Finance Workday Data Specialist - 18 month FTC

Reports to Finance Change Director

We are seeking an experienced Data Specialist to execute the data migration activity within Workday Financials as part of a full-platform Workday implementation

The Data Specialist will work closely with the finance teams, functional teams, technical teams, and third-party vendors to ensure seamless data migration, governance, and transformation across the project. This role requires in-depth knowledge of Workday’s data model, tools and templates as well as a strong understanding of Finance business processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the data migration strategy for the Workday Finance deployment.
• Execute data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) activities for multiple migration cycles for all Workday functional areas in scope, including Financial Account, Budgets, Projects, Project Billing, Customers, Suppliers, Assets
• Define and execute data governance processes to ensure data quality, accuracy, and integrity throughout the project lifecycle.
• Collaborate with Finance stakeholders to gather data requirements, ensuring alignment with business processes and system capabilities.
• Coordinate data validation and reconciliation efforts with the relevant project subject matter experts, ensuring discrepancies are resolved before go-live.
• Work with third-party vendors and internal teams to integrate data from other systems (e.g., payroll, benefits, financial reporting) into Workday.
• Contribute to regular programme updates on the status of data-related activities, including data readiness, migration progress, and issue resolution.
• Participate and lead the Workday Finance data migration workstream recurring meetings to report ensure alignment to the plan and deliverable
• Ensure data privacy and compliance with regulatory requirements (e.g., GDPR, SOX).
• Support post-go-live data maintenance, optimization, and troubleshooting efforts.

Skills, Experience, Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in data management, with a strong focus on ERP implementations, preferably Workday.
• Hands-on experience with Workday Finance functional areas, including data workbooks and Enterprise Integration Builder (EIB)
• Strong knowledge of SQL, ETL tools, or similar as well as data migration methodologies.
• Experience with data governance and data quality frameworks.
• Proven ability to collaborate with project delivery teams through complex ERP implementations.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills and experience collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and project management abilities.
• Familiarity with compliance and data security regulations (GDPR, SOX, etc.).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Workday certification in various Financial Functional Areas, inclusive of Data Migration
• Experience in large-scale data transformation projects.
• Knowledge of other ERP systems and their data architecture (e.g., SAP, Oracle).

Key Competencies:

• Collaboration - Ability to work productively in a programme team across Finance, IT and the transformation office
• Project Management - Ability to manage and report on multiple data deliverables.
• Communication - Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to explain complex data concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Attention to Detail - High degree of accuracy and attention to detail in all aspects of work.
• Problem-Solving - Adept at identifying and resolving data issues and risks.