Workday Financials Solution Architect

Summary: My client in the Insurance industry is seeking a Solution Architect for a Workday Financials global implementation. This position is a 6-month initial contract, requiring 2-3 days a week in the London office, with the remainder of the work being remote. The role demands a strong background in Workday Financials or HCM, along with extensive technical and architectural skills. The ideal candidate will possess the ability to communicate effectively with both senior stakeholders and technical teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the Workday Financials global implementation project.
• Collaborate with business and technical teams to define system and technology architecture.
• Utilize industry-standard architecture frameworks and methodologies.
• Document and present architectural solutions to stakeholders.
• Integrate channel solutions with core business systems.
• Ensure compliance with IT service management and governance frameworks.

Key Skills:

• Experience of Workday Financials or Workday HCM as a Solution Architect
• Business and systems analysis and design skills
• Enterprise and Solution Architecture skills using industry standard architecture frameworks and methodologies e.g. TOGAF, British Computer Society (BCS) Enterprise and Solution Architecture approach
• Strong technical skills in defining systems and technology solution architecture using Microsoft Azure, Microsoft .NET and Microsoft enterprise platforms and technologies such as Microsoft Entra ID and M365 Services (SharePoint, Teams, Exchange Online).
• Strong technical skills in defining and systems and technology solution architecture using Salesforce technologies (e.g. Salesforce Lightning PaaS for application development) and ServiceNow
• Strong technical skills in Enterprise-grade integration architecture including modern RESTful API approaches and traditional file transfer, messaging, web services and ESB approaches
• Good technical skills and awareness of enterprise-grade solution architecture definition integrating channel solutions with core business systems, CRM (preferably some Salesforce CRM technical awareness), HR and Finance systems (preferably some awareness or experience of Workday HCM and Workday Finance implementations), modern Data platform and Business Intelligence (BI) skills
• Good technical, infrastructure and security architecture skills including good understanding and awareness of IT service management (e.g. ITIL) and IT governance (e.g. CoBIT) frameworks
• Good technical skills and awareness of web / digital technologies and the business advantages of varying technology and operational approaches to managing web based sales and communications channels
• Strong documentation, communication (written and verbal) and presentation skills, especially the ability to tailor messages to senior stakeholder and technical delivery teams

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT