Workday Adaptive Planning Consultant — Forecasting

Kainos Group plc; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Kainos Group plc is seeking a Workday AMS Adaptive Planning Consultant to join our delivery team in the UK. You will help clients transform budgeting, revenue planning, and KPIs using Adaptive Planning within the Workday ecosystem, delivering engagements on time and within budget.

You will mentor junior colleagues, engage with clients across industries, and travel to customer sites as needed to ensure successful implementations and measurable value realization.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and building complex financial planning models.
• Experience implementing at least one Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) system.

Responsibilities

• Provide expertise on Adaptive Planning and maintain proficiency and certification.
• Contribute to client implementations across phases: assess current planning, design and configure models, and guide workshops.
• Deliver accurate forecasting and planning models to meet client needs and timelines.
• Support training delivery and document planning models and reports for clients.
• Communicate regularly with clients to set expectations and ensure project success.
• Collaborate with internal teams to share learnings and problem-solving.

Skills

Finance/Accounting

Advanced Excel

Communication

Client engagement

Travel willing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Business

CIMA/ACA/ACCA or part-qualified

Tools

Adaptive Planning

Workday

Oracle Hyperion

Host Analytics

Anaplan

Job description

Kainos Group plc is seeking a Workday AMS Adaptive Planning Consultant to join our delivery team in the UK. You will help clients transform budgeting, revenue planning, and KPIs using Adaptive Planning within the Workday ecosystem, delivering engagements on time and within budget.

You will mentor junior colleagues, engage with clients across industries, and travel to customer sites as needed to ensure successful implementations and measurable value realization.