Workday Financials Test Lead

5 - month initial contract
London – Hybrid
Excellent day rate
Umbrella engagement

We are seeking an experienced Workday Finance Test Lead to define, manage, and deliver the end-to-end testing strategy for a major Workday Finance transformation programme. This role will cover Workday Financials, Workday Accounting Centre, integrations, and data migration, ensuring the solution is fully validated and ready for go-live.

Reporting to the Programme Manager, you will lead all testing phases, including Systems Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), regression testing, and cutover readiness activities. You will work closely with implementation partners, technology teams, finance stakeholders, data specialists, and business users to deliver a structured and controlled testing approach across the programme.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and deliver the overall testing strategy for the Workday Finance implementation programme, aligned with governance requirements and programme milestones.
• Define testing scope, approach, environments, tools, and resource requirements across all test phases.
• Plan and coordinate testing activities, including:
  • SIT1 (System Integrator-led with client shadowing)
  • SIT2 (client-led with System Integrator support)
  • User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
  • Regression testing
  • Cutover and go-live testing
• Establish and manage test entry and exit criteria, ensuring alignment with programme stage gates.
• Develop and maintain an integrated test plan, managing dependencies across finance, data, integration, and technology workstreams.
• Coordinate test scenario creation to ensure comprehensive end-to-end coverage across:
  • Record-to-Report (R2R)
  • Procure-to-Pay (P2P)
  • Order-to-Cash (O2C)
  • Industry-specific finance processes
• Lead defect management activities, including triage, prioritisation, resolution tracking, and reporting.
• Define and manage the test data strategy, ensuring appropriate data quality and availability throughout testing.
• Oversee test environments and tenant management in collaboration with technology and Workday teams.
• Produce regular test status reports, including progress against plan, defect metrics, risks, issues, and readiness assessments.
• Facilitate test governance forums, including defect triage meetings and testing status reviews.
• Engage stakeholders across Finance, Technology, Data, and Change teams to ensure participation and readiness.
• Coordinate UAT execution, including business engagement, training support, and sign-off management.
• Support cutover planning and go-live readiness assessments, ensuring all testing criteria are met.
• Identify and manage testing risks, issues, and programme interdependencies.