Workday Financials Technical Lead

Workday Financials Technical Lead
12-Month FTC
South East England
Hybrid – 3 days onsite
 
We’re looking for an experienced Workday Financials Technical Lead to take ownership of the technical delivery of a major ERP transformation.
This is a senior, hands-on leadership role, sitting across architecture, integrations, data, governance and programme delivery.
 
What you’ll be doing

• Lead the technical delivery of a Workday Financials implementation from design through to go-live and hypercare.
• Own the technical roadmap, architecture, environments and delivery approach.
• Oversee integrations, data migration, reporting, security and technical design.
• Provide technical leadership across the wider Workday landscape.
• Work closely with the implementation partner, challenging solutions and ensuring high-quality delivery.
• Lead technical readiness across SIT, UAT, cutover and deployment.
• Manage technical risks, dependencies and issues, providing clear updates to senior stakeholders.
• Ensure the resulting platform is scalable, well integrated and aligned with wider technology strategy.

 
What we’re looking for

• Proven experience leading Workday Financials implementations in a complex enterprise environment.
• Strong programme delivery and technical governance experience.
• Excellent understanding of ERP architecture, integrations and data migration.
• Experience working with System Integrators and managing third-party delivery.
• Strong understanding of data flows, APIs, middleware and modern SaaS architecture.
• Experience across Finance processes and the wider Workday ecosystem.
• Confident engaging with and challenging senior technical and business stakeholders.
• A pragmatic, delivery-focused approach with the technical credibility to move between high-level architecture and detailed delivery.