Job Description

Role: Finance Solution Architect Location: South Coast (Hybrid - 1 day per week onsite)Type: Contract (Outside IR35)Duration: 6 monthsRole 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.

• 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.

• 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.