Workday Finance Specialist

Job Title

Workday Finance Specialist

Job Description

WEHI is transforming how our professional services empower and enable scientists to deliver world‑leading medical research now and into the future. Following a holistic review and redesign across our professional services portfolios, we are now focused on strengthening our critical capabilities, aligning our structures and systems with strategic priorities, and empowering our people to do what they do best. We are now recruiting a variety of newly established positions to help shape and embed these new ways of working.

An exciting opportunity is available for a Workday Finance Specialist to join Australia’s pre-eminent biomedical research institute.

About the Position

Workday serves as WEHI’s enterprise platform for managing finance, procurement, and people-related processes.

The Workday Finance Specialist is responsible for supporting the Finance and Procurement functions across the Workday Finance and Adaptive Planning ecosystem. This includes modules such as Core Finance, Financial Accounting, Budgets, Expenses, Projects and Project Billing, Customer Accounts and Contracts, Business Assets, Banking and Settlement, Procurement, Accounts Payable, and Adaptive Planning.

Reporting to the Senior ERP Program Manager , the Workday Finance Specialist will work closely with Finance, Procurement, and other key stakeholders across WEHI. The role forms part of a collaborative team of Workday specialists, including a Workday People & Culture Specialist and a Workday Integrations Specialist , and works in partnership with an external Workday implementation and support provider that delivers additional expertise, troubleshooting, and remediation services to support ongoing system performance and enhancement.

Selection Criteria

Essential Knowledge and Skills

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience ( minimum 3+ years) in finance, systems accounting, procurement, or a similar field
• Intermediate Workday Financial application knowledge ( ie . understanding/updating system configurations, relationships with business processes, technical application, report creation/generation)
• Intermediate Workday Adaptive Planning application knowledge ( ie . understanding/updating system configurations, relationships with business processes, technical application)
• Demonstrated experience supporting or implementing enterprise finance systems
• Level 1 & 2 support experience, including root cause identification/resolution of system issues within defined timelines.

Personal Qualities

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to interact with functional and technical users
• Well-developed organisational skills with a high level of attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities
• Effective stakeholder engagement skills, including the ability to build trusted relationships, understand user needs, and manage expectations

​ For full key search criteria refer to the position description.

​​​​​​​​ Terms of Appointment

This position is fixed term until December 2027 in a full-time capacity. Salary negotiable depending on experience, plus 12% superannuation payable, plus up to a further 5% after the first 6 months of service via our matching superannuation scheme.

General enquiries can be directed to recruitment@wehi.edu.au .

A position description is available here .

How to Apply

Please apply by uploading your CV, cover letter and a document addressing the key selection criteria in pdf format.

Application Closing Date: The closing date for this advertisement is 29 July 2026 , however we will be reviewing applications as they are received, and WEHI reserves the right to appoint a suitable candidate prior to the closing date. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid missing this opportunity.