WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients, and communities.

Working at WPP means being part of a global network of more than 115,000 accomplished people in 110 countries. WPP has headquarters in New York, London and Singapore and a corporate presence in major markets worldwide.

We create transformative ideas and outcomes for our clients through an integrated offer of communications, experience, commerce, and technology.

WPP and our award-winning agencies work with most of the world's biggest companies and organisations – from Ford, Unilever and P&G to Google, HSBC, and the UN. Our clients include 61 of the FTSE 100, 307 of the Fortune Global 500, all 30 of the Dow Jones 30 and 62 of the NASDAQ 100. WPP are the leader in the Bloomberg Gender Equality Index and 20th in the FTSE 100 rankings for Women on Boards.

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 leading our Workday Services Reporting team, your role and team will grow as we further deploy and expand our WorkDay coverage both geographically and capability.

Reporting to the Head of Workday Services you will be accountable for ensuring that WPP’s Workday reports across all three modules (HCM/FINS/PSA) are promoted and enhanced as needed by our business partners while remaining a source of reliable data and insight to support business decisions.
This is an exciting and varied role with wide-ranging responsibilities working with the wider Workday Services team, managing a global team of 6 which grows with each deployment providing 24x5 coverage.

The WorkDay Services team provides the post-go-live support and enhancement of the WorkDay solution that replaces some of our primary 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 of 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 aspects of this programme are necessary to its success. You will help deliver that success for many years to come.

What you'll be doing:

• Overall responsibility for the support and development of reports post go-live and transition from program to BAU
• Validating and testing reports meet reports meet the WPP requirements
• Working with business partners to gather requirements for enhancements to existing reports and delivery of new reports as requested
• Maintain expertise on new reporting functionality/features/capabilities in WorkDay, wider industry, and technology trends
• Guide your team to run robust testing and release processes
• Manage a global in-house team of 8+ and plan the strategic expansion of the team to support further deployments
• Support the business in building reporting self-service capabilities
• Safeguard global standards and values against difficult requests and priorities
• Be an advocate for recommendations and continuous improvement in our reports and rationalization of reports while maintaining a source of data that our business partners can trust

What you'll need:

• Exceptional reporting experience in a complex environment with WorkDay HCM and FINS with PSA
• Dealing with people including gathering requirements and turning into a technical deliverable
• Understanding of WorkDay and in-depth knowledge of composite/matrix reports & Discovery Boards
• Excellent technical understanding report writing and development
• Team leadership of both internal and outsourced teams
• Strong ability to inspire, engage, and coach a diverse team and create an inclusive culture across geographical boundaries
• Delivery-focused & prepared to be hands-on
• Strong risk awareness skills
• Creative solutioning and strong problem-solving skills with agility for fast and simple solutions
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with superior presentation and written skills for all audiences
• 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 accepting: of 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 promote a culture of people that 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?

WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, military/veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability. We believe in creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion and strives to recruit a diverse slate of candidates to help us achieve that goal.

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