Reports to Finance Change Director We are seeking an experienced Data Specialist to execute the data migration activity within Workday Financials as part of a full-platform Workday implementation The Data Specialist will work closely with the finance teams, functional teams, technical teams, and third-party vendors to ensure seamless data migration, governance, and transformation across the project. This role requires in-depth knowledge of Workday’s data model, tools and templates as well as a strong understanding of Finance business processes. Key Responsibilities: Contribute to the data migration strategy for the Workday Finance deployment. Execute data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) activities for multiple migration cycles for all Workday functional areas in scope, including Financial Account, Budgets, Projects, Project Billing, Customers, Suppliers, Assets Define and execute data governance processes to ensure data quality, accuracy, and integrity throughout the project lifecycle. Collaborate with Finance stakeholders to gather data requirements, ensuring alignment with business processes and system capabilities. Coordinate data validation and reconciliation efforts with the relevant project subject matter experts, ensuring discrepancies are resolved before go-live. Work with third-party vendors and internal teams to integrate data from other systems (e.g., payroll, benefits, financial reporting) into Workday. Contribute to regular programme updates on the status of data-related activities, including data readiness, migration progress, and issue resolution. Participate and lead the Workday Finance data migration workstream recurring meetings to report ensure alignment to the plan and deliverable Ensure data privacy and compliance with regulatory requirements (e.g., GDPR, SOX). Support post-go-live data maintenance, optimization, and troubleshooting efforts. Skills, Experience, Qualifications: 5 years of experience in data management, with a strong focus on ERP implementations, preferably Workday. Hands-on experience with Workday Finance functional areas, including data workbooks and Enterprise Integration Builder (EIB) Strong knowledge of SQL, ETL tools, or similar as well as data migration methodologies. Experience with data governance and data quality frameworks. Proven ability to collaborate with project delivery teams through complex ERP implementations. Excellent stakeholder management skills and experience collaborating with cross-functional teams. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and project management abilities. Familiarity with compliance and data security regulations (GDPR, SOX, etc.). Preferred Qualifications: Workday certification in various Financial Functional Areas, inclusive of Data Migration Experience in large-scale data transformation projects. Knowledge of other ERP systems and their data architecture (e.g., SAP, Oracle). Key Competencies: Collaboration - Ability to work productively in a programme team across Finance, IT and the transformation office Project Management - Ability to manage and report on multiple data deliverables. Communication - Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to explain complex data concepts to non-technical stakeholders. Attention to Detail - High degree of accuracy and attention to detail in all aspects of work. Problem-Solving - Adept at identifying and resolving data issues and risks.