Workday Finance Product Analyst – 12 Month Fixed Term Contract
Division – Data, Technology & Innovation
Department – Enterprise Resource Planning
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)
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.
At the heart of what we do is ensuring financial markets work smoothly for individuals, businesses and the wider economy protecting vulnerable consumers from scams, unfair lending and unsuitable financial products.
Join our dynamic ERP Product Group DevOps team and play a key role in driving impactful change within our Workday ERP system. You’ll collaborate closely with a talented mix of Product Owners, Service Managers and Architects in a forward-thinking environment that values innovation and teamwork. In this role, you’ll support business owners and subject matter experts to deliver meaningful improvements to our Workday Financials systems and operations helping shape the future of our financial processes.
What will you be doing?
1. Forge strong partnerships with key stakeholders to understand and champion their business needs, ensuring solutions truly add value
2. Spot new opportunities to maximise the potential of Workday Cloud services, delivering solutions that align with both business goals and technical requirements
3. Provide expert development and day-to-day support across the full Workday Finance suite including Financials, Revenue Management, Projects, Procurement and more—to keep operations running smoothly
4. Play an active role in shaping the ERP Product Group’s DevOps model, delivering seamless, user-focused solutions that empower our teams
5. Maintain and optimise critical system integrations with Workday, leveraging automated transfers, scheduled tasks and manual imports to ensure data flows effortlessly
6. Collaborate with diverse teams to continuously enhance processes, driving innovation and efficiency within our Workday Financials environment
What will you get from the role?
7. Make a real difference by helping protect millions of people from unfair financial practices and ensuring markets work for everyone
8. Join a forward-thinking organisation with a strong, ongoing pipeline of Workday improvement projects where your input will directly shape the future of our ERP Finance solution
9. Apply and expand your deep expertise in Workday Finance while sharpening your analytical and problem-solving skills in a dynamic environment
10. Thrive in a high-energy, supportive team culture that’s dedicated to continuous learning, growth and collaboration
11. If you’re seeking a varied, impactful role that offers career advancement and the chance to innovate within a leading financial organisation, we want 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
12. Experience implementing and configuring Workday Finance systems, with a proven ability to define and deliver impactful changes that enhance financial processes
13. Experience producing comprehensive project lifecycle deliverables including business requirements, functional specifications, process flows, use cases and traceability matrices to ensure successful project execution
Essential
14. Excellent communication skills for presentations, workshops and business reporting, combined with strong stakeholder management across all business levels
15. Project management experience, ideally with formal qualifications in methodologies such as Prince2, RUP, Scrum, Agile or similar
16. Experience with Workday integration alongside other IT systems like Adaptive Planning, Salesforce or Clarizen is highly desirable; Workday Pro Track qualification is also a plus 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 were the first in their family to attend university.
Benefits of working at the FCA
17. 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
18. Hybrid working (work from home up to 60% of your time)
19. Private healthcare with Bupa
20. A non-contributory Pension of at least 8% of basic salary each month (there are several contribution levels that increase depending on your age – up to 12% a month once you reach age 35)
21. Life assurance of eight times your basic salary
22. 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
23. This role is graded as Senior Associate – Regulatory
24. SC Clearance is required for this role (SC Guidance) - you will hold or will be required to obtain Security Clearance (SC) level vetting
25. Advert Closing Date: 19 October at 11:59pm
26. CV Review/Shortlist: 20-21 October
27. Interview: from 27 October
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:
Recruiter – k
Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via email will not be accepted.