Senior Manager, Workday Security

Job Description:

We are currently seeking a Workday Security Senior Manager to join our team. You’ll be jumping in with experience for core internal functions, collaborating with People Operations to design, upgrade, and maintain system integrity and integrations, supporting key HR and employee workflows. 

You'll be responsible for determining organization and security management requirements and implement Workday best practices in line with regulatory, company and department policy. As an integral member of the team you’ll provide consultative guidance and leadership on but not limited to Workday, but other security and controls projects.

You must be a problem solver, and thought leader and possess the in-depth technical security and organization expertise and credibility to provide meticulous guidance to our team. You’ll perform hands-on activities to ensure project success and be responsible for evaluating technical, and functional requirements, as well as influencing the future roadmap to be in line with our strategic goals.

We'll trust you to:

• Collaborate and consult with colleagues to understand our business drivers, assess and scope projects, and incorporate relevant levers to drive execution of Workday security configuration across all HR modules (i.e., HCM, Compensation, Talent, Absence etc.)
• Provide hands-on configuration of Workday domain and business process security policies and role assignments, provide sound solutions and recommend efficient security and organization solutions to support end-to-end business processes
• Maintain system and security assignment integrity in compliance with GDPR, internal processes and controls, and any other regulatory mandates
• Lead the design development, testing, training, auditing, and implementation of Workday security or organization solutions
• Provide the highest level of customer support via the internal ticketing system and all other standard forms of communication and interaction
• Support system testing functionality and issue resolution and develop proof of concepts based on business requirements
• Develop and build strong relationships with other Workday domain experts and critical users and partner with internal technology teams and vendors to ensure alignment of processes to systems and tools
• Act as an active member of the HRIS Workday community – staying ahead of Workday updates and practices to think innovatively and make recommendations to implement to deliver tactical benefits for security, organizations, or any other modules of interest to Media.Monks
• Be a trusted advisor and partner frequently with senior leaders, business stakeholders, and other HR teams across the globe
• Display confidence, emotional intelligence, and decisiveness

You’ll need to have:

• 5+ years of proven Workday expertise designing, implementing, and supporting Enterprise-grade security solutions meeting complex business requirements
• Examples of actively led multiple end-to-end Workday projects and additional relevant experience in embracing and implementing solutions for operational improvements and automation
• Knowledge of basic and advanced security configuration and delivered and custom organizations
• Ability to build and modify custom Workday reports and calculated fields
• Knowledge of creating, loading, and troubleshooting EIBs
• Great analytical skills and creative problem-solving, showing the ability to trace root causes, collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to build partnerships with cross-functional teams and facilitate interactions with upper management
• Superb communication skills used to form credibility and relationships with ease
• Attested experience influencing and directing others, often without direct line reporting authority
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team, follow through on both verbal and written instructions
• Ability and flexibility to multitask, prioritize, and organize multiple projects/tasks concurrently while meeting required deadlines
• Proficiency in using GoogleSuite 

We need to see:

• Workday Security Fundamentals Certification
• Workday Advanced Security Configurations Certification

We’d love to see:

• Workday Pro Certifications

About Media.Monks:

Media.Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. Since 2021, Media.Monks has combined diverse solutions—media, data, social, platforms, studio, experience, brand and technology services—to serve as a consultative partner integrating systems and workflows that deliver unfettered content production, scaled experiences and data science fueled by AI and the industry’s very best talent and teams.

Media.Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services. It has earned a constant presence on Adweek’s Fastest Growing lists (2019-23), ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-23), and earns continual inclusion in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players (2020-23). It has also been named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023). Business Intelligence has recognized Media.Monks in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning, and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Media.Monks has earned the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-23), won a record number of FWAs, and a spot on Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.

• Responsible for resourcing and implementing security controls for your teams processes and systems
• Responsible that all your personnel apply information security in accordance with the established information security policy