Why Ryan?
Competitive Compensation and Benefits
Home Office Stipend
Business Connectivity Reimbursement (Phone/Internet)
Gym Membership or Equipment Reimbursement
LinkedIn Learning Subscription
Flexible Work Environment
Tuition Reimbursement After One Year of Service
Accelerated Career Path
Award-Winning Culture & Community Outreach
Duties and Responsibilities, Aligned with Key Results:
People:
- Create a positive team member experience as part of the broader Information Technology group.
- Collaborate with Finance, Tax, and IT teams to understand business needs and translate them into scalable system solutions.
Client:
- Lead system upgrades, enhancements, and new module implementations with a focus on financial compliance and efficiency.
- Provide guidance on best practices for financial systems architecture, data governance, and integration strategies.
- Support acquisition-related financial systems integration and harmonization efforts.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex system issues, ensuring minimal disruption to financial operations.
Value:
- Serve as the primary technical lead for Workday Financials in the UK region, ensuring optimal configuration and integration.
- Design and maintain alternate account sets to support statutory and management reporting requirements.
- Stay informed on the latest Workday and other related financial application updates and product enhancements, communication these available features to stakeholders on a regular basis.
- Configures and performs upkeep on the Workday system to meet Ryan’s business requirements and provide insight on best practices.
- Follow all documented user and system control procedures, including support with User Access Reviews and Change Control processes.
- Completes tasks efficiently and in a timely manner, reporting progress to managers.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree (B.A. or B.S.) or equivalent in Accounting or Finance from a four-year college or university, and five years related experience.
- Proven experience as a Solutions Architect or similar role supporting Workday Financials.
- Strong understanding of EAP financial regulations, especially VAT configuration and reporting.
- Experience with alternate account sets, statutory reporting, and financial data modeling.
- Familiarity with other financial systems and tools (e.g., Prism Analytics, Project Billing, Revenue Management).
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
- Strong oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills.
Computer and Technology Skills:
- Workday Financials certification(s).
- Experience supporting multinational financial operations.
- Background in financial systems integration during mergers and acquisitions.
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Ryan Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Ryan and has not been reviewed or approved by Ryan.
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Flexible Benefits — The myRyan model provides results-based flexibility for exempt staff alongside hybrid/remote options, while non‑exempt roles use a PTO bank and receive paid holidays. Many benefits are available from the date of hire, reinforcing practical flexibility in how benefits are used.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave, adoption assistance, and fertility support are highlighted as meaningful family-oriented offerings. Consistent emphasis on family-friendly policies positions this area as a standout.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — A performance-driven culture offers bonuses and commissions in certain tracks, with role descriptions noting meaningful variable pay beyond base salary. Total compensation is often characterized as strong where these incentives are prominent.
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Ryan is a tax services firm providing tax advisory and consulting services on a multi-jurisdictional basis. Ryan, an award-winning global tax services and software provider, is the largest Firm in the world dedicated exclusively to business taxes. With global headquarters in Dallas, Texas, the Firm provides an integrated suite of federal, state, local, and international tax services on a multijurisdictional basis, including tax recovery, consulting, advocacy, compliance, and technology services. Ryan is a seven-time recipient of the International Service Excellence Award from the Customer Service Institute of America (CSIA) for its commitment to world-class client service. Empowered by the dynamic myRyan work environment, which is widely recognized as the most innovative in the tax services industry, Ryan’s multidisciplinary team of more than 2,500 professionals and associates serves over 14,000 clients in more than 50 countries, including many of the world’s most prominent Global 5000 companies.
