Senior Workday Financials Data Migration Lead
Senior Workday Financials Data Migration Lead
We are seeking an experienced Workday Financials Data Migration Lead to drive end-to-end data migration activities for large-scale Workday Financials implementations. This role is responsible for defining migration strategy, leading delivery teams, ensuring data quality, and managing stakeholder engagement throughout the migration lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
We are seeking an experienced Workday Financials Data Migration Lead to drive end-to-end data migration activities for large-scale Workday Financials implementations. This role is responsible for defining migration strategy, leading delivery teams, ensuring data quality, and managing stakeholder engagement throughout the migration lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the planning, execution, and governance of Workday Financials data migration projects.
- Manage all migration phases including data extraction, transformation, loading, validation, reconciliation, and cutover.
- Define migration scope, success criteria, and delivery plans aligned to programme objectives.
- Oversee data cleansing, standardisation, and quality improvement activities.
- Collaborate with functional, technical, and business stakeholders to resolve data challenges and ensure successful outcomes.
- Identify and mitigate migration risks, manage dependencies, and provide regular status updates to leadership.
- Develop and maintain migration documentation, mappings, controls, and governance processes.
- Mentor and lead migration team members while promoting best practices.
- Extensive experience leading complex enterprise data migration programmes, preferably within Finance transformations.
- Proven track record delivering at least 2 full-cycle Workday Financials implementations.
- Strong understanding of ETL processes, data validation, reconciliation, and governance.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and leadership skills.
- Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business language.
- Active Workday Certifications are required
- Strong knowledge of Workday Financials data model and reporting capabilities.
- Experience working within large-scale business and technology transformation programmes.
- Consulting background with cross-functional delivery experience across multiple workstreams.