Lucas Kennedy

Lucas Kennedy Global SaaS Recruitment Partners specialising in providing contract and permanent resources to the W

Specialist in delivering Workday and SuccessFactors resource solutions. Clients: We have assisted countless organisations to successfully deliver their Workday programmes and can provide advice, independent reference sites, assistance with rate/salary benchmarking along with delivering the best resources in the market to match your requirements. Candidates: We were instrumental in placing the fir

st wave of Workday candidates in the UK and Europe dating back to the time when there were very little skilled Workday resources and have since placed hundreds of Workday skilled, contractors.

Welcome Giovanni Marineo to the Integrations Team.  We are delighted to officially welcome Giovanni Marineo as a full-ti...
11/02/2026

Welcome Giovanni Marineo to the Integrations Team.

We are delighted to officially welcome Giovanni Marineo as a full-time member of our Integrations team.

Giovanni joined us in February 2025 as a Workday Integrations Intern, and over the past year has built an impressive technical foundation and gained valuable hands-on experience across the Workday integration landscape.

A key part of Giovanniโ€™s development has been the mentorship of our very own Tech Guru, Dan Archibald, who has generously imparted his deep knowledge, wisdom, and years of real-world integration expertise throughout Giovanniโ€™s journey. Dan is known for his exceptionally high standards and attention to detail, and Giovanni has risen to the challenge, absorbing best practices, sharpening his skills, and consistently delivering strong results under Danโ€™s guidance.

Following the successful completion of his internship in January 2026, which he finished with flying colours, Giovanni has now stepped into a permanent position as a Workday Integration Consultant, becoming an official member of our Integrations team. He will continue his development under the guidance and mentorship of Dan Archibald within Danโ€™s team, further building on the strong foundations established during his internship.

We are excited to see Giovanni continue to grow in this next chapter, bringing his energy, capability, and dedication to our ongoing and future integration projects.

Please join us in congratulating Giovanni on this well-deserved step forward and welcoming him into the team permanently.

๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—›๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ (๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ๐˜€)What we see in practice is that te...
27/01/2026

๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—›๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ (๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ๐˜€)

What we see in practice is that teams often struggle with workforce and budget planning when using disconnected spreadsheets. Plans go out of date quickly, reforecasting is slow, and cross-team collaboration becomes cumbersome. This is where Workday Adaptive Planning makes a real difference.

๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป:
โ€ข Align workforce plans and budgets in one secure environment
โ€ข Forecast labour costs accurately, with real-time inputs
โ€ข Adjust quickly to changing market or hiring conditions
โ€ข Move from static plans to rolling forecasts for better visibility
โ€ข Build confidence into every workforce decision
โ€ข Ensure sensitive data is secure and accessible only to the right people

Our approach is practical, embedded, and focused on outcomes. We work alongside teams to make sure planning is connected, efficient, and actionable.

If your organisation wants to take control of workforce planning and make confident, data-driven decisions, contact us today.

[email protected]
www.lucaskennedy.co.uk

Great to welcome Rebecca Moloney, our new Director of   Customer Success & Services, to the office this week.Two days of...
23/01/2026

Great to welcome Rebecca Moloney, our new Director of Customer Success & Services, to the office this week.
Two days of great conversations and connecting with some of the team, followed by a team meal to round out the visit.
Exciting times ahead as we continue to build and grow together.

Welcome to Lucas Kennedy: Rebecca Moloney ๐Ÿ‘We are delighted to welcome Rebecca Moloney to Lucas Kennedy as Director, Wor...
16/01/2026

Welcome to Lucas Kennedy: Rebecca Moloney ๐Ÿ‘

We are delighted to welcome Rebecca Moloney to Lucas Kennedy as Director, Workday Customer Success and Services, joining us directly from Workday.

This appointment marks an important step forward for our Advisory and AMS capability as we continue to strengthen how we support and protect our clientsโ€™ Workday investment.
Rebecca brings deep experience from within the Workday ecosystem, having worked closely with organisations to support successful delivery, adoption, and ongoing optimisation of their Workday platforms.

Her background spans customer success, service delivery, governance, and operating model design, helping customers maximise value from their Workday investment well beyond go live.

In her new role, Rebecca will lead our Workday Advisory and AMS services, ensuring clients have stable, well governed, and continuously improving Workday environments. She will focus on building service models that are proactive, transparent, and aligned to long term business outcomes, helping organisations get more from their Workday investment over time.

Rebecca will also play a key role in strengthening our customer success framework and how we partner with clients, bringing greater structure, insight, and consistency to the way we support their Workday platforms.

We are thrilled to welcome Rebecca to the Lucas Kennedy leadership team and look forward to the impact she will make across our Customer Success, Advisory, and AMS practice.

Welcome to the team, Rebecca!

Weโ€™re hosting live demos at Workday Rising EMEA Barcelona, showing how finance and HR teams are transforming planning, f...
17/11/2025

Weโ€™re hosting live demos at Workday Rising EMEA Barcelona, showing how finance and HR teams are transforming planning, forecasting, and collaboration.

Hosted by:
Daniel Price โ€” Partner, Adaptive Planning
Teresa Gordon de Oriol โ€” Senior Manager - Adaptive Planning
Mia Wilson โ€” Adaptive Planning

๐Ÿ—“ Wednesday & Thursday
โฐ 10:00โ€“10:40 | 12:00โ€“14:00 | 15:30โ€“16:00
๐Ÿ“ Booth 419 | Fira Gran Via Nord

Stop by, learn something new, and see whatโ€™s possible with Adaptive.

Who doesnโ€™t love a little friendly competition? Weโ€™re bringing The Buzz Wire Challenge to Workday Rising Barcelona and t...
11/11/2025

Who doesnโ€™t love a little friendly competition?

Weโ€™re bringing The Buzz Wire Challenge to Workday Rising Barcelona and trust us, itโ€™s not as easy as it looks! ๐Ÿ‘€

Test your steady hand, beat the buzzer, and you could walk away with our mystery prize giveaway! ๐ŸŽ‰

Stop by Booth #419 to play, meet the Lucas Kennedy team, and chat all things Advisory, AMS to Staffing.

Ready to take on the challenge? Weโ€™ll see you at Workday Rising Barcelona!

๐Ÿ“Barcelona

Weโ€™re heading to Barcelona for Workday Rising 2025 and our team canโ€™t wait to meet you! ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธโ˜€๏ธFrom Advisory, AMS to Staffi...
07/11/2025

Weโ€™re heading to Barcelona for Workday Rising 2025 and our team canโ€™t wait to meet you! ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธโ˜€๏ธ

From Advisory, AMS to Staffing, our team will be at Booth #419, ready to chat, share insights, and talk all things Workday.

If youโ€™re attending, come say hi. Weโ€™d love to connect, collaborate, and maybe even challenge you to our Buzz Wire Game (if youโ€™re up for it ๐Ÿ˜‰).

Streamlining Workday projects.Running a Workday project? Ensure success by working with the right expertise.Our Workday ...
31/10/2025

Streamlining Workday projects.

Running a Workday project? Ensure success by working with the right expertise.

Our Workday staffing specialists are here to support your goals from start to finish.

๐Ÿ“ง Contact us at [email protected] or visit ๐ŸŒ www.lucaskennedy.co.uk to find out how we can help!

Still using Excel for workforce planning? It may be costing you more than you think.Weโ€™re working with finance and HR te...
27/10/2025

Still using Excel for workforce planning? It may be costing you more than you think.

Weโ€™re working with finance and HR teams facing the same issues: outdated plans, disconnected data, and time lost trying to keep spreadsheets aligned.

This post highlights 6 signs it might be time to move on and what better could look like.

Workday Adaptive Planning provides the tools.
Our Adaptive Planning Practice helps make it work for your business.

See how weโ€™re helping teams plan with more speed, accuracy, and visibility. Book your free demo.
[email protected]
www.lucaskennedy.co.uk


When a Workday programme doesnโ€™t deliver as expected, itโ€™s usually not the platform thatโ€™s the issue. Nine times out of ...
24/10/2025

When a Workday programme doesnโ€™t deliver as expected, itโ€™s usually not the platform thatโ€™s the issue. Nine times out of ten, itโ€™s the integrations that have gone wrong.

These are the parts that connect Workday to payroll, finance, HR systems, and more. Integration is often left too late, it becomes a checklist item when it should have been a core part of the plan from day one.

Here are the top five reasons Workday integrations fail, and a few thoughts on how we help clients avoid those problems.

If youโ€™re just getting started on a Workday programme, or things already feel a bit off, it might be time to look at how integrations are being handled. Letโ€™s have a chat!
๐Ÿ“ง [email protected]
๐ŸŒ www.lucaskennedy.co.uk
๐Ÿ“ฑ 0208 658 5525

Weโ€™re thrilled to welcome Teresa Gordon Oriol to Lucas Kennedy!Teresa joins us as a Senior Manager in our Adaptive Plann...
17/10/2025

Weโ€™re thrilled to welcome Teresa Gordon Oriol to Lucas Kennedy!

Teresa joins us as a Senior Manager in our Adaptive Planning team, bringing over nine years of experience in finance, analytics, and ERP transformation across global organisations.

Before joining Lucas Kennedy, Teresa led global finance and analytics operations at Designit, where she spearheaded the rollout of Workday Adaptive Planning across 12 entities and integrated it seamlessly with Workday Financials, HCM and Salesforce.

Her leadership in designing and optimizing forecasting models for P&L, project profitability, and workforce planning delivered a 70% improvement in forecasting accuracy and significantly enhanced financial efficiency across the business.

Teresaโ€™s career spans roles in global controllership, financial modelling, and ERP implementation, including Workday Financials, Adaptive Planning, SAP, and Microsoft Dynamics. Sheโ€™s known for her expertise in process automation, data-driven decision-making, and cross-functional collaboration, helping organizations elevate their planning and performance through technology.

Teresa will play a key role in guiding our clients through transformative Adaptive Planning projects, from model design to implementation strategy, empowering finance teams to make smarter, faster decisions.

Please join us in welcoming Teresa to the Lucas Kennedy family! ๐Ÿ‘

Ready for three days of bright moments and bold ideas with our brilliant community? Join us at   in Barcelona on 18โ€“20 N...
03/10/2025

Ready for three days of bright moments and bold ideas with our brilliant community? Join us at in Barcelona on 18โ€“20 November, as we illuminate the path forward through innovation and collaboration. See you there.

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