Workday Finance Transformation Manager

Consult Recruitment; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Job summary

Consult Recruitment is seeking a finance transformation lead to design and deliver Workday finance workstreams across complex client projects, from discovery through deployment and optimisation.

You will own workshops with senior finance stakeholders, translate business requirements into system solutions, mentor consultants and contribute to growing the finance technology practice in a flexible hybrid Auckland environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with Workday Financial Management or other major cloud-based finance platforms.
• Strong knowledge of core finance processes and ERP implementations.
• Experience owning a finance module or significant ERP component.
• Exposure to full implementation lifecycle from discovery to deployment.
• Ability to engage senior finance stakeholders and facilitate workshops.

Responsibilities

• Lead finance transformation workstreams from discovery through design, configuration, testing, deployment and optimisation.
• Work across finance areas (GL, R2R, P2P, expenses, AR, banking, fixed assets, projects, reporting).
• Translate business requirements into practical system solutions and ensure cohesive processes and data flows.
• Run workshops with finance leaders and stakeholders; provide design options and recommendations.
• Mentor consultants, review outputs, and maintain high delivery standards.

Skills

Workday Financial Management

ERP implementation

Finance processes

Senior stakeholder engagement

Workshop facilitation

Job description

The Opportunity

You will take responsibility for the design and delivery of finance transformation workstreams across complex client projects.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading finance system implementation workstreams from initial discovery through design, configuration, testing, deployment and optimisation
• Working across finance areas such as general ledger, record-to-report, procure-to-pay, expenses, accounts receivable, banking, fixed assets, projects and financial reporting
• Understanding client finance processes and translating business requirements into practical system solutions
• Running workshops with finance leaders and other key stakeholders
• Advising clients on system design options, process improvements and implementation considerations
• Identifying project risks, dependencies and issues and helping clients work through them
• Ensuring finance processes, reporting, controls, data and system functionality work effectively together
• Managing and mentoring consultants within project teams
• Reviewing project outputs and maintaining a high standard of delivery
• Building strong relationships with senior client stakeholders
• Supporting proposals, demonstrations, project scoping and other business development activity
• Contributing to the continued growth of the organisation's finance transformation and cloud ERP capability

What We Are Looking For

We are particularly interested in candidates with:

• Experience implementing Workday Financial Management or another major cloud-based finance platform
• Strong knowledge of finance and accounting processes
• Experience owning a finance module, functional stream or significant component of an ERP implementation
• Exposure to the full implementation lifecycle, including requirements gathering, design, configuration, testing and deployment
• Strong understanding of how finance systems interact with reporting, data, security, integrations and business processes
• Experience working directly with senior finance stakeholders
• Confidence facilitating workshops and presenting recommendations
• Previous consulting, professional services or complex enterprise transformation experience
• Experience leading, coaching or reviewing the work of other consultants
• Relevant finance systems certifications would be advantageous but are not essential

Why Consider This Opportunity?

This is an opportunity to join an established consulting environment while being part of a growing finance technology practice.

You will have the chance to:

• Work on major finance transformation programmes
• Take genuine ownership of client-facing workstreams
• Work with experienced finance and technology specialists
• Develop further leadership and consulting experience
• Gain exposure to complex organisations across multiple industries
• Work within a flexible hybrid environment
• Access ongoing professional development and career progression opportunities