Our client is currently seeking a Workday Finance Lead Consultant to join their team within the technology sector. This is a permanent role offering hybrid working arrangements, with office bases in Swindon, Stockton, and Newport.
Key Responsibilities:
Technical Leadership & Assurance
- Act as a senior Workday Financials authority, providing technical leadership across modules like General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Expenses, Assets, Projects and Financial Reporting.
- Define and promote best practice for Workday Financials configuration, design and support.
- Provide technical assurance and peer review of designs, configurations and changes.
- Support architectural decision-making and contribute to roadmap planning for Workday Financials.
Delivery & Continuous Improvement
- Lead and contribute to the design, configuration and implementation of complex Workday Financials solutions.
- Oversee enhancements, releases and regulatory changes.
- Drive business process improvement and standardisation.
- Oversee ticket queue management and enforce SLA/KPI frameworks.
Stakeholder Engagement & Consultancy
- Act as a senior trusted adviser to finance leaders, programme managers and client stakeholders.
- Lead and facilitate complex workshops.
- Communicate risks, options and recommendations clearly.
Supervision & Capability Development
- Provide day-to-day technical supervision, coaching and mentoring.
- Support task allocation, prioritisation and workload management.
- Contribute to skills development and knowledge-sharing within the team.
Testing, Live Service & Governance
- Provide oversight of testing activities.
- Act as an escalation point for complex incidents, defects and service issues.
- Ensure solutions comply with policies, financial controls, and audit requirements.
Job Requirements:
- Significant experience working with Workday Financial Management in a senior configuration, implementation or support role.
- Deep understanding of end-to-end finance processes within large, complex organisations.
- Proven experience providing technical leadership in ERP or SaaS environments.
- Strong experience gathering, validating and translating complex business requirements into functional designs.
- Experience supervising, mentoring or coaching other consultants or analysts.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Experience working within structured delivery environments such as Agile or SAFe.
Desirable Skills and Experience:
- Experience working within a government or shared services environment.
- Previous experience with other ERP platforms like Oracle e-Business Suite or Fusion.
- Experience with Workday reporting, analytics and complex integrations.
- Relevant professional or Workday certifications.
Benefits:
- Flexible and hybrid working arrangements.
- Generous annual leave allowance.
- Excellent defined benefit pension scheme.
- Access to training and professional development opportunities.
- Employee wellbeing support.
- Inclusive working environment.
If you are an experienced Workday Finance Lead Consultant looking to further your career within a dynamic and supportive environment, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our client's team.
