Workday Financials Test Lead
Workday Financials Test Lead
5 - month initial contract
London - Hybrid
Up to £700 per day
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. The role will cover Workday Financials, Workday Accounting Centre, integrations, and data migration, ensuring the solution is fully validated against business requirements, regulatory obligations, and operational processes prior to 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. Working closely with implementation partners, technology teams, finance stakeholders, and data specialists, you will drive a structured and controlled testing approach, ensuring clear governance, effective defect management, and business readiness.
This is a critical role focused on delivering quality, reducing programme risk, and enabling a smooth transition into business-as-usual operations
Essential Skills & Experience- Proven experience leading testing for large-scale Workday Finance implementations.
- Strong understanding of testing methodologies across SIT, UAT, regression, and cutover testing.
- Experience developing and delivering end-to-end test strategies and integrated test plans.
- Experience testing complex finance processes, system integrations, and data migrations.
- Strong knowledge of defect management, test governance, and quality assurance processes.
- Experience coordinating business stakeholders and managing UAT execution and sign-off.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and reporting skills.
- Experience operating within complex transformation or ERP implementation programmes.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver against challenging timelines .
Desirable Skills & Experience
- Experience with Workday Accounting Centre (WAC), Workday Prism, and complex integration landscapes.
- Experience working with System Integrators in a collaborative delivery model.
- Knowledge of test automation tools and approaches within cloud ERP environments, ideally Azure DevOps.
- Understanding of data validation, reconciliation, and migration testing methodologies.
- ISTQB certification or equivalent testing qualification.
- Experience supporting cutover, hypercare, and transition to BAU support models.
Reasonable Adjustments:
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