Workday Financials Application Specialist

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 VALUE 

• 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. 

For Poland:  

Compensation ranges are being disclosed at the initial stage of candidate engagement. 

Visit our career pages to learn more about working at SimCorp: www.simcorp.com/career  

NEXT STEP   

Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, we process incoming applications continually. Please note that only applications sent through our system will be processed. At SimCorp, we recognize that bias can unintentionally occur in the recruitment process. To uphold fairness and equal opportunities for all applicants, we kindly ask you to exclude personal data such as photo, age, or any non-professional information from your application. Thank you for aiding us in our endeavor to mitigate biases in our recruitment process.   

For any questions you are welcome to contact Katkat Calimag-Rupera, Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, at [email protected]. If you are interested in being a part of SimCorp and you can see yourself contributing and thriving in the position described above, but are not sure this role is suitable, submit your CV anyway. SimCorp is on an exciting growth journey, and our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to assist you discover the right role for you. The approximate time to consider your CV is three weeks.   

We are eager to continually improve our talent acquisition process and make everyone’s experience positive and valuable. Therefore, during the process we will ask you to provide your feedback, which is highly appreciated.  

WHO WE ARE   

For over 50 years, we have worked closely with investment and asset managers to become the world’s leading provider of integrated investment management solutions. We are 3,000+ colleagues with a broad range of nationalities, educations, professional experiences, ages, and backgrounds in general.  

SimCorp is an independent subsidiary of the Deutsche Börse Group. Following the recent merger with Axioma, we leverage the combined strength of our brands to provide an industry-leading, full, front-to-back offering for our clients.  

SimCorp is an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds, without regard to race, gender, age, disability, or any other protected status under applicable law. We are committed to building a culture where diverse perspectives and expertise are integrated into our everyday work. We believe in the continual growth and development of our employees, so that we can provide best-in-class solutions to our clients.   

#Li-Hybrid