Remote Workday Financials Lead Consultant (UK SC eligible)

The Planet Group; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 120,000 - 203,000; Full time

Job summary

The Planet Group is seeking an experienced Workday Financials Principal Consultant to join a major finance transformation programme on a 6-month contract. Location: Remote – UK. Start Date: ASAP.

UK SC clearance required. You will provide senior functional leadership across Workday Financial Management implementations, guiding design and delivery. Key responsibilities include leading Workday design workshops, driving end-to-end workstreams across R2R, P2P and C2C, advising on operating models

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Workday Financials implementation experience.
• Proven experience leading Financials workstreams on end-to-end implementations.
• Strong functional expertise in one or more of R2R, P2P or C2C.
• Experience across requirements gathering, workshops, solution design, configuration, testing and deployment.
• Pre-sales and solutioning experience.
• Excellent consulting, stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Previous mentoring or functional leadership experience.
• Active Workday Financials certification preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead Workday Financials design workshops and solution design discussions.
• Drive end-to-end Financials workstreams across R2R, P2P and C2C.
• Advise stakeholders on finance operating models, business processes, controls and optimisation.
• Oversee solution decisions, risks, dependencies, configuration and delivery milestones.
• Collaborate with Reporting, Security, Integrations, Data and Change Management teams.
• Support testing, deployment, cutover and post-go-live activities.
• Mentor consultants and analysts, ensuring high-quality functional delivery.
• Contribute to pre-sales activities, including proposals, estimations, demonstrations and client presentations.

Skills

Workday Financials

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Mentoring

Pre-sales

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

The Planet Group is seeking an experienced Workday Financials Principal Consultant to join a major finance transformation programme on a 6-month contract. Location: Remote – UK. Start Date: ASAP.

UK SC clearance required. You will provide senior functional leadership across Workday Financial Management implementations, guiding design and delivery. Key responsibilities include leading Workday design workshops, driving end-to-end workstreams across R2R, P2P and C2C, advising on operating models