Workday User Access Review Analyst

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Why we're hiring:

At WPP, technology is at the heart of everything we do, and it is WPP IT’s mission to enable everyone to collaborate, create and thrive. WPP IT is undergoing a significant transformation to modernise ways of working, shift to cloud and micro-service-based architectures, drive automation, digitise colleague and client experiences and deliver insight from WPP’s petabytes of data.

In this role you will be a member of the Workday Services Team supporting the Workday Risk & Controls Lead.  Your role will grow as we further deploy and expand our Workday coverage both geographically and capability.

Reporting to the Workday Risk & Controls Lead, this role is accountable for ensuring that WPP’s Workday User Access Review (UAR) process is executed, maintained, recorded and documented as per our operating procedures and controls. Maintaining the process will involve periodically executing the UAR within our current scope of Business Units across the WPP group.

This is an exciting role working with the wider Workday Services team to provide a world class level of Workday support, development, compliance, governance and security on a day-to-day basis and in support of Workday project deployments.

The Workday Services team provides the post go-live support, maintenance and enhancement of the Workday solution that replaces some of our core technology and influences our ways of working for many of our colleagues at WPP.

This flagship programme will see Workday deployed across our global landscape to address the technology needs of Finance, Projects, and our People function – so essentially it touches all our employees to some degree. The key to this programme is that technology is an enabler for change, it’s at the heart of what we do, but it’s not all of what we do. The people, process and compliance aspects of this programme are vital to its success. This role will help deliver that success on an ongoing basis for many years to come.

What you'll be doing:

Maintain and monitor UAR and work with relevant teams to keep Workday compliant.

Run UAR processes and continually improve the process through automation.

Ensure changes to the UAR processes are recorded and tracked correctly.

Working closely with the Workday Security Manager to manage and maintain the UAR process.

Ensure UAM design changes are recorded into tracking documentation.

Use access control features in Workday and support deploying these features.

Review access controls not only when an employee is hired or terminated, but also when roles change within the organization.

Maintaining Workday UAR process documentation.

Champion recommendations for continuous improvement.

What you'll need:

3+ years’ experience working in a global ERP deployment and/or BAU environment.

Understanding of Security and Access Management design model in ERP including personas and segregation of duties within HR, Finance and Professional Services functions

Experience of Tier 1 ERP solutions including Workday, SAP, Oracle and Dynamics 365

Experience maintaining and monitoring User Access

Strong Excel and data manipulation skills

High level of attention to detail and accuracy

Develop trusted relationships with stakeholders

Strong organisational skills and time and task management

Creative solutioning and strong problem-solving skills with agility for fast and simple solutions

Credibility, professionalism, and strong personal integrity

Who you are:

You're open : We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are open-minded: to new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.

You're optimistic : We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with conviction: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.

You're extraordinary: we are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day.

What we'll give you:

Passionate, inspired people – We aim to create a culture in which people can do extraordinary work.

Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and complete projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.

Challenging and stimulating work – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge?

#LI-Hybrid  We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

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