Workday Financials Project Manager | Madrid | 12-Month FTC

Location: Madrid (minimum 3 days per week onsite)

Contract: 12-Month Fixed-Term Contract

Languages: Fluent Spanish and English

We are supporting a major organisation seeking an experienced Workday Financials Project Manager to lead the next phase of a large-scale finance transformation programme.

This role will focus on Workday Financials optimisation, localisation, change management, and complex integrations with external and enterprise systems. We are looking for a hands-on delivery leader who can manage challenging stakeholder groups, drive accountability, build consensus, and ensure successful delivery across multiple business and technology workstreams.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead Workday Financials optimisation, enhancement, and integration initiatives
- Drive stakeholder alignment across Finance, Technology, Operations, HR, and external partners
- Manage programme governance, planning, risks, dependencies, and delivery milestones
- Lead change management, business readiness, and user adoption activities
- Coordinate internal teams, vendors, and implementation partners
- Provide regular updates to senior leadership and steering committees

Required Experience





- Proven localisation delivery experience with Workday Financials programmes or projects in Spain and wider European countries
- Strong background in finance transformation and post-implementation optimisation
- Experience delivering complex integrations between Workday and external systems
- Excellent project and programme management skills
- Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills, with experience navigating complex environments
- Strong change management and business adoption experience
- Experience within financial services, insurance, banking, or other regulated sectors
- Fluent Spanish and English.

Adecuado Candidate

- Hands-on project leader with a track record of delivering complex transformation programmes.
- Strong communicator who can bring stakeholders onside and drive decisions.
- Comfortable operating in fast-paced, politically complex environments.
- Able to challenge constructively and hold teams accountable for delivery.

If you're based in Madrid and have proven experience of delivering Finance Transformation and ERP projects in a project management capacity, please apply now. Fluent Spanish and English skills are essential.

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