

We welcome applications from candidates who are looking for flexible arrangements. Many of our staff work flexibly including working part-time, staggered hours, and job shares. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want but we can explore what might work best for both sides.

Follow this link to see what life is like at the FCA – Life at the FCA

Application Support

We are dedicated to removing barriers and ensuring our application process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible.

If you have an accessibility need, disability, or condition requiring changes to the recruitment process, please contact your recruiter using the details below and they will be happy to discuss this further with you.

Useful Information and Timeline

• This role is graded Senior Associate – Regulatory
• SC Clearance is required for this role (SC Guidance) - you will hold or will be required to obtain Security Clearance (SC) level vetting
• When submitting your application, please tailor your CV to highlight how you meet the minimum and essential requirements above and evidence how you have delivered end to end Workday and other ERP Finance change
  
  

Timeline

• Advert Closing Date: Midnight 12th May (please submit your application by 11.59pm Sunday 11th May)
• CV review/shortlist: w/c 12th May
• Interview to assess technical capability and core skills: w/c 19th May
• Second Interview (informal): w/c 27th May
  
  

Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role, therefore, please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time.

Got a question?

If you are interested in learning more about the role, please contact [email protected].

Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via email will not be accepted.