Radiant Systems Inc
Workday Finance Consultant
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Workday Finance Consultant
Job Title: Workday Finance Consultant Duration: Full time Location: Swindon/Stockton/Newport, UK – Hybrid
The Role
The Workday Finance Lead is a senior specialist role providing technical leadership and subject-matter expertise across Workday Financial Management within a complex government shared services environment.
In addition to hands-on configuration and delivery, you will:
- Provide direction, assurance, and oversight for Workday Financials solutions
- Support, supervise other consultants and analysts
- Act as a senior point of escalation for complex issues
You will work closely with programme leadership, architects, system integrators, and senior stakeholders to ensure solutions are robust, scalable, and aligned with government standards.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership & Assurance
- Act as a senior Workday Financials authority, providing technical leadership across key modules:
- General Ledger
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Expenses
- Assets
- Projects
- Financial Reporting
- Define and promote best practice for Workday Financials configuration, design, and support across the team
- Provide technical assurance and peer review of designs, configurations, and changes delivered by colleagues, system integrators, and third parties
- Support architectural decision-making and contribute to roadmap planning for Workday Financials
Delivery & Continuous Improvement
- Lead and contribute to the design, configuration, and implementation of complex Workday Financials solutions
- Oversee enhancements, releases, and regulatory changes, ensuring quality, compliance, and auditability
- Drive business process improvement and standardisation in line with shared services and government best practice
- Oversee ticket queue management across the AMS team, ensuring workload is effectively prioritised and resources are scaled to demand
- Enforce SLA/KPI frameworks, proactively monitoring performance against response and resolution targets, and driving continuous improvement
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Stakeholder Engagement & Consultancy
- Act as a senior trusted adviser to finance leaders, programme managers, and client stakeholders
- Lead and facilitate complex workshops, translating business needs into clear functional designs and system specifications
- Communicate risks, options, and recommendations clearly to support effective decision-making
Supervision & Capability Development
- Provide day-to-day technical supervision, coaching, and mentoring to Band D/E colleagues and contractors
- Support task allocation, prioritisation, and workload management across Workday Financials activities
- Contribute to skills development, knowledge-sharing, and succession planning within the team
Testing, Live Service & Governance
- Provide oversight of testing activities, including system, integration, and user acceptance testing
- Act as an escalation point for complex incidents, defects, and service issues
- Ensure all solutions comply with policies, financial controls, audit requirements, and data protection standards
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Essential Skills, Knowledge, and Experience
- Significant experience working with Workday Financial Management in a senior configuration, implementation, or support role
- Deep understanding of end-to-end finance processes within large, complex organisations
- Proven experience providing technical leadership, assurance, or oversight within ERP or SaaS environments
- Strong experience in gathering, validating, and translating complex business requirements into functional designs
- Experience supervising, mentoring, or coaching other consultants or analysts
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels
- Experience working within structured delivery environments, such as Agile, SAFe, or hybrid methodologies, using issue-tracking and ITSM tools
Desirable Skills and Experience
- Experience of working within a government or shared services environment
- Previous experience with other ERP platforms (e.g., Oracle e-Business Suite or Fusion), particularly for transformation or data migration activities
- Experience with Workday reporting, analytics, and complex integrations
- Understanding of project and delivery methodologies such as Agile, SAFe
- Relevant professional or Workday certifications
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