Senior Workday Financials Lead Consultant - Transformation

Cognizant

United Kingdom

On-site

GBP 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Workday Financials Principal Consultant in the United Kingdom to lead the design, configuration, and delivery of Workday Financial Management solutions. You will guide clients through complex finance transformations and ensure solutions align with Workday best practices.

The role combines deep financials expertise with delivery leadership, client workshops, and mentoring of consultants.

Qualifications

5+ years of Workday Financials implementation experience.
Deep functional expertise in one or more Workday Financial Management pillars: R2R, P2P, C2C.
Proven experience leading Financials workstreams on end-to-end Workday implementations.
Experience supporting pre-sales activities including estimations, proposals, and solution presentations.

Responsibilities

Serve as a Workday Financials subject matter expert, providing guidance on finance transformation and Workday best practices.
Lead client workshops and design sessions to define Workday Financial Management solutions aligned to business requirements.
Design and deliver Workday Financial Management solutions across one or more core process areas including R2R, P2P, and C2C.
Advise clients on finance operating models, business processes, controls, compliance, and optimisation opportunities.
Lead Financials workstreams on medium to large Workday implementations, managing solution decisions, risks, and dependencies.
Partner with Reporting, Security, Integrations, Data, Change Management, and Project Management teams to deliver integrated solutions.
Support testing, deployment, cutover, and post-go-live transition activities.
Mentor consultants and analysts, providing coaching, quality reviews, and functional leadership.
Support business development activities including solutioning, estimations, proposals, demonstrations, and customer presentations.
Contribute to practice development through internal training, asset creation, methodology enhancements, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
Maintain expertise in Workday Financials functionality, industry trends, and product innovations.