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Workday Financials Solution ArchitectFocus Cloud Group • London, ENG, GB
Workday Financials Solution Architect

Workday Financials Solution Architect

Focus Cloud Group • London, ENG, GB
6 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Job Description

Workday Financials Solution Architect (Contract) Role title -: Workday Financials Solution Architect\n
Engagement: 10 months\n
Location: Primarily remote with occasional London on site\n
Sector: Financial Services / Insurance\n
Start: ASAP (flexible for the right person)\n
Rate guide: £1000 - £1250 per day \n
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\n Keywords Workday Financials, Solution Architect, Finance Architect, Record to Report, R2R, RTR, Foundation Data Model, FDM, Chart of Accounts, CoA, Journals, Period Close, Close, Consolidation, Intercompany, Accounting Center, Accounting Centre, Accounting Rules, Accounting Events, Journal Generation, Subledger, Sub-ledger, Reconciliation, Prism Analytics, Prism, Data Ingestion, Data Transformation, Reporting, Dashboards, Financial Services, Insurance, Regulatory Reporting, High Volume Transactions\n
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\n Role Summary - We’re looking for a Workday Financials Solution Architect to act as design authority on complex, data-heavy Workday Financials programmes in Financial Services / Insurance.\n
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\n This is an architecture and design ownership role (not a pure configuration position). You’ll own the end-to-end solution design, run senior design workshops, and ensure the architecture holds up across governance and delivery.\n
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\n Responsibilities \n
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  • Own end-to-end solution architecture/design across Workday Financials (full lifecycle delivery).
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  • Lead Record to Report (R2R / RTR) design:\n
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    • FDM / Foundation Data Model
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    • Chart of Accounts (CoA), journals, period close
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    • Consolidation, intercompany
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  • Architect Accounting Center/Centre:\n
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    • Accounting rules, accounting events
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    • Journal line generation
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    • Source / operational / sub-ledger ingestion and reconciliation approach
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  • Define Prism Analytics approach:\n
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    • Data sources, ingestion, transformations
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    • Publishing to reporting/dashboards
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    • Establish reusable patterns/standards (not one-off builds)
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  • Act as design authority across workstreams; resolve conflicts between finance process, data, and technical constraints.
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  • Run solution/design workshops with senior finance stakeholders (Controllers, FP&A, Finance leadership) and operate credibly at steering committee level.
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  • Mentor consultants and set architecture standards across the practice.
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Must-Have Requirements \n
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  • Proven Workday Financials Solution Architect experience on full lifecycle implementations.
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  • Deep Record to Report expertise (R2R/RTR), including FDM, CoA, journals, close, consolidation, intercompany.
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  • Strong working knowledge of Accounting Center/Centre (rules, event/journal generation, ingestion, reconciliation concepts).
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  • Working knowledge of Prism Analytics (datasets, sources, transformations, publishing to reporting).
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  • Delivery background in Financial Services and/or Insurance (regulatory pressure, high transaction volumes, sub-ledger complexity).
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  • Workday Financials Core certification.
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  • Able to operate from CFO/SteerCo level down into hands-on design detail.
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Nice-to-Have / Differentiators\n
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  • Additional certifications: Accounting Center, Prism Analytics, Financial Accounting, Adaptive Planning, Reporting.
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  • Experience integrating Workday Financials with core banking / policy admin / claims platforms.
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  • Exposure to Workday Extend and/or Workday Orchestrate for finance use cases.
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  • Consultancy / systems integrator background.
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  • Multi-entity / multi-currency / multi-ledger experience.
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