Specialist Workiva, Wdesk (12 Month FTC)

This is a 12moth FTC opportunity

Context

The Finance Systems Team is part of Finance Operations and Projects which in turn is in the Group Finance and Performance Management team.  The purpose of the Systems team is to govern and optimise the AA Finance global systems on a sustainable basis and to ensure that AA Finance has the requisite systems to deliver and exceed business expectations with strong connections across process data and people capabilities.  Responsibilities extend to business as usual management and support of the systems and to identify define and deliver opportunities for operational performance improvement as well as exploring enhancement to systems design and system solutions to deliver new use cases.

Purpose

The focus of this role is the range of Workiva Wdesk solutions used across AA with additional responsibilities for Vivantio use in support of processes within scope of the FinOps Systems team initially under the guidance of the Specialist Wdesk but becoming more self sufficient with experience.

Key tasks:

• Execute day to day activities related to business as usual use of Wdesk solutions across AA plc.

• Coordinate and prioritise change requests with key stakeholders managing delivery by the support partner to agreed timelines ensuring change processes and management are fully adhered to ensuring continuity and risk management.
• Identify improvement initiatives and support local workspace owners across the solutions.
• Manage roll forward and release activities across workspaces in preparation for upcoming reporting cycles.

• Manage incidents to close coordinating across stakeholders.
• Proactively communicate planned or unplanned system outages and support the process of functional upgrade releases from Workiva.
• Ensure adherence to controls compliance and audit processes and requirements owning and executing controls responding to audit queries and support the SOC review process.
• Provide subject matter expertise or leverage subject matter experts to support design and optimisation.
• Maintenance and development of training material and documentation including delivery of training.
• Optimise the use of partner capability and capacity.
• Review vendor delivery.
• Support the renewals processes for vendor support and software agreements across the FinOps scope.
• Support colleagues in the use of Vivantio managing change and sharing good practice.

Solutions:

• Financial Reporting
• Statutory Reporting
• Treasury
• Control Management
• Policies and Procedures
• ESG/Sustainability

Qualifications :

• Ideally Wdesk knowledge
• Controls and compliance knowledge would be a benefit
• Systems competence with the capability to grasp new concepts and understand new systems
• Logical structured and analytical

Additional Information :

Who we are
We aim to lead the industry by pursuing ever safer and more responsible ways of working demonstrating integrity and showing care and respect for people and the planet. That means we are constantly seeking new opportunities to mine and process our products sustainably using less water less energy and more precise extraction technologies. As the custodians of coal and other precious natural resources diamonds (through De Beers) copper platinum and other precious metals iron ore and nickel our extraordinary teams work safely and collaboratively with the utmost consideration for local communities our customers and the world at large.

How we are committed to your safety
Nothing is more important to us than ensuring you return home safely after a days work. To make that happen we have the most rigorous safety standards in the industry. Not only that were also continually investing in new technologies from drones to data analytics that are helping to make mining safer.

Inclusion and Diversity
Anglo American is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are and provide equality of opportunity so that everyone can fulfil their potential.

How to apply
To apply for this role please complete our online application form. You will have the opportunity to upload your CV and other relevant documentation as part of the process.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Contract