WPP

5 days ago

Workday Risk and Controls Consultant

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Job Summary

Own the creation and documentation of risk and control evidence for WPP’s Workday and connected corporate systems. Partner with Workday Services to support SDLC and business-as-usual controls, monitor compliance with privileged access, joiners/movers/leavers, change and segregation-of-duties processes, and contribute to User and Change Review execution. Support audits through well-retained control evidence, and help drive continuous improvements using dashboards and automation with AI/ML and robotic process solutions.

Location: Chennai

Workplace: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance

Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

•Lead development of risk and control artefacts to support compliant ERP delivery and ongoing operations across SDLC and BAU.
•Support monitoring of controls across delivery/services teams and coordinate with cyber, risk, and controls teams to maintain compliance.
•Ensure evidence for key control activities (including SDLC evidence) is documented, captured, and retained with transformation functions.
•Support execution of periodic User Access Reviews and continuous improvements to the UAR process.
•Support periodic Change Reviews, including compliance with approval processes and segregation of duties; develop dashboards and implement process/control improvements using AI/ML and automation.

Key Requirements

•3+ years’ experience working in complex global organisations.
•Experience with Tier 1 ERP (Workday, SAP, Oracle, or Dynamics 365) global deployments and/or BAU environments.
•Experience engaging with internal controls/compliance and internal or external audit teams (Big4 audit experience preferred).
•Experience with Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, internal controls, and audit principles (CISA qualified preferred).
•Strong Excel/data manipulation skills and high attention to detail, with ability to work independently and develop stakeholder relationships.

Experience:3+ years

Skills:Attention to detailAccuracyRelationship buildingOrganizational skillsIndependent work

Certifications:CISA

Languages:English

Tech Stack:WorkdaySAPOracleDynamics 365ExcelSDLCPrivileged Access MonitoringJoiners, Mover LeaversUAR (User Access Reviews)Change ReviewsSegregation of DutiesSoCCyber ResilienceDRManagement dashboardsMachine learningRobotic processAgentic AIAI

Company Brief

WPP

Global marketing and communications services group offering advertising, media investment management, branding, public relations, and digital services to multinational clients across industries.

Industry: Advertising Media Groups

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Founded: 1971

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