Adaptive Planning Consultant

Catch Resource Management; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy in ERP solutions is seeking a Workday Adaptive Planning Consultant to design and maintain their Adaptive Planning platform. This hybrid role involves building budgeting models and collaborating with teams to improve financial processes. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with Adaptive Planning and strong financial modelling skills.

Qualifications

• Experience with Workday Adaptive Planning is essential.
• Must demonstrate strong financial modelling skills.
• Ability to translate business requirements into planning solutions.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and configuration of the Adaptive Planning platform.
• Build models for budgeting and forecasting.
• Partner with teams to define requirements and deliver solutions.
• Manage system enhancements and user training.

Skills

Hands-on experience configuring Workday Adaptive Planning

Deep knowledge of Adaptive Planning technical architecture

Strong understanding of financial modelling

Advanced Excel skills

Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement

Job description

Overview

Our end user client require a Workday Adaptive Planning Consultant to join them on a permanent basis and be responsible for configuring, managing and maintaining their Adaptive platform alongside the wider FP&A team.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a fast-growing tech business, helping shape the future of its FP&A capabilities by owning and evolving its Adaptive Planning platform. You'll play a pivotal role in designing, implementing, and supporting scalable planning models that empower stakeholders across the business from budgeting and forecasting to workforce planning and scenario modelling.

Key Skills & Experience

• Hands-on experience configuring, maintaining, and enhancing Workday Adaptive Planning.
• Deep knowledge of Adaptive Planning technical architecture, including data flows, security, model structure, and scenario planning.
• Strong understanding of financial modelling, forecasting, and enterprise budgeting processes.
• Familiarity with Workday HCM components such as headcount planning, job profiles, and compensation data.
• Advanced Excel skills and a working knowledge of data integration tools or SQL-based querying.
• Proven ability to translate business requirements into effective, scalable planning system solutions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with experience leading change management and adoption of new systems.

Main Responsibilities

• Own the design, configuration, and roadmap of the Workday Adaptive Planning platform.
• Build and maintain models for budgeting, forecasting, workforce planning, and scenario modelling.
• Partner with FP&A, Workday Systems, and other teams to define requirements and deliver impactful solutions.
• Manage system enhancements, upgrades, integrations, and testing in partnership with internal stakeholders.
• Develop user training and change management materials to support adoption across teams.
• Monitor data quality and platform performance, responding to issues proactively.
• Serve as the go-to expert for Adaptive Planning, contributing to the continued evolution of FP&A systems.

Location

London or Cambridge (Hybrid)

Catch Resource Management is a leading provider of Dynamics 365, JD Edwards, NetSuite, EPM and other ERP resources to both end users and to product suppliers/authors.

Our consultants deliver a completely professional resourcing service, always backed up by our team of ERP specialists who are all experienced in full project life cycle implementation and support, thus ensuring that we fully understand our clients’ requirements and our candidates’ skills.

About Catch Resource Management

Catch Resource Management provides ERP and related resource solutions to end users and product suppliers. We support full project life cycle implementation and ongoing support to ensure client requirements and candidate skills align.