Workday Financials Consultant

Job Title: Delivery Lead - Northampton - Digital Acquiring
Location: Northampton
Salary/Rate: £350 Per Day Inside IR35
Start Date: 14/07/2025
End Date: 31/12/2025

Job Description:

To manage the efficient delivery of large-scale technical projects and capabilities across the bank and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to understand their needs and expectations throughout the software product life cycle, adhering to agreed time, budget, and quality requirements.

Accountabilities:

• Manage delivery, resource allocation, and improvement of complex technical project capabilities across the bank using Agile/Scrum methodologies for planning, stand-ups, demos, retrospectives, and execution of sprints.
• Collaborate with customers and business teams to manage and implement customer trials to support technically feasible solutions, with clear effort and timeline expectations.
• Work closely with software engineers, QA teams, product managers, and other engineering teams to deliver high-quality products and features aligned with the bank's objectives, regulation, and security policies.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks associated with technical projects to prepare the bank for potential challenges.
• Manage change requests and ensure effective communication with stakeholders throughout the project life cycle.
• Manage vendor relationships involved in technical projects to ensure delivery against agreed terms.
• Stay informed about industry technology trends, adopting new approaches where beneficial, and fostering a culture of continuous learning, technical excellence, and growth.

Delivery Manager Role Expectations

• Advise and influence decision-making, contribute to policy development, and take responsibility for operational effectiveness in collaboration with other functions/business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks using well-developed professional knowledge and skills. Set objectives, coach employees, appraise performance, and determine reward outcomes.

Leadership Responsibilities:

People Leaders are expected to demonstrate leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive:

L - Listen and be authentic
E - Energise and inspire
A - Align across the enterprise
D - Develop others

Individual Contributor Responsibilities (if applicable):

• Lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured tasks.
• Identify when other areas of specialisation are needed.
• Recommend new directions for assignments/projects, integrating cross-functional methodologies to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues, advising People Leaders on escalated matters.
• Identify and mitigate risk, developing new policies/procedures in support of the governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to delivery work.
• Understand coordination with other areas to ensure alignment with broader organisational objectives.
• Collaborate across teams to ensure business alignment with strategy.
• Conduct complex analysis of multiple data sources (internal/external) to creatively and effectively solve problems.
• Communicate complex or sensitive information appropriately for varied audiences.
• Influence and convince stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.

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