Workday Finance (Consultant & Lead Consultant)

We're hiring Workday Finance Consultants at both Consultant and Lead level to join a major shared services environment supporting a large-scale Workday Financials platform.

This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in the delivery, optimisation and ongoing evolution of Workday Financial Management, working alongside senior stakeholders, programme teams and system integrators.

The Opportunity

You'll work across the full Workday Financials life cycle-design, configuration, support and continuous improvement-within a complex and evolving environment.

At Lead level, you'll provide technical leadership, oversight and mentoring.
At Consultant level, you'll focus on hands-on delivery, support and stakeholder collaboration.

Key Responsibilities

Across both levels

• Deliver and support Workday Financials across modules such as GL, AP, AR, Expenses, Assets, Projects & Reporting
• Gather and translate business requirements into functional designs and system solutions
• Support testing (SIT/UAT), releases and enhancements
• Drive process improvement and system optimisation
• Work closely with stakeholders, programme teams and third-party partners
• Manage incidents, service requests and documentation aligned to SLA/KPIs

Additional responsibilities at Lead level

• Provide technical leadership and design assurance across Workday Financials
• Act as a senior escalation point for complex issues
• Oversee delivery quality, governance, and roadmap alignment
• Mentor and supervise consultants and analysts
• Support architectural decisions and continuous improvement initiatives

What We're Looking For

Essential

• Experience with Workday Financial Management (implementation, configuration or support)
• Strong understanding of finance processes in complex organisations
• Ability to gather requirements and produce high-quality functional designs
• Experience working in Agile or structured delivery environments
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills

Additional for Lead roles

• Proven experience providing technical leadership or oversight
• Experience mentoring or leading other consultants

Desirable

• Public sector or shared services experience
• Exposure to other ERP platforms (Oracle, etc.)
• Workday integrations, reporting or analytics experience
• Relevant certifications

If you feel you have the skills and experience needed for this role; please do apply now.

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