Workday Adaptive Planning Analyst — Hybrid London/Home

Data Careers Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 129,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

Data Careers Ltd is seeking an experienced Workday Adaptive Planning Finance Analyst for a 6-month contract in London. The role is hybrid, with three days onsite and two days at home, focusing on testing and validating a rebuilt Adaptive Planning solution within a broader Finance transformation.

You will work closely with FP&A, Finance Systems and external partners to ensure accurate forecasting, reconciliation and reporting, and you will deliver training and handover materials.

Qualifications

• Hands-on testing of Workday Adaptive Planning models and inputs.
• Strong FP&A knowledge including forecasting and reporting.
• Ability to interrogate and reconcile financial data across systems.
• Experience with Workday OfficeConnect reporting and integrations.
• Experience in finance systems implementations or upgrades.

Responsibilities

• Independently test and validate Workday Adaptive Planning models, calculations, assumptions and integrations.
• Interrogate financial data, investigate discrepancies and ensure forecasting accuracy.
• Reconcile financial and forecast data between systems and ensure proper mapping.
• Review and troubleshoot Adaptive HTML reports and OfficeConnect outputs.
• Coordinate Finance User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and document defects/resolutions.
• Collaborate with Finance/FP&A stakeholders to meet reporting requirements.
• Support system cutover, go-live activities and stabilisation.
• Deliver user training and handover documentation.

Skills

Workday Adaptive Planning

Workday OfficeConnect

FP&A

Financial Reconciliation

Finance Systems Implementation

Job description

Data Careers Ltd is seeking an experienced Workday Adaptive Planning Finance Analyst for a 6-month contract in London. The role is hybrid, with three days onsite and two days at home, focusing on testing and validating a rebuilt Adaptive Planning solution within a broader Finance transformation.

You will work closely with FP&A, Finance Systems and external partners to ensure accurate forecasting, reconciliation and reporting, and you will deliver training and handover materials.