Associate Consultant - Workday Adaptive Planning

Kainos Group plc; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Kainos seeks an Associate Consultant to join the Workday Adaptive Planning consulting team, transitioning from FP&A to client-facing consulting. You’ll help clients transform planning, forecasting, reporting, and decision-making across industries, gaining broad business exposure and faster career growth.

The role emphasizes formal training, certification, mentorship, and hands-on project experience to develop consulting and client-facing skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, MIS, or a related field.
• 2-5 years of experience in FP&A, Finance, Accounting, Business Analysis, or Financial Systems.
• Strong Excel, financial modeling, analytical, and communication skills.

Skills

Excel

Financial modeling

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, MIS, or related field

Tools

Workday Adaptive Planning

Job description

Join Kainos and Shape the Future At Kainos, we’re problem solvers, innovators, and collaborators - driven by a shared mission to create real impact. Whether we’re transforming digital services for millions, delivering cutting‑edge Workday solutions, or pushing the boundaries of technology, we do it together. We believe in a people‑first culture, where your ideas are valued, your growth is supported, and your contributions truly make a difference. Here, you’ll be part of a diverse, ambitious team that celebrates creativity and collaboration. Ready to make your mark? Join us and be part of something bigger.

Associate Consultant - Workday Adaptive Planning (FP&A to Consulting Career Path)

Ready to move from FP&A into consulting? Join our Workday Adaptive Planning consulting team and help organizations transform how they plan, forecast, report, and make decisions. This role is designed for finance professionals who are ready for more variety, broader business exposure, and faster career growth. Instead of supporting the same planning cycles year after year, you'll work with clients across industries, solve a wide range of business challenges, and see firsthand how leading organizations approach planning and performance management. One project might focus on workforce planning, the next on executive reporting, and the next on helping a finance team transform how they plan, forecast, and make decisions. Consulting offers a unique opportunity to accelerate your growth by exposing you to different organizations, leadership teams, planning challenges, and transformation initiatives. Through formal training, certification, mentorship, and hands‑on project experience, you'll build expertise in Workday Adaptive Planning while developing the consulting and client‑facing skills needed to broaden your impact and advance your career. If you're ready to move beyond maintaining plans and reports and start helping organizations transform how they run their business, we'd love to hear from you. Join us and turn your finance expertise into a consulting career.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, MIS, or a related field.
• 2-5 years of experience in FP&A, Finance, Accounting, Business Analysis, or Financial Systems.
• Strong Excel, financial modeling, analytical, and communication skills.
• A desire to grow from finance into a client‑facing consulting role.

Preferred Experience

• Experience with Workday Adaptive Planning or similar planning solutions.
• Exposure to finance transformation, systems implementation, or process improvement projects.
• Consulting or professional services experience.

Embracing our differences

At Kainos, we believe in the power of diversity, equity and inclusion. We are committed to building a team that is as diverse as the world we live in, where everyone is valued, respected, and given an equal chance to thrive. We actively seek out talented people from all backgrounds, regardless of age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or any other characteristic that makes them who they are. We also believe every candidate deserves a level playing field. Our friendly talent acquisition team is here to support you every step of the way, so if you require any accommodations or adjustments, we encourage you to reach out. We understand that everyone's journey is different, and by having a private conversation we can ensure that our recruitment process is tailored to your needs.

At Kainos we use technology to solve real problems for our customers, overcome big challenges for businesses, and make people’s lives easier. We build strong relationships with our customers and go beyond to change the way they work today and the impact they have tomorrow. Our two specialist practices, Digital Services and Workday, work globally for clients across healthcare, commercial and the public sector to make the world a little bit better, day by day. Our people love the exciting work, the cutting‑edge technologies and the benefits we offer. That’s why we’ve been ranked in the Sunday Times Top 100 Best Companies on numerous occasions. For more information, see kainos.com.