Workday Adaptive Planning Finance Analyst

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.