Strategic Leadership for Complex Transformations
Specialist freelance Programme and Project Management contractor, dedicated to orchestrating end-to-end Workday implementations that drive organizational growth.
Direct Partnership. No Overhead.
Discover the advantage of a senior freelance consultant who integrates directly into your business to drive enterprise-grade results.
Experienced Leadership, Focused Execution
Creative Consult Ltd is led exclusively by Managing Director Marty McCaig. Operating as an elite independent contractor, I provide your steering committees and delivery teams with direct access to senior governance, risk mitigation strategies, and system-level delivery skills.
By bypassing traditional consulting firm layers, Creative Consult Ltd ensures absolute accountability, unparalleled speed of response, and dedicated focus. I align vendor resources, client stakeholders, and systems architects to achieve seamless program completion.
End-to-End Governance
Comprehensive management of budget, vendor resources, risks, and client readiness.
Workday Specialists
In-depth understanding of HCM, Financials, tenant configuration cycles, and testing phases.
Freelance Flexibility
Rapid onboarding, highly adaptive scope integration, and immediate alignment to business goals.
Core Consulting Specialisms
Providing structured, expert direction across three primary pillars to ensure programmatic success and technical adoption.
Workday Implementations
Leading massive Workday transformations from readiness prep to post go-live optimization. Experienced in navigating complex HR & Finance system migrations, integrations, and configuration.
- HCM & Finance Rollouts
- Tenant Strategy & Data Migration
- Integration Lifecycle Management
- Post Go-Live Optimization
Programme & Project Management
Utilizing best-in-class methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid) to drive delivery compliance, transparent reporting, and aggressive risk management across large organizational changes.
- Scope and Budget Control
- Risk and Issue Mitigation
- Vendor & SI Performance Auditing
- Stakeholder & Executive Steering
Strategic Advisory
Providing independent readiness assessments, pre-project healthchecks, and vendor selection advice to safeguard client investments before and during system selection.
- Implementation Readiness Audits
- Business Case Planning & ROI
- System Integrator (SI) RFP Selection
- Executive Coaching & Advisory
The Workday Implementation Lifecycle
A structured, battle-tested framework for managing risk and guaranteeing quality delivery at every milestone of your Workday deployment.
Initiate & Align
Establishing the foundation, governance framework, and organizational structures required to support a complex multi-quarter Workday journey.
Project Charter & Governance
Defining clear roles, responsibilities, escalations, and steering committee cadences.
System Integrator (SI) Alignment
Aligning statement of work (SOW) expectations with real project delivery scopes.
Readiness Assessment
Reviewing existing data formats, legacy system models, and global process variations.
Architect & Design
Translating business needs into functional Workday design architectures, process flows, and comprehensive integration mapping.
Global Design Workshops
Facilitating alignment across global HR, Finance, and IT stakeholders on future state models.
Integration Blueprinting
Defining specifications for downstream payrolls, benefits, identity providers, and data lakes.
Tenant Prototype Plan
Structuring configuration parameters for the initial prototype build phase.
Configure & Build
Constructing tenant configurations, implementing custom business processes, and coding complex system-to-system integrations.
Tenant Builds (P1/P2)
Iterative configuration of HR policies, compensation plans, and financial ledgers.
Integration Coding
Coding and testing of Workday Studio, Core Connectors, and Custom EIB integrations.
Data Extraction & Loading
Coordinating complex legacy extractions, transform rules, and loading via Workday iLoads.
Test & Validate
Rigorous system, end-to-end, and user acceptance testing paired with complete data and financial reconciliation audits.
System Integration Testing (SIT)
End-to-end functional validation of business processes integrated with external tools.
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Coordinating business users across operations to run comprehensive, day-in-the-life test plans.
Parallel Payroll Runs
Strict financial audit cycles comparing legacy system payroll outputs directly with Workday results.
Deploy & Hypercare
Executing cutover plans, launching the system, supporting business adoption, and transitioning operational management.
Cutover Orchestration
Executing precise hour-by-hour step sequences to load golden data and freeze legacy tools.
Hypercare Support Model
Establishing triage rooms, system administrators, and issue tracking models for early post-go-live.
Operational Handover
Transitioning support governance from project delivery to business-as-usual (BAU) teams.
Discuss Your Next Programme
Available for select senior freelance contracts and Workday implementation health checks in the UK and internationally. Let's start the conversation.
Creative Consult Ltd
UK Registered Limited Company
Creative Consult Ltd is registered in England & Wales. Fully insured for professional indemnity, public liability, and IR35 compliant delivery models.