Associate Director - Workday Finance Lead

The Opportunity:

• KPMG New Zealand is growing its Workday Practice and is looking for an experienced Workday Finance Lead at Senior Manager or Associate Director level to lead complex, business-led finance transformations.
• This is a senior, client-facing role for someone who can combine finance transformation, operating model and Workday expertise-shaping strategic outcomes, leading multidisciplinary teams and connecting the future-state finance vision with an integrated technology solution.
• You will work with clients across Aotearoa New Zealand and the wider region, supported by KPMG’s local consulting team and global Workday network.
• You will have the opportunity to influence our market offering, build capability and contribute to the continued growth of our Workday business.

What You Will Do:

• Lead the end-to-end Workday Finance stream, with module leads reporting directly to you, and set the direction for the integrated Financial Management solution.
• Translate business objectives into scalable Workday designs and lead executive workshops to evaluate options, resolve trade-offs and secure decisions.
• Coordinate functional, data, integration, security, testing, change and deployment dependencies while managing quality, scope, risks, commercials and executive reporting.
• Build KPMG’s Workday Finance capability through team leadership, coaching, recruitment, market development and reusable assets.

What You Will Bring:

• Experience leading an end-to-end Workday Finance stream, including managing module leads, plans, deliverables and cross-stream dependencies.
• Deep expertise across one or more Workday Financial Management areas, with the ability to translate finance, control, reporting and operating model requirements into scalable designs.
• Strong client and delivery leadership, including executive workshops, design governance, quality assurance, risk management and coaching Workday consultants.
• Relevant Workday Financial Management certifications and consulting experience in complex environments are preferred; solutioning and proposal experience is advantageous.