Workday Financials Assistant Manager

Workday Financials Assistant Manager

Base Location: London/Mancheste

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Powered Enterprise is KPMG’s world-class accelerated Enterprise Business Transformation approach for cloud-based solutions driven by a pre-defined back-office function based on leading practices and KPMG’s six-layer Target Operating Model. The target operating model comprises of service delivery model, people, process, technology, data & insight and governance & controls. This solution combines the breadth and scale of KPMG’s leading practice, capabilities and insight into what makes a world class corporate services function with the latest in ERP technology provided by the leading SaaS ERP vendors such as Workda

y.
The Powered Connected Technology team is a community of technology focussed professionals who work together to deliver SaaS ERP based transformation programmes based on KPMG Powered Enterprise. The team use their functional knowledge and experience (e.g. Finance, HR, Procurement), coupled with their expertise in the cloud applications (e.g. Oracle, Workday, Coupa, SAP) to lead and deliver client programmes, to support pre-sales activities and to develop improvement and extensions to the Powered Enterprise model. KPMG are growing their Powered Connected Technology team to meet an ever-increasing demand for our market leading services and are seeking technology management consultants with relevant expertise and experien

ce.
The Pe

rson• Recognises the importance of continuous self and team development and actively strives to achieve t

his.• Helps others to understand how their work contributes to the overall success of an engagement and the wider

firm• Builds strong global relationships and actively seeking out the global network’s best experts to address client n

eeds• Communicates compelling and well thought out solutions to complex prob

lems• Builds constructive working relationships across different teams, functions, countries or cult

ures• Fosters a sense of self belief and confidence in ot

hers• Seeks to understand other’s motivat

ions• Supports others to make brave decis

ions
Functional s

kills• Educated to degree level or equiva

lent.• An understanding of the key business issues/drivers that result in clients pursuing Finance transformation programmes (e.g. cost reduction, insight led improvement e

tc.).• Experience of multiple industry sectors (e.g. Media, Services, Retail, Banking, Insurance, Local and Central Government e

tc.).• Strong influencing skills, with the ability to land key decisions with senior leaders and key business stakehol

ders.• Experience of multiple Workday Finance ERP implementation project lifecycles, from presales, scoping and planning through to post go live support, as a Solution Archi

tect.• Detailed knowledge of Workday Finance enabled end-to-end business process across Finance and Procure

ment.• A background in designing and delivering end-to-end business processes across multiple functional areas including Invoice to Cash (Receivables, Collection and Cash Management), Record to Report (General Ledger including Intercompany), Procure to Pay (Sourcing, Procurement, Payables and Payments), Acquire to Retire (Fixed Assets), Project to Result (Project Management and Project Accounting – Costing and Billing), within Workday Fin

ance.• Broad knowledge of other Workday product sets like HR and Payroll solu

tions• An understanding of the functional, application and technical architectural elements of an Workday Finance progr

amme.• Experience of operating and implementing in a cloud environment and understanding the impacts of implementing and operating on the cloud versus on pre

mise.• Understanding of an Workday Finance delivery lifecycle using Workday’s methodology or equivalent delivery me

thod.• Experience in planning and estimating Workday Finance progra

mmes.• An appreciation of the influence of user experience-based design e.g. Personas, user journeys and how this can be used to augment a solu

tion.
Professional

skills• Strong documentation, reporting and presentation skills in both a virtual and in person

mode.• Well-developed analytical skills and the ability to provide clarity to complex issues, and synthesise large amounts of infor

mation• Experience producing project deliverables (business requirements, functional specs, configuration document, process flows, use cases, requirements traceability matrices

etc.)• Strong Microsoft Office skills particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Microsoft Pr

ojects• Strong interpersonal, team building, organisational and motivational

skills• Fast learner with an ability to get up-to-speed in a short space o

f time• Ability to convey ideas and recommendations in a clear, compelling and succinct way in written and verbal communic

ations• Good attention to detail and an ability to analyse and use data in decision

making• Strong organisational and multitasking skills with ability to balance competing prio

rities• Experience identifying, diagnosing and resolving issues independently; taking initiative even under unfamiliar or ambiguous circums

tances• Anticipates need to re-prioritise; can shift gears and comfortably makes decisions based on new infor

mation
Our Loc

ations:We are open to talk to talent across the country but our core Tech hubs for this ro

• le are:London Canar
• y WharfMan

chester
This position will largely be based from London or Ma

nchesterWith 20 sites across the UK, we can potentially facilitate office work, working from home, flexible hours, and part-time options. If you have a need for flexibility, please register and discuss this with o

ur team.
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