Workday Finance Project Manager

(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.