Workday Security Lead at WPP

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WPP has headquarters in New York, London and Singapore and a corporate presence in major markets worldwide. The company is quoted on the London Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange.

WPP IT provides IT services for WPP, the world’s largest creative transformation company.  WPP is reinventing creativity on an ever-broader canvas, bringing together unrivalled talent, resources and skills to provide an integrated offer of communications, experience, commerce and technology for clients.

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

WPP have selected Workday as their innovative HCM, Finance & PSA (Professional Services Automation) system of choice to meet changing demands and roles will be instrumental in rolling out and servicing one of the most exciting Workday programmes for a global business right now.

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Why we're hiring:

In this role you will be a member of the Workday Services Team leading our Workday security support, your role will grow as we further deploy and expand our Workday coverage both geographically and capability.

Reporting to the Workday Services Platform Manager this role is accountable for ensuring that WPP’s Workday security is architected, controlled, modified, and provisioned as per our operating procedures and controls.

This is an exciting and varied role working with the wider Workday Services team and our AMS partner to provide a world class level of Workday support and development on a day-to-day basis and in support of Workday project deployments.

The new Workday Services team provides the post go-live support, maintenance and enhancement of the Workday solution that replaces some of our core 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 HCM, Finance, Projects (PSA) functions – 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 vital to its success. This role will help deliver that success on an ongoing basis for many years to come.

What you'll be doing:

• Workday Security model design and architecture ownership across HCM, FINS and PSA
• Lead security design changes and implementation post go-live including 3^rd party systems that use Workday security roles (e.g. Zimit)
• Test of security design changes including planning and executing tests
• Provide consultation for the rest of the Workday Services team to discuss security implications of proposed changes
• Ensure Workday platform is designed, maintained, and operated in line with the WPP Data Privacy and Security Charter & General Computer Controls
• Work closely with the Head of SSC and Program team to manage and maintain the SOD model
• Develop and deploy security/access management governance and practices for Workday which manage risk to an acceptable level and are scalable
• Oversee user access provisioning processes (JML) (supported by our AMS Partner and in co-ordination with HR, SSC, and Workday Functional SME’s)
• Provide input into the future operating model of user access management within the Workday Services team
• Hypercare support planning to address common issues at go-lives such as segmented security with an expedited process
• Accountable for maintaining Workday security and associated process documentation
• Champion recommendations for continuous improvement

What you'll need:

• Exceptional knowledge of Workday HCM, and/or Fins or PSA security configuration and user access management
• Experience with identify and access management risks, concepts and controls
• Experience working in a global Workday deployment environment
• High level of attention to detail and accuracy
• Develop trusted relationships with stakeholders
• Strong risk awareness skills and management of risk
• Creative solutioning and strong problem-solving skills with agility for fast and simple solutions
• Credibility, professionalism, and strong personal integrity
• Ability to mentor new team members from wide and varied backgrounds

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?

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