Workforce Planning – Engineering Lead

Overview

In this role, you will lead Workday Adaptive Planning initiatives to transform our financial planning capabilities. You’ll guide global processes, influence cross‑functional teams, and drive data‑driven insights that support strategic decisions. You will shape adaptive planning solutions at scale and stay abreast of industry practices. This is an opportunity to contribute to a culture of innovation and continuous improvement while delivering tangible business value.

Pay / Benefits

• healthcare
• retirement planning
• paid volunteering days
• wellbeing initiatives

Responsibilities

• Own and prioritise requirements for Adaptive Planning configuration
• Collaborate with internal teams and stakeholders to document detailed requirements for system enhancements
• Design solutions and build configuration to meet functional needs
• Drive change and continuous improvement through influencing skills
• Analyse release impacts and implement necessary system updates
• Plan, test, and implement configuration changes and enhancements
• Partner with test, enablement, change, and operations teams for smooth delivery
• Act as trusted advisor to Finance, People, and Corporate teams
• Stay informed on industry trends and best practices in workforce planning tooling and financial planning technologies

Key requirements

• 5-7 years deploying or supporting Workday Adaptive Planning
• Workday certification in Adaptive Planning
• Strong understanding of finance processes and analytics
• Experience designing and building complex workforce planning models
• Ability to communicate business value through presentations and demos
• High judgment, negotiation, and influencing capabilities
• Ability to bridge technical and non-technical teams
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Experience in business analysis techniques and full project lifecycle engagement
• Strong project management and prioritisation skills

• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration
• Influencing and negotiating capabilities
• Workday Adaptive Planning
• Workday Core HCM and/or Finance Modules
• Complex workforce planning models

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