Workday Finance Consultant

Senior Workday HCM Consultant (Contract)

Location: UK (Remote)

Contract: outside IR35

Start Date: ASAP 2026

Clearance: SC or Eligable

Overview

We are supporting a major UK organisation that has recently secured a significant transformation programme and is looking to engage an experienced Senior Workday Finance Consultant on an initial contract basis.

This is a fully remote opportunity, working as part of a high-performing Workday delivery team on a large-scale public sector transformation programme .

The successful consultant will play a key role in delivering and optimising Workday Financial Management solutions, working closely with business and technical stakeholders throughout the programme lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of a large-scale Workday Finance transformation programme .
• Configure and optimise Workday Financial Management solutions in line with business requirements.
• Work closely with Finance stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into scalable Workday solutions.
• Support solution design, configuration, testing, deployment and post-go-live activities.
• Provide expertise across relevant Workday Finance processes and functionality.
• Support Workday Prism Analytics and Finance reporting requirements.
• Collaborate with technical and integration teams to deliver reporting, analytics and integrations where required.
• Identify opportunities to improve Finance processes through Workday functionality and best practice.
• Provide Workday best-practice guidance throughout the project lifecycle.
• Support issue resolution and contribute to the overall quality and successful delivery of the programme.

Required Experience

• Proven experience delivering Workday Financial Management implementations or transformation programmes .
• Strong hands-on experience with Workday Finance .
• Experience across relevant Workday Finance modules/processes such as General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Expenses, Banking or Asset Management .
• Strong experience with Workday Prism Analytics .
• Experience with Workday Extend would be advantageous.
• Strong understanding of Finance business processes and how they translate into Workday solutions.
• Experience working within large, complex transformation programmes.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively within a fully remote delivery team.
• Candidates must hold active SC Clearance or be eligible to obtain SC Clearance .
• Active Workday Certifications

Contract Details

• Location: Fully Remote UK
• Start Date: ASAP 2026
• Duration: 12 months initially, with view to extend
• Clearance: Active SC Clearance or SC eligible
• Programme: High-profile public sector Workday Finance transformation
• Engagement: Contract