Workday Adaptive & Finance Lead
Here at Focus Cloud, we are working with a Toronto-based organization embarking on a major finance transformation programme centred around the implementation of Workday Financials and Workday Adaptive Planning. They are looking for a hands-on Workday Adaptive & Finance Lead to act as a trusted advisor to the business, providing independent oversight of the implementation while partnering with Finance, Technology, and delivery teams to ensure successful outcomes. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who combines strong Finance process knowledge with deep Workday implementation experie…
- Hybrid
- ONTARIO
- Posted Jul 28, 2026
- Apply by Aug 27, 2026
- 1 position
Job summary
Here at Focus Cloud, we are working with a Toronto-based organization embarking on a major finance transformation programme centred around the implementation of Workday Financials and Workday Adaptive Planning. They are looking for a hands-on Workday Adaptive & Finance Lead to act as a trusted advisor to the business, providing independent oversight of the implementation while partnering with Finance, Technology, and delivery teams to ensure successful outcomes. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who combines strong Finance process knowledge with deep Workday implementation experience and enjoys being a key voice in solution quality, testing, and programme governance. What You'll Be Doing Act as the business lead and SME for Workday Financials and Adaptive Planning Support finance transformation initiatives across budgeting, forecasting, planning, reporting, GL, and finance operations Work closely with implementation partners and internal stakeholders to review solutions and delivery progress Champion a "test early, test often" approach throughout the programme lifecycle Review defects, challenge assumptions, and help drive effective resolution of issues Provide independent advice and recommendations to business stakeholders Support business readiness, adoption, and go-live activities What We're Looking For Proven experience delivering Workday Financials implementations Strong experience with Workday Adaptive Planning Background in FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, General Ledger, and finance operations Experience working on large-scale finance transformation programmes Strong testing, QA, UAT, or test governance experience Ability to challenge delivery partners and provide objective recommendations Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills Additional Information Hybrid role based in Toronto (2-3 days onsite) Initial engagement expected to run for approximately 20-24 months Adaptive Planning go-live targeted for March 2027 Workday Financials go-live targeted for May 2028 Immediate interviews available Interested? Apply now!
What you’ll do
Act as the business lead and SME for Workday Financials and Adaptive Planning to oversee a major finance transformation. Partner with internal stakeholders and delivery teams to ensure solution quality, manage testing, and drive business readiness.
Requirements
Proven experience delivering Workday Financials and Adaptive Planning implementations within large-scale finance transformation programmes. Requires a strong background in FP&A and finance operations combined with expertise in test governance and stakeholder management.
Other relevant skills
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- Workday Financials
- Workday Adaptive Planning
- Finance Transformation
- FP&A
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- General Ledger
- Finance Operations
- UAT
- Test Governance
- Stakeholder Management
- Programme Governance
- Quality Assurance
- Business Readiness
- Solution Review
- Advisory
Additional details
- Minimum experience
- 10+ years
- Apply by
- Aug 27, 2026