Contract Workday Financials Implementation Project Manager

Location : Remote with travel to Italy (Once per month)

Contract Length: 6 Months (initially)

Rate: £650 - £700 per day inside ir35

Start Date: ASAP

Essential Experience: Hands on experience with Workday Transformations

The Opportunity

We are supporting a leading organisation embarking on a critical Workday Financials transformation and are looking for an experienced Workday Financials Implementation Project Manager to help drive the programme forward. This is not a role for someone who wants to sit in steering committees and produce status reports. We need a hands-on delivery specialist who can roll their sleeves up, tackle challenges head-on, and bring structure, pace, and accountability to a complex implementation. The project requires a strong personality. Someone who can confidently manage senior stakeholders, challenge where necessary, and take ownership of delivering outcomes. We are looking for an individual with a few battle scars from previous Workday programmes who knows how to navigate difficult situations and keep projects on track.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of a Workday Financials implementation programme.
• Develop and maintain project plans, governance structures, risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Manage internal stakeholders, implementation partners, and third-party vendors.
• Drive accountability across workstreams and ensure key milestones are achieved.
• Identify programme risks early and implement mitigation strategies.
• Facilitate workshops, steering committees, and executive-level updates.
• Resolve blockers and keep momentum across the programme.
• Travel to Italy approximately once per month to engage with key stakeholders and project teams.

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience delivering end-to-end Workday Financials implementations.
• Strong Project Management background within ERP, Finance Transformation, or Workday programmes.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, including C-suite engagement.
• Ability to operate confidently within complex and challenging environments.
• A proactive, delivery-focused mindset with a willingness to get stuck into the detail when required.
• Experience recovering or stabilising projects would be highly advantageous.
• Strong communication, leadership, and organisational skills.

If this role is of interest to you, please respond with your most up to date CV & I’ll give you a call if you look like a good fit.