Workday Finance Project Manager
Posted Today by Focus on WD
Negotiable
Outside
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: This role seeks an experienced Workday Project Manager specializing in Workday Financials to lead a finance transformation programme for a medium-sized, highly regulated client. The position involves managing the end-to-end delivery of Workday Financials implementations while collaborating with finance stakeholders and system integrators. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in Financial Services environments and a proven track record of successful project delivery. This is a contract position for 12 months, with a flexible start date.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of a Workday Financials implementation
- Manage project governance, delivery milestones, RAID logs and programme reporting
- Work closely with Finance leadership, transformation teams and SI partners
- Oversee functional streams across Workday Financial Management modules
- Coordinate across workstreams including data migration, integrations, testing and cutover
- Ensure alignment between finance operating model, business processes and Workday configuration
- Manage stakeholder engagement across Finance, IT and programme leadership
- Drive programme delivery across design, build, testing and go-live phases
Key Skills:
- Proven experience as a Workday Project Manager
- Extensive experience delivering Workday Financials implementations
- Experience within Financial Services (banking, insurance, asset management or capital markets)
- Demonstrated delivery of end-to-end Workday programmes
- Strong understanding of finance transformation and finance operating models
- Experience managing system integrators and implementation partners
- Strong programme governance and stakeholder management experience
- Workday Financials Expertise across multiple modules
- Experience working within regulated financial environments (highly desirable)
- Knowledge of Workday integrations and data migration strategies
- Familiarity with Workday reporting and analytics
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London Area
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
(To be considered for this role, you must have Workday Finance experience as a Project Manager) Workday Project Manager – Workday Financials
Location: UK / Europe (Hybrid or Remote)
Contract: 12 Months
IR35: Outside IR35
Start: ASAP / Flexible
Overview
We are supporting a medium size highly regulated client undergoing a Workday Financials transformation programme and are seeking an experienced Workday Project Manager with deep Financials implementation experience . This role will lead delivery across the Workday Financial Management suite , working closely with finance stakeholders, system integrators and internal technology teams to ensure a successful implementation and deployment of Workday. The ideal candidate will have multiple end-to-end Workday Financials implementations and strong experience managing programmes within FSI environments such as banking, insurance, or capital markets .
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of a Workday Financials implementation
- Manage project governance, delivery milestones, RAID logs and programme reporting
- Work closely with Finance leadership, transformation teams and SI partners
- Oversee functional streams across Workday Financial Management modules
- Coordinate across workstreams including data migration, integrations, testing and cutover
- Ensure alignment between finance operating model, business processes and Workday configuration
- Manage stakeholder engagement across Finance, IT and programme leadership
- Drive programme delivery across design, build, testing and go-live phases
Required Experience
- Proven experience as a Workday Project Manager
- Extensive experience delivering Workday Financials implementations
- Experience within Financial Services (banking, insurance, asset management or capital markets)
- Demonstrated delivery of end-to-end Workday programmes
- Strong understanding of finance transformation and finance operating models
- Experience managing system integrators and implementation partners
- Strong programme governance and stakeholder management experience
- Workday Financials Expertise Candidates should have experience across multiple modules including:
- Workday Financial Management
- Workday Expenses
- Workday Procurement
- Workday Supplier Accounts
- Workday Revenue Management
- Workday Financial Reporting
- Workday Prism Analytics (desirable)
Additional Experience (Highly Desirable)
- Experience working within regulated financial environments
- Experience delivering Workday Financials in large transformation programmes
- Knowledge of Workday integrations and data migration strategies
- Familiarity with Workday reporting and analytics
Contract Details
Contract Length: 12 months
IR35: Outside IR35
Location: UK / Europe (remote / hybrid depending on project phase)
Start Date: ASAP
Summary
This is an excellent opportunity for a senior Workday Financials Project Manager to lead a major finance transformation programme within Financial Services , working with senior stakeholders and driving delivery of a complex Workday Financials implementation.