Senior Business Analyst; Finance & HR

Summary

We are seeking a dynamic Senior Business Analyst to serve as the essential link between our Finance function and our IT capabilities. Situated at the heart of our IT team, you will be the guardian of our Workday Financial Management system, ensuring it is perfectly configured and maintained to drive our business forward.

In this role, you act as the vital translator who turns complex financial requirements into concrete technical solutions. You are both a strategic thinker and a hands‑on expert, moving seamlessly from high‑level liaison work to technical configuration and troubleshooting. By ensuring regulatory compliance and supporting strategic reporting, you provide the stability and insight our leadership depends on.

Ultimately, your expertise turns our primary financial platform into a competitive advantage. By maximising system efficiency and driving process improvements, you ensure our technology investment delivers peak performance every day. If you are ready to own the intersection of finance and technology, we invite you to lead the way.

• Configure, test and maintain Workday Financial modules (e.g. General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Expenses, Fixed Assets, Procurement, Budgeting, and Planning).
• Manage and maintain the Chart of Accounts, supervisory organisations, business processes and security settings within Workday Finance.
• Support and implement Workday's bi‑annual releases including testing new features and functionality.
• Collaborate with Finance stakeholders to gather business requirements, analyse processes and translate them into Workday functional and technical specifications.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and automation within the Workday Finance system.
• Design, implement and maintain integrations between Workday Finance and other internal or external systems (e.g. operational systems, banking platforms).
• Utilise Workday integration tools (EIBs, Studio, BIRT) and protocols (SOAP / REST APIs).
• Develop and maintain complex financial reports using Workday Report Writer and other reporting tools.
• Ensure data accuracy, consistency and compliance within the Workday Finance modules.
• Support financial audits and compliance reporting through system configuration and data extraction.
• Provide advanced tier 2 / 3 technical and functional support for Workday Finance issues, troubleshooting and resolving errors.
• Develop training materials and provide guidance / training to end‑users on Workday functionalities and business processes.

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Computer Science or a related field.
• Strong understanding of core financial and accounting principles.
• Experience with ERP systems, specifically Workday Financials.
• Excellent analytical, problem‑solving, and critical thinking skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to bridge the gap. We want to be the water company people want to be supplied by and want to work for.

• Excellent Stakeholder pension scheme, up to 10% employer contribution.
• 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays per annum, increasing to 6 weeks with length of service.
• Flexible annual leave policy to buy or sell holiday leave.
• Paid volunteering days.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Health cash plan.
• Life assurance.
• Wellbeing related benefits.

To apply for this position, please submit your CV on our career's website.

It is necessary for you to have the legal right to work in the UK when you begin employment with South East Water.

Additionally, as part of the employment offer, you will need to pass background, identity and employment referencing checks. If this sounds like the opportunity you've been looking for, apply now!

South East Water kindly asks that recruitment agencies refrain from submitting CVs to our employees or associates without explicit invitation from our HR Resourcing team. CVs sent on a speculative basis will not be acknowledged and will not assume any responsibility for fees or commissions in the event that we hire a candidate who applied directly or subsequently introduced by an instructed agency.

Up to £55,00 p.a. (dependent on experience)