Workday Finance Consulting Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Perform ERP readiness assessments, create strategic roadmaps, and provide guidance to clients on ERP-related choices.

• Work alongside client leaders and practitioners to articulate vision, assess options, and ensure technology investments align with mission objectives.

• Lead daily meetings, workshops, interviews, and executive briefings to highlight priorities, facilitate program execution, and foster consensus.

• Manage relationships with clients, system implementation partners, independent contractors, and other external parties.

• Contextualize Workday challenges and decisions using relevant experience, product knowledge, and practical solutions.

• Oversee the complete product lifecycle for Workday Finance solutions, including defining roadmaps, prioritizing backlogs, and ensuring delivery across configuration, integration, reporting, and technical teams.

• Assist clients with biannual Workday releases and regular system enhancements.

• Promote platform stability and continuous enhancement across Finance business processes.

• Collaborate with program management, change management, training, HR, and IT workstreams on intricate Workday projects.

• Contribute to methodology development, proposal writing, business development, thought leadership, and internal capability enhancement.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of hands-on configuration experience in various Workday Finance modules as either a Workday customer or systems implementor.

• More than 3 years of product ownership experience across multiple Workday Finance modules as a Workday customer or consultant.

• Proven experience in defining and managing agile release management processes, including backlog management, roadmap definition, prioritization, sprint planning, and change control.

• Demonstrated expertise in Workday Finance solutions and the broader Workday ecosystem.

• Workday customer or implementor certification in one or more Finance modules.

• Strong functional knowledge of Finance business processes, common challenges within Workday solutions, and industry best practices.

• Excellent analytical and communication skills, with the capacity to distill complex information into clear recommendations.

• Ability to independently and collaboratively lead client engagements.

• A Bachelor's degree is required.

• Proven ability to establish trusted advisor relationships with clients.

• Experience in supporting sales and business development efforts.

• Willingness to travel occasionally based on business and client requirements.

• Prior management or technology consulting experience at a recognized professional services firm is preferred.

• Experience in Finance business process analysis and ERP transformation is preferred.

• Background in working with higher education, nonprofit, and state and local government sectors is preferred.

• Experience in supporting proposal writing and sourcing new business is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive health, dental, and vision insurance.

• HSA and FSA accounts.

• Life and disability insurance coverage.

• Fertility and family planning assistance.

• Employee assistance programs and discount initiatives.

• 11 paid federal holidays.

• Flexible unlimited time off (UTO).

• Generous 401(k) matching with immediate vesting.

• Diverse career paths with opportunities for advancement, mobility, and flexibility.

• Flexible work environment.

• Opportunities for career growth.

• An inclusive and healthy workplace culture.