Now that I have finished my work, I can finally have my lunch.
Can -ed be used in the same sentence as ’now’?
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The verb you picked out, "have finished", is in the present perfect tense (have + past participle).
We can use the present perfect with "now" to indicate the current status of a process begun in the past.
I've done my homework now
The current status of my homework is done. Some time before now, the homework was done.
In your sentence, the current status of work (the status of work right now) is finished, so now the speaker is free to have lunch (which explains why now is of interest).