Job Title: Workday Financials Functional Lead
Contract: Part-time (Outside IR35)
Duration: 3 months
Location: Remote (UK-based)
Programme: Workday Financials – Go / Launch Express
Target Go-Live: Early April
Overview We are seeking an experienced Workday Financials Functional Lead to act as the end-to-end Subject Matter Expert on a Workday Go / Launch Express implementation.
This role will provide functional leadership across the full Financials suite, ensuring the solution is correctly designed, configured, tested, and ready for a successful and timely go-live in early April. The consultant will work closely with the business and implementation partner, owning functional outcomes and decision-making.
Key Responsibilities
Contract: Part-time (Outside IR35)
Duration: 3 months
Location: Remote (UK-based)
Programme: Workday Financials – Go / Launch Express
Target Go-Live: Early April
Overview We are seeking an experienced Workday Financials Functional Lead to act as the end-to-end Subject Matter Expert on a Workday Go / Launch Express implementation.
This role will provide functional leadership across the full Financials suite, ensuring the solution is correctly designed, configured, tested, and ready for a successful and timely go-live in early April. The consultant will work closely with the business and implementation partner, owning functional outcomes and decision-making.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the Functional Lead and SME for Workday Financials, owning the solution end to end
- Provide hands-on leadership across the full Go / Launch Express lifecycle, from design through to go-live
- Ensure the Workday Financials solution is fit for purpose, aligned to business requirements, and delivered on time
- Lead and oversee configuration across a broad range of Financials modules, ensuring consistency and best practice
- Drive functional decision-making, issue resolution, and trade-off discussions
- Own functional readiness for go-live, including:
- Configuration sign-off
- Testing support (SIT/UAT)
- Data validation
- Cutover and go-live readiness activities
- Act as the primary functional escalation point for the business and implementation partner
- Support change, training input, and knowledge transfer as required
- Proven experience as a Workday Financials Functional Lead or Senior Functional Consultant
- Broad, hands-on exposure across multiple Workday Financials modules, such as:
- Financial Accounting
- Supplier Accounts / Procurement
- Customer Accounts / Revenue
- Expenses
- Assets (desirable)
- Strong experience delivering Workday Go / Launch Express or similar accelerated implementations
- Ability to lead functional delivery independently and confidently
- Strong understanding of end-to-end Financials processes
- Experience working to fixed go-live deadlines
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Prior experience supporting first-time Workday Financials go-lives
- Experience working part-time across delivery-critical programmes
- Workday Financials certifications
- Experience working with SME or mid-market organisations
- Part-time contract
- 3-month initial engagement
- Outside IR35
- Fully remote, candidates must be UK-based
- Critical delivery period leading to early April go-live
