Advisor, ERP Functional Solution Lead

Job Purpose The ERP Functional Solution Lead will support the Project Director in delivering the overall Finance Transformation objectives through the Workday Core Finance and Adaptive Planning (ERP / EPM) implementation. This role serves as the finance functional design and solutioning lead, ensuring that system design, configuration, and delivery align with business requirements, operating model objectives, and best practices. Acting as a critical bridge across business, IT, and the system integrator (SI), the role will drive solution integrity, challenge design decisions, and ensure the ERP delivers practical, scalable, and value-driven outcomes for Finance. Roles & Responsibilities Finance Solutioning & Transformation Lead • Act as the Finance and Workday Financials SME and solutioning lead across ERP / EPM workstreams, ensuring end-to-end alignment with finance processes (R2R, P2P, O2C, Fixed Assets, etc.) while driving adoption of Workday best practices • Partner with Finance leadership to define future-state processes, operating model, and system design principles, and challenge SI designs to ensure alignment with business objectives and industry standards • Drive fit-for-purpose solutions by balancing standardization, scalability, and business practicality, ensuring operational viability post go-live and supporting business validation through testing of Workday solutions • Drive cross-functional collaboration across Finance, IT and SI to manage dependencies, competing priorities, accelerate decisions, and resolve delivery risks • Facilitate workshops to gather insights, validate design decisions, and drive alignment • Identify risks, resolve issues, and make trade-offs balancing business needs, timelines, and constraints • Support data conversion activities, including mapping and validation of legacy data into Workday • Partner with integration teams to design, configure, and test integrations with third-party and internal systems • Provide the PMO with status reports and keep them apprised of overall project status Masterdata Strategy • Support the design and alignment of key master data structures required for the new ERP system, including Chart of Accounts (CoA), organizational hierarchies, and reporting dimensions. • Work with Finance, IT, and business teams to translate current reporting needs into the target ERP data structure and reporting framework. • Facilitate discussions to review and simplify existing account, cost center, and line‑of‑business structures for the future state. • Support the definition of line of business (LOB) and reporting hierarchies within the ERP system to enable consistent financial and operational reporting across the organization. • Coordinate with data, finance, and system implementation teams to ensure master data structures are properly configured and integrated within the ERP design. • Establish master data governance processes, including ownership, maintenance procedures, and change control for key finance and operational data elements. • Plan for data migration activities, including mapping legacy data structures to the new ERP master data design. • Monitor and escalate data‑related risks that could impact reporting accuracy or system delivery. Implementation Oversight & Delivery Assurance • Lead business-side execution across key ERP lifecycle activities: - Requirements definition and fit-gap analysis - Solution validation and configuration review - Testing (SIT, UAT) and defect resolution - Cutover and deployment readiness • Ensure SI deliverables meet agreed business requirements, design standards, and quality expectations • Validate end-to-end process flows, ensuring integration, controls, and reporting integrity • Drive business readiness, user adoption, and operational handover Qualification • Bachelor’s degree-level or equivalent. • Formal project management methodology qualifications, PMP certification preferred. • Workday Financials Expertise Requirements • At least 5 years implementing Financial, and/or Expense Management ERP solutions (Workday preferred) as either a consultant or customer • Previous consulting experience with a consulting/software company • Functional expertise in at least one of the following areas: General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Billing, Procurement, Asset Management, Projects, Expense Management, Financial Reporting, or Budgeting • Self-motivated, organized, forward-thinking, resulted orientated and able to manage priorities effectively. • Ability to manage multiple complex cross-functional programs at once, work to tight deadlines. • Strong communications and interpersonal skills in a multicultural environment with a good command of spoken and written English to influence and motivate. • Cross functional relationship building is paramount as the role must be able to work with and influence both internal and external individuals not directly under their control. • Vocal and confident to voice constructive challenges to business assumptions. • Strong analytical skills, meticulous, innovative and resourceful to resolve issues. • Good business acumen with the ability to synthesize complex data from different sources into meaningful insights and actionable information to stakeholders. • Demonstrate proficiency in the use and application of project management technology tools and continually seek opportunities to develop your skillset. • Proficient in project management tools and Microsoft office (Teams, Excel, Word, Powerpoint). Key Results Area • Deliver a fit-for-purpose ERP/EPM solution aligned to end-to-end finance processes, ensuring strong adoption, operational viability, and minimal post go-live rework • Ensure high-quality solution design and delivery by effectively challenging SI outputs, maintaining strong governance, and achieving implementation milestones within scope, timeline, and quality expectations • Drive business value realization through standardized processes, robust master data, and adoption of best practices, enabling improved financial controls, reporting, and decision support *This is a contract role till Sep 2027*