Interim Finance Systems & Operations Specialist (Workday Financials)
Posted 4 days ago by LHH
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary: The Interim Finance Systems & Operations Specialist role involves supporting a finance team during a period of significant systems and operational development, specifically focusing on Workday Financials. The position requires hands-on involvement in finance systems testing, reporting, and operational finance activities, while ensuring the integrity of financial information. The successful candidate will collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to enhance finance processes and support budgeting and forecasting efforts. Qualified accountants with experience in Workday Financials and a strong finance systems background are preferred for this contract position.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support and enhance Workday Financials, ensuring effective reporting outputs and finance processes.
- Conduct finance systems testing, user acceptance testing, data validation, and reconciliation activities.
- Assist in budgeting and forecasting processes, maintaining and improving planning models.
- Produce insightful reporting and analysis from complex datasets to support decision-making.
- Review and enhance finance procedures, controls, and documentation for robustness.
- Contribute to maintaining strong governance, audit readiness, and effective financial controls.
Key Skills:
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA).
- Strong background in finance systems, financial reporting, and operational finance.
- Experience with Workday Financials, particularly in reporting, testing, and system support.
- Ability to work across technical and finance teams.
- Skills in challenging data and identifying process improvements.
- Experience in a fast-paced environment.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Glasgow
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Interim Finance Systems & Operations Specialist (Workday Financials) 6-Month Contract Central Scotland – Hybrid
LHH is supporting a highly regarded organisation seeking an experienced Interim Finance Systems & Operations Specialist to join their finance team during a significant period of systems and operational development. This is a hands-on contract role requiring an individual who can quickly integrate into a complex environment and provide immediate support across finance systems, reporting, controls and operational finance activities.
The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting and enhancing Workday Financials, working closely with internal stakeholders and external partners to ensure reporting outputs, testing activities and finance processes are delivered effectively. You will be involved in finance systems testing, user acceptance testing, data validation and reconciliation activities, ensuring the integrity of financial information across multiple areas of the organisation.
Alongside systems responsibilities, you will support budgeting and forecasting processes, helping to maintain and improve planning models while providing meaningful management information and reporting. You will work with complex datasets, bridging information from multiple sources to produce insightful reporting and analysis that supports decision-making across the business.
The role will also involve reviewing and enhancing finance procedures, controls and documentation to ensure processes remain robust and fit for purpose following ongoing change initiatives. Working within a regulated environment, you will contribute to maintaining strong governance, audit readiness and effective financial controls.
Applicants should be qualified accountants (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with a strong background in finance systems, financial reporting and operational finance. Previous experience working with Workday Financials is essential, particularly in reporting, testing and system support. You will be comfortable working across both technical and finance teams, able to challenge data, identify process improvements and deliver solutions in a fast-paced environment.
This opportunity would suit an experienced Systems Accountant, Finance Transformation professional, Finance Change Specialist or Finance Systems Manager seeking an immediately impactful contract assignment within a collaborative and professional organisation.