RSM UK
Workday Cutover Lead (9-month FTC)

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As one of the world's largest networks of audit, tax and consulting firms, RSM delivers big ideas and premium service to help middle-market businesses thrive. We are a fast-growing firm with big ambitions - we have a clear goal to become the premium adviser to the middle market, globally. This vision touches everything we do, motivating and inspiring us to become better every day. If you are looking for a firm where you can build a future and make an impact, then RSM is the place for you.
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We are looking for a Workday Cutover Lead to join RSM UK on a 9-month FTC. This role will be accountable for planning, leading and controlling the successful transition from existing systems to new systems across a complex enterprise applications environment.
The role will establish and manage the cutover strategy, detailed runbooks, readiness criteria, control approach, stakeholder engagement and execution governance required to deliver a controlled go-live with minimal disruption to business operations.
Following successful cutover, the role will also establish the timetable for controlled decommissioning of legacy systems, ensuring appropriate business, technical, data, audit and operational controls are in place before retirement.
Key Deliverables
- Cutover strategy, governance model and integrated cutover plan
- Detailed cutover runbooks, dependency maps and command-and-control procedures
- Stakeholder readiness, resource availability and decision-point tracking
- Mock cutover planning, execution and lessons learned
- Go/No-Go readiness recommendations and executive status reporting
- Hypercare transition plan and legacy system decommissioning plan
- Mock Cutover, Rehearsal & Execution Control
- Go-Live, Hypercare & Service Transition
- Legacy System Decommissioning
- Governance, Reporting & Stakeholder Management
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- Identifying, tracking and managing cross-project dependencies, resource constraints, stakeholder availability and critical path risks that could affect cutover success
- Coordinating readiness inputs across testing, data migration, integration, security, infrastructure, business change, service transition and support teams
- Maintaining clear visibility of outstanding decisions, blockers, dependencies and ownership, escalating where stakeholder or contributor time is constrained
- Preparing readiness assessments and Go/No-Go recommendations for programme and senior stakeholder forums
What we are looking for
We value diverse experiences and perspectives. Here’s what we’re looking for in our ideal candidate:
- Experience with Workday, Dynamics 365, finance, HR or other enterprise SaaS implementations
- Experience coordinating decommissioning of legacy applications, including archive, access, reporting and audit considerations
- Knowledge of data migration, integration validation, service transition and operational readiness practices
- Experience using project delivery and collaboration tools such as Monday.com, Miro, Power BI, Visio or equivalent.
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We recognise that our people are our most important assets. That’s why we offer a flexible reward and benefits package that will help you have fulfilling experience, both in and out of work.


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- Hybrid and Flexible working
- 26 Days Holiday (with the option of purchasing additional days) (confirm appropriate days per role)
- Lifestyle, Health, and Wellbeing including financial wellbeing benefits such as financial tools, electric car scheme and access to a virtual GP.
- Access to a suite of 300+ courses on demand developed by our inhouse Talent Development team.
Diversity and Inclusion at RSM
At RSM, we want to create a strong sense of belonging so that people of all identities, backgrounds, and cultures feel they can bring their true self to work. Our clients come from all walks of life. We aim to achieve that same diversity of background, experience and perspective in our own teams, so that we can genuinely understand our client's needs. Diverse teams bring a broader range of ideas and insights to work. That's why we're working together to ensure our firm's principles and processes support a firm culture that embraces difference and strengthens inclusion.
At RSM we work hard to create an environment where our people can make a difference - to themselves, their career, their teams, and to the success of our firm and clients. We support all our people to work flexibly, to manage their family and other responsibilities alongside their work commitments; we believe this is key to achieving an inspiring and fulfilling working environment.
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