Finance Solution Architect (Workday)

Role:  Finance Solution Architect Location: South Coast (Hybrid – 1 day per week onsite)Type: Contract (Outside IR35)Duration: 6 months Role Overview:  We are looking for an experienced Finance Solution Architect to support a major Workday transformation programme. This is an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled architect with strong finance domain expertise and proven experience delivering solutions within Workday environments. The successful candidate will play a key role in shaping the future-state finance architecture, ensuring business requirements are translated into scalable, efficient, and best-practice solutions.Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of finance solution architecture within a Workday environment.
• Partner with Finance, Technology, and Business stakeholders to define future-state processes and capabilities.
• Translate business requirements into robust, scalable solution designs.
• Provide expert guidance on Workday Financial Management, reporting, integrations, and data architecture.
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture standards and business objectives.
• Support implementation partners and internal delivery teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and optimisation opportunities across finance systems and processes.
• Drive best practices across finance transformation and ERP architecture.

Skills & Experience Required

• Proven experience as a Solution Architect within finance transformation programmes.
• Strong experience delivering one or more Workday implementations, ideally including Workday Financial Management.
• Deep understanding of finance processes, operating models, and finance systems.
• Experience designing integrations and managing data flows across enterprise applications.
• Strong knowledge of cloud-based ERP platforms and enterprise architecture principles.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills.
• Ability to engage effectively with senior business and technical stakeholders.

Desirable Experience

• Workday Financial Management certification or extensive practical experience. 9 Experience within large-scale transformation programmes.
• Exposure to retail or customer-focused organisations.
• Understanding of reporting, analytics, and finance data architecture.

Apply Now If you are an experienced Finance Solution Architect with strong Workday expertise and are available for your next contract opportunity, we would love to hear from you.