Principal Consultant-Workday Finance

Job Description Role – Principal Consultant Technology  – Workday Finance Location – UK Business Unit – ORCCompensation – Competitive (including bonus)

Job Description Workday Finance Principal Consultant is expected to be instrumental in leveraging the Workday Financial Management system to drive efficient and accurate financial operations. You will collaborate closely with finance, accounting, IT, and other cross-functional teams to optimize our Workday financial solutions, ensure data integrity, and provide actionable financial insights.

Your role In the role of Workday Finance Principal  Consultant, You are expected to be instrumental in leveraging the Workday Financial Management system to drive efficient and accurate financial operations. You will collaborate closely with finance, accounting, IT, and other cross-functional teams to optimize our Workday financial solutions, ensure data integrity, and provide actionable financial insights,anchor the engagement effort for assignments, all the way from business process consulting and problem definition to solution design, development, and deployment.  

You will be pivotal to problem definition and discovery of the overall solution and guide teams on project processes, deliverables.  As a thought leader in your domain, you will be the key advisor to architecture and design reviews. You will anchor business pursuit initiatives, client training, in-house capability building.  You will have the opportunity to shape value-adding consulting solutions that enable our clients to meet the changing needs of the global landscape.

Responsibilities Workday System Administration & Configuration:

Manage, configure, and maintain Workday Financial Management modules (e.g., General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets, Cash Management, Business Assets, Capital Projects, Procurement, Expenses, Projects, Adaptive Planning, Accounting Center, Prism, Advanced Close and Consolidation).Design, build, and test Workday configurations, business processes, calculated fields, and conditional routing to meet evolving business needs.

Analyze bi-annual Workday release notes, understand their impact on existing configurations, and recommend/implement new functionalities.

Troubleshoot system issues, perform root cause analysis, and escalate unresolved issues to the appropriate teams (e.g., Workday Support, IT).Financial Process Optimization & Support:

Provide end-user support for Workday Finance modules, assisting with inquiries, requests, and training.

Collaborate with finance stakeholders to gather business requirements, analyze existing processes, and translate them into functional specifications for system enhancements.

Identify opportunities for process improvements, streamlining workflows, and automating manual tasks within Workday.

Conduct testing of configurations, develop functional test plans, and coordinate user acceptance testing (UAT).Create and maintain training materials and documentation to ensure effective utilization of Workday functionalities.

Reporting, Analytics & Data Integrity:

Develop and maintain custom financial reports, dashboards, and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) within Workday to provide timely and accurate financial information to management and stakeholders.

Conduct financial data analysis (e.g., revenue, expenses, budgets, forecasts) to identify trends, patterns, and anomalies, and provide data-driven insights to support decision-making.

Assist in conducting data audits and implementing data quality measures to maintain the integrity of financial data elements (e.g., chart of accounts, vendor information, customer information, fixed assets).Collaborate with IT to ensure effective alignment of systems with business…