Workday Financials Solution Architect
Posted 1 day ago by 1769007330
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
London, South East,
Summary: The Workday Financials Solution Architect role is a permanent, fully remote position within a global financial services organization that emphasizes technology and operational precision. The architect will lead the design and configuration of Workday Financial Management solutions, ensuring compliance and quality across complex finance operations. This position requires a blend of architectural leadership and hands-on expertise in configuring Workday Financials. The role involves direct collaboration with senior finance stakeholders to translate business requirements into effective Workday configurations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the end-to-end solution design and hands-on configuration of Workday Financials across a global organisation
- Act as the senior Financials authority across implementation, enhancement, and optimisation programmes, with direct responsibility for functional build quality
- Perform and oversee detailed configuration across core modules, including:
- General Ledger
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Expenses
- Assets
- Banking
- (and where applicable) Accounting Center
- Partner closely with senior Finance stakeholders to translate business and regulatory requirements into robust, scalable Workday configurations
- Own and govern complex configuration areas such as:
- Chart of Accounts and financial dimensions
- Business process frameworks
- Ledger, company, and entity structures
- Security and role-based access
- Posting rules and accounting logic
- Provide hands-on oversight and contribution to:
- Integrations and inbound/outbound financial interfaces
- Data migration, validation, and reconciliation activities
- Financials reporting, balances, and period-close processes
- Define configuration standards and best practices and shape the long-term Workday Financials roadmap
- Act as a technical escalation point for complex Financials configuration and production issues
Key Skills:
- Strong hands-on experience configuring Workday Financial Management in live delivery environments
- Proven experience at Solution Architect or Lead Consultant level, with direct ownership of Financials build decisions
- Deep understanding of:
- Core finance processes
- Accounting principles and controls
- How those translate into Workday configuration
- Experience working in complex, multi-entity, multi-currency environments
- Ability to engage credibly with senior Finance and Transformation leaders while still operating at detailed configuration level
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Workday Financials Solution Architect – Fully Remote (Permanent)
We are working with a global financial services organisation operating across multiple international markets with highly complex, multi-entity finance operations. The business places a strong emphasis on technology, data integrity, and operational precision, with Workday at the core of its finance and transformation strategy.
They are seeking an experienced Workday Financials Solution Architect for a permanent, fully remote position. This role combines architectural leadership with deep, hands-on configuration expertise, and carries direct ownership for designing, building, and governing Workday Financial Management solutions within a sophisticated, regulated environment.
The Role
- Lead the end-to-end solution design and hands-on configuration of Workday Financials across a global organisation
- Act as the senior Financials authority across implementation, enhancement, and optimisation programmes, with direct responsibility for functional build quality
- Perform and oversee detailed configuration across core modules, including:
- General Ledger
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Expenses
- Assets
- Banking
- (and where applicable) Accounting Center
- Partner closely with senior Finance stakeholders to translate business and regulatory requirements into robust, scalable Workday configurations
- Own and govern complex configuration areas such as:
- Chart of Accounts and financial dimensions
- Business process frameworks
- Ledger, company, and entity structures
- Security and role-based access
- Posting rules and accounting logic
- Provide hands-on oversight and contribution to:
- Integrations and inbound/outbound financial interfaces
- Data migration, validation, and reconciliation activities
- Financials reporting, balances, and period-close processes
- Define configuration standards and best practices and shape the long-term Workday Financials roadmap
- Act as a technical escalation point for complex Financials configuration and production issues
- Strong hands-on experience configuring Workday Financial Management in live delivery environments
- Proven experience at Solution Architect or Lead Consultant level, with direct ownership of Financials build decisions
- Deep understanding of:
- Core finance processes
- Accounting principles and controls
- How those translate into Workday configuration
- Experience working in complex, multi-entity, multi-currency environments
- Ability to engage credibly with senior Finance and Transformation leaders while still operating at detailed configuration level
- Accounting Center, Revenue Management, Prism, or Adaptive Planning exposure
- Financial services or other regulated industry experience
- Workday Financials certifications
- Fully remote (UK Based)
- Permanent position
- Competitive salary + bonus and comprehensive benefits