Manchester, England, United KingdomPosted 10 days agoFull-time
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Canopius is due to go live with Workday Financials in Q1 2027 following the
migration of key Finance processes to the new platform. The Workday Data Analyst
will join the Application Support team to support the implementation of Workday
Financials, working alongside the Workday project team. The role will provide
specialist technical support, with a primary focus on Prism Analytics,
Accounting Centre and the end-to-end movement of data into and through Workday.
The role will focus on UAT, go-live and the post-go-live period, working with
Finance, Data, IT, project teams and third-party suppliers to investigate and
resolve data-related issues. During go-live and post-go-live support, the role
will help stabilise the service through rapid triage, root-cause analysis and
fix-forward activity, while contributing to the future support model and
transition into BAU.
The successful candidate will bring relevant Workday and data experience into
the project and share their knowledge with the permanent role and wider Business
Applications function. They will create practical documentation, support
knowledge transfer and provide initial basic training and support to help AMS
prepare for ongoing live service.
This is a hybrid role, working 2-3 days per week from our Manchester office.
Responsibilities:
• Provide second-line technical support for Workday data services, including
Prism Analytics, Accounting Centre and associated data pipelines.
• Investigate and resolve data quality issues, processing failures,
reconciliation differences and incidents affecting financial outputs.
• Use SQL and other appropriate diagnostic tools to analyse data, identify root
causes and support effective resolution.
• Understand and support the end-to-end movement and transformation of data
between source systems, data platforms and Workday Financials.
• Support interfaces feeding Workday, including assessing the impact of
source-system, configuration and data-structure changes.
• Provide technical analysis for complex incidents and work with Finance, Data,
IT and third-party suppliers to restore service.
• Support Workday Financials UAT, go-live, fix-forward activity and the
transition from project delivery into a stable live-support service.
• Support controlled changes and releases by completing impact assessments,
technical testing, implementation activities and post-implementation
validation.
• Create and maintain clear support documentation, operational procedures and
troubleshooting guidance.
• Share specialist knowledge across the wider Business Applications team
through coaching, documentation and collaborative problem-solving.
• Provide knowledge transfer, initial training and practical support to the
wider AMS team to build readiness for Workday live support.
• Work closely with the project team to triage defects, assess data impacts and
support timely resolution during UAT, go-live and post-go-live stabilisation.
Skills and experience:
• Practical experience supporting data-intensive business applications in a
live-service environment.
• Experience of Workday Prism Analytics, Workday Accounting Centre or
comparable enterprise data and financial platforms is highly desirable.
• Strong SQL skills and experience investigating data quality, transformation,
integration and processing issues.
• Understanding of data pipelines, interfaces, source-to-target mappings and
end-to-end data flows.
• Experience supporting UAT, go-live, fix-forward, hypercare or
transition-to-service activities for a major system implementation.
• Experience working within structured IT service management processes,
including incident, problem, change and release management.
• Ability to translate complex technical findings into clear guidance for
users, support colleagues and stakeholders.
• Experience creating support documentation, knowledge articles and operational
procedures.
• A collaborative approach, with the confidence to share knowledge and help
build capability across the wider team.
• Ability to work effectively in a project environment, prioritising defects
and issues during critical delivery and stabilisation periods.
• Experience transferring knowledge to permanent support teams through
training, documentation and collaborative problem-solving.
• Awareness of access controls, segregation of duties and audit requirements
within financial systems would be advantageous.
Our benefits
We offer all employees a comprehensive benefits package that focuses on their
whole wellbeing. This includes hybrid working, a competitive base salary,
non-contributory pension, discretionary bonus, insurances including health
(family) and dental cover, and many other benefits to enhance financial,
physical, social and psychological health.
About Canopius
Canopius is a global specialty lines (re)insurer. We are one of the leading
insurers in the Lloyd’s of London insurance market with offices in the UK, US,
Singapore, Australia and Bermuda.
At Canopius we foster a distinctive, positive culture which enables us to bring
our whole selves to work to flourish as people, and build a business which
delivers profitable, sustainable results.
Based in incredible new offices in Manchester, Canopius operates a flexible,
hybrid working model and is committed to providing an environment that
challenges employees to be their best and where everyone's unique contributions
are recognised, valued and respected.
We are fully committed to equal employment opportunities for all applicants and
providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and
harassment. All employment decisions are made regardless of age, sex, gender
identity, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, socio-economic background,
religion or beliefs, marital or caring status, or any other status protected by
the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We encourage and
welcome applicants from all diverse backgrounds.
We make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and during
employment. Please let us know if you require any information in an alternate
format or any other reasonable adjustments.