Senior Specialist, Workday Adaptive Planning Reporting Analyst

At McLaren Racing, we’re not just here to try to take the chequered flag. We’re here to excite our fans, inspire our people and deliver for our partners. And we’re also committed to evolving our sport, our industry, and our technology, too.

Purpose of the Role:

McLaren Racing is seeking a highly skilled and analytical Senior Specialist – Workday Adaptive Planning Reporting Analyst to join our dynamic Finance team. This critical role will be instrumental in designing, developing, and maintaining advanced reports within Workday Adaptive Planning, empowering strategic decision-making and driving operational efficiency. The ideal candidate possesses a deep understanding of financial processes, robust data analysis skills, and extensive experience with Adaptive Planning, coupled with a passion for delivering actionable insights through compelling visualizations. This role will also govern and enhance our overall reporting suite, collaborating closely with Business Partners to deliver exceptional value.

Responsibilities:

Reporting and Analysis:

• Advanced Report Development: Design, develop, and maintain sophisticated reports within Workday Adaptive Planning, leveraging advanced features such as web reporting, dashboards, matrix reports, calculated fields and custom reports. Tailor these reports to meet the specific needs of both finance and non-finance stakeholders, ensuring clarity and accessibility.

• Data Visualisation & Storytelling: Transform complex financial information into clear, concise, and impactful visualizations, effectively communicating key insights and driving data-informed decisions.

• Reporting Governance & Optimization: Establish and enforce best practices for report development, ensuring data integrity, consistency, and efficiency. Proactively identify and eliminate redundant reports, optimizing the reporting suite for maximum value and ease of use.

• Strategic Business Partnership: Collaborate closely with Business Partners across the organization to understand their reporting needs, proactively identify opportunities for improvement, and deliver value-added insights that directly impact business outcomes.

• Data Management & Analysis: Manage and curate a robust database of financial and non-financial information within Adaptive Planning, structuring data to facilitate insightful analysis and enhance understanding of the P&L. Perform in-depth analysis, combining financial and non-financial data to develop impactful KPIs that drive strategic decision-making.
  
  

User Support and System Enhancement:

• End-User Enablement: Provide comprehensive training and support to end-users on Workday Adaptive Planning reporting tools and dashboards, fostering user adoption and maximizing system utilization.

• Adaptive Planning Administration: Contribute to the administration and maintenance of the Adaptive Planning platform, including user management, security, and system configuration, ensuring optimal performance and data integrity.

• Issue Resolution & Technical Collaboration: Troubleshoot reporting issues, providing timely and effective solutions. Collaborate closely with IT and other relevant teams to resolve technical challenges and ensure seamless operation of the Workday Adaptive Planning environment.

• Process Improvement & Automation: Identify and implement opportunities to streamline and automate financial reporting processes, improving efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.

• Continuous Learning & Development: Stay abreast of the latest Workday Adaptive Planning features, releases, and best practices, continuously seeking opportunities to enhance our reporting capabilities and leverage new functionalities.

• Planning Model Development: Collaborate with Finance and other departments to gather requirements for new planning models, reports, and dashboards. Design, develop, and implement Adaptive Planning solutions to meet evolving business needs, including building complex models, hierarchies, and workflows.

Knowledge, Skills and Experiences

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or a related field.

• Extensive experience with Workday Adaptive Planning, including advanced report development, data visualization, and system administration.

• Deep understanding of financial principles, accounting standards, and financial reporting best practices.

• Proficiency in Workday reporting tools.

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.

• Exceptional communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex information to diverse audiences.

• Strong collaboration skills and the ability to build effective relationships with team members, business partners, and technical teams.

• Proactive approach to problem-solving and a passion for continuous improvement.

• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to data accuracy and integrity.
  
  

What can McLaren offer?

We constantly strive to be better tomorrow than we are today. Our ambition is to be the most pioneering and exhilarating racing team in the world, and our collective task is to set the standards for high performance in sport. We show up every day with energy and enthusiasm, ready to play our part.

We encourage and support diversity, equity and inclusion. We will actively promote a culture that values difference and eliminates discrimination in our workplace.

McLaren Racing is based at the iconic McLaren Technology Centre (MTC) near Woking. 

Our state of the art, sustainable campus offers many facilities including a gym, restaurant and indoor and outdoor break-out areas, as well as direct access to park and common land. The MTC is connected to Woking mainline station via regular shuttle buses, from which London Waterloo is a 30 minute train ride.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including private healthcare, car schemes, life insurance and generous pension contributions.