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Workday Finance Functional Analyst

Posted 28 Days Ago
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In-Office
Sydney, New South Wales, AUS
Entry level
In-Office
Sydney, New South Wales, AUS
Entry level
Support, administer, troubleshoot, configure, test, and enhance BDO’s Workday Finance platform across accounting, expenses, suppliers, payables, receivables, projects, and billing. Partner with Finance and Technology stakeholders to resolve issues, assess releases, document processes, validate requirements, and implement governed system changes and continuous improvements.
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We’re BDO, a global professional services firm connected to local markets. Our people work together to provide specialist expertise, helping businesses achieve their goals.

We inspire others, to go further. We create together, to reach higher. We build trust, to lead purposefully.

Whether you're building your future or starting your career with us, you won’t do it alone. From creating solutions for our clients to building careers for our people, we shape what matters, and that’s where you come in.

About the Role


Join BDO's Product team as a Workday Finance Analyst and play a key role in the ongoing optimisation, support and enhancement of our Workday Finance platform. Working closely with stakeholders across Finance and Technology, you'll help ensure the platform remains reliable, secure and effectively utilised, enabling our people and business to operate efficiently.


This is a hands-on role suited to someone who enjoys combining technical expertise with stakeholder engagement, problem-solving and continuous improvement.


Key responsibilities include:

  • Providing day-to-day support and administration across Workday Finance modules, including Financial Accounting, Business Assets, Expenses, Suppliers, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Projects and Project Billing.
  • Troubleshooting system issues, incidents and user queries to minimise business disruption.
  • Monitoring, maintaining and enhancing Workday configurations to support evolving business requirements.
  • Partnering with Finance and other stakeholders to deliver practical, fit-for-purpose system solutions.
  • Supporting testing activities for system changes, releases and enhancements.
  • Assessing the impact of Workday's biannual releases and supporting the adoption of new functionality where relevant.
  • Developing and maintaining documentation, including business process flows, configuration design and user guidance materials.
  • Ensuring all changes are appropriately documented, tested, approved and deployed in line with established governance and change management processes.

 

About You


You're a systems-focused professional who enjoys working in a collaborative, internal support environment. You bring experience supporting and improving finance or ERP systems, a proactive approach to problem-solving, and a passion for delivering continuous improvement through technology.


You'll also bring:

  • Demonstrated experience working with Workday or other enterprise finance/ERP systems in a support, optimisation or delivery capacity.
  • Experience working within finance functions or supporting finance processes, with a background in accounting or finance highly regarded.
  • Strong knowledge of system configuration, security, business process frameworks and reporting within finance or ERP platforms.
  • Experience partnering with stakeholders and cross-functional teams to understand requirements and deliver effective outcomes.
  • The ability to take ownership of issues and enhancements, ensuring timely resolution and follow-through.
  • Well-developed analytical and troubleshooting skills, with a focus on identifying opportunities for improvement.
  • Experience eliciting, clarifying and validating business requirements.
  • A bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Information Technology or a related discipline (desirable).
  • Workday certifications (highly regarded).

At BDO, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to a business-critical platform, work alongside a supportive and collaborative team, and help shape the future of our finance technology capability.

Why BDO?

Working for BDO you will be part of a growing and market leading professional services firm.
Our national and global footprint provides our people with opportunities to work on interesting client engagements, across diverse industry sectors and services.
Our open and collaborative culture ensures access to Partners and professional mentors, to guide and accelerate your professional career, across a wide array of career pathways.
We provide our people with various health and wellbeing, social, financial, and professional development benefits to help realise what’s possible.

Participate in fitness challenges or take advantage of exclusive discounts to corporate health insurance, gym memberships and wellness facilities via our BWell program. Access benefits such as travel perks, retail discounts, employee referral rewards, study, and professional development support.

Our leave options cater to the unique needs of our people; and include enhanced family support, cultural and religious leave, and options to purchase additional leave. You can also give back and get involved in community initiatives via our BCaring program.

With a strong focus on learning and growth, we provide on the job training and formal development programs to help you succeed in your role and develop your skills and experience.
Our culture is underpinned by our core values (One, Bold, Human, Heart and Strive).

We are proud to be recognised as an Inclusive Employer for 2025-2026 by Diversity Council of Australia and a  2024-2025 Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).

BDO is committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment practices. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview process, we encourage you to contact our Talent Acquisition team at [email protected]

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