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Associate Director - Workday Finance Lead

KPMG NZ· Consulting – One Digital Consulting /
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Hybrid (Auckland)Permanent Full-TimePosted 4w ago

About the role

Senior client-facing role to lead complex Workday Finance transformations, combining finance transformation, operating model and Workday expertise to shape strategic outcomes and deliver integrated finance solutions across New Zealand and the wider region.

Responsibilities

  • 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.

Qualifications

  • 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.

Skills

Required:Workday Finance leadershipWorkday Financial ManagementExecutive workshop facilitation
Nice to have:Risk management and quality assurance

Benefits

  • Access to the firm's annual incentive scheme
  • Opportunities for local and international secondments
  • Hybrid working across a mix of office, client and home hubs
  • Flexible leave options, including the ability to purchase additional annual leave
  • Gender-neutral support for parental journey with 18 weeks of paid parental leave
  • Paid professional association membership
  • Digital accreditations through Microsoft, LinkedIn Learning
  • A wide-range of special offers and discounts on insurances, banking services, and lifestyle goods and services
  • Inclusion, Diversity and Equity networks (Kiwa, Pride, Ethnicity, Accessibility, Wahine)
  • Green Team activities toward carbon zero by 2030
  • Social club participation and various events
  • Paid volunteering and citizenship activities
  • Health and wellbeing benefits (flu vaccinations, counselling, wellbeing leave, Wellbeing portal)
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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