Here at Focus Cloud, we are working with a Toronto-based organization embarking on a major finance transformation programme centred around the implementation of Workday Financials and Workday Adaptive Planning. They are looking for a hands-on Workday Adaptive & Finance Lead to act as a trusted advisor to the business, providing independent oversight of the implementation while partnering with Finance, Technology, and delivery teams to ensure successful outcomes.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who combines strong Finance process knowledge with deep Workday implementation experience and enjoys being a key voice in solution quality, testing, and programme governance.
What You'll Be Doing
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who combines strong Finance process knowledge with deep Workday implementation experience and enjoys being a key voice in solution quality, testing, and programme governance.
What You'll Be Doing
- Act as the business lead and SME for Workday Financials and Adaptive Planning
- Support finance transformation initiatives across budgeting, forecasting, planning, reporting, GL, and finance operations
- Work closely with implementation partners and internal stakeholders to review solutions and delivery progress
- Champion a "test early, test often" approach throughout the programme lifecycle
- Review defects, challenge assumptions, and help drive effective resolution of issues
- Provide independent advice and recommendations to business stakeholders
- Support business readiness, adoption, and go-live activities
- Proven experience delivering Workday Financials implementations
- Strong experience with Workday Adaptive Planning
- Background in FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, General Ledger, and finance operations
- Experience working on large-scale finance transformation programmes
- Strong testing, QA, UAT, or test governance experience
- Ability to challenge delivery partners and provide objective recommendations
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Hybrid role based in Toronto (2-3 days onsite)
- Initial engagement expected to run for approximately 20-24 months
- Adaptive Planning go-live targeted for March 2027
- Workday Financials go-live targeted for May 2028
- Immediate interviews available
