Workday Adaptive Planning Finance Analyst
6 Month Contract
Location: London / Home - 3 days onsite per week
Rate: £700 - £800 per day (INSIDE IR35)
Skills: Workday Adaptive Planning, Workday OfficeConnect, FP&A, Financial Reconciliation, Finance Systems Implementation
We are seeking an experienced Workday Adaptive Planning Finance Analyst to support a major finance systems transformation programme.
This is a hands‑on role requiring strong technical expertise in Workday Adaptive Planning and OfficeConnect , combined with a solid financial background and the ability to interrogate, analyse and reconcile financial data.
Working closely with Finance, FP&A, Finance Systems and an external implementation partner, you will play a key role in testing and validating a rebuilt Adaptive Planning solution alongside a wider ERP implementation.
Key Responsibilities
- Independently test and validate Workday Adaptive Planning models, calculations, assumptions, dimensions and integrations.
- Interrogate financial data, investigate discrepancies and ensure the accuracy of forecasting, planning and management reporting outputs.
- Reconcile financial and forecast data between systems, ensuring accurate mapping and migration.
- Review, modify and troubleshoot Workday OfficeConnect reports, alongside Adaptive HTML and other financial reports.
- Coordinate Finance User Acceptance Testing (UAT), documenting defects, risks and resolutions.
- Work closely with Finance and FP&A stakeholders to ensure the solution meets financial reporting and forecasting requirements.
- Support system cutover, go‑live activities and post‑implementation stabilisation.
- Deliver user training, documentation and handover to operational teams.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Workday Adaptive Planning: Strong hands‑on experience testing, validating and supporting financial planning models.
- Workday OfficeConnect: Proven experience modifying, maintaining and troubleshooting financial reports.
- Finance / FP&A: Strong understanding of financial planning, forecasting, management reporting and financial data reconciliation.
- Ability to interrogate financial data, challenge outputs and identify inconsistencies or errors.
- Experience with Adaptive HTML reporting.
- Previous involvement in finance systems implementations, upgrades or model rebuilds.
- Advanced Excel skills and excellent analytical capabilities.
- Confident working independently with Finance stakeholders and external implementation partners.
Desirable Experience
- Oracle NetSuite implementation or integration experience.
- Workday Adaptive Planning rebuilds following ERP or chart of accounts changes.
- Financial planning and forecasting data migrations.
- Finance transformation or finance systems project experience.
The Opportunity
This is an excellent opportunity for a finance professional with strong Workday Adaptive Planning expertise to play a key role in a significant systems transformation.
The successful candidate will combine hands‑on Workday Adaptive Planning and OfficeConnect experience with the financial understanding needed to challenge, reconcile and validate the numbers , ensuring accurate and reliable financial reporting ahead of go‑live.
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