Senior Business System Analyst (Workday Financials) in London

Tencent Finance is seeking an experienced Senior Business Systems Analyst to join our Finance IT Management Department. This role serves as a strategic partner between Finance and Technology, responsible for the design, configuration, optimization, and support of enterprise financial and planning systems within a modern cloud environment.

The Senior Business Systems Analyst leads requirements discovery, translates business objectives into scalable system solutions, and drives continuous improvement across finance processes, integrations, data models, and reporting. The role ensures system stability, compliance, and long-term scalability while supporting enhancements, testing, and production operations in a fast-paced, global environment.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Act as a subject matter expert across enterprise finance systems, supporting functional areas such as Financial Management, Procurement, Banking & Settlement, Projects, Expenses, and Supplier Management.
• Partner with business stakeholders to gather and analyze requirements, develop conceptual and detailed solution designs, and configure systems to meet evolving business needs.
• Lead system configuration, testing, and deployment activities, supporting end-to-end delivery from design through go-live.
• Prepare detailed effort estimates, implementation plans, and testing strategies based on functional and technical requirements.
• Analyze, design, document, and validate system configurations supporting existing and new business processes, reporting, and data structures.
• Collaborate closely with finance leaders to understand business goals, identify gaps, and recommend system-driven improvements.
• Facilitate design reviews and solution walkthroughs with functional owners, subject matter experts, and end users.
• Present solution options with clear trade-offs, risks, and recommendations to support informed decision-making.
• Drive the delivery of system enhancements, new capabilities, and enterprise transformation initiatives.
• Participate in change management, user enablement, and post–go-live support activities.

Who We Are Looking For:

• Self-motivated, articulate, and results-driven, with a strong commitment to customer satisfaction.
• Passionate about delivering modern, cloud-based enterprise solutions that unlock business value.
• Comfortable balancing collaboration and independence in complex, fast-moving environments.
• Resourceful, proactive, and customer-focused, with a strong sense of ownership.
• Positive, adaptable, and dependable, able to perform effectively under tight timelines.
• Comfortable operating in dynamic, high-growth organizations.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience working with enterprise financial or ERP platforms, including solution design, configuration, implementation, and production support (Workday Financials is strongly preferred).
• Deep understanding of finance and planning domains, including core financial management, procure-to-pay, record-to-report, projects, expenses, and supplier management.
• Strong experience translating business and functional requirements into sustainable, scalable system solutions.
• Proven expertise across the full application development lifecycle, including design, testing, deployment, and support.
• Experience delivering large-scale ERP or enterprise cloud transformation initiatives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; fluent in English (Mandarin is a plus but not required).
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively across geographies, time zones, and cross-functional teams.
• Experience integrating ERP or finance platforms with third-party systems.
• Demonstrated ability to adapt quickly to change and manage competing priorities.
• Strong technical project leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

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