Sr Functional Consultant - Workday Success Plans Adaptive Planning

Workday; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Workday in London is seeking a pragmatic Workday Success Plans Consultant to help customers maximize value from Workday applications after go‑live. You’ll deliver micro‑consulting, guidance on configuration, and product demonstrations to accelerate adoption.

Bring expertise in Workday Security, HR concepts, and Adaptive Planning to build reports, dashboards, and data integrations while partnering with customers on adoption programs and roadmaps.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of Workday Security and Business Processes.
• Experience with HR concepts such as Supervisory Organizations, Position Changes, Headcount Forecasting.
• Experience in headcount modeling and analysis.
• Implementation experience with Workday Adaptive Planning.
• Ability to develop complex reports and dashboards using Adaptive Planning.
• Experience with data integration between Workday Adaptive Planning and Workday HCM and/or other HCM systems.

Responsibilities

• Conducting research to understand customer questions and related Workday concepts.
• Delivering small scope consulting in response to customer requests; providing configuration guidance, demonstrations, considerations, tips & tricks.
• Troubleshooting product configuration to resolve or provide optimal product configuration to meet customer business requirements.
• Clearly and effectively communicating responses and value to customers.
• Creating and delivering customer presentations on how to use Workday features to achieve business goals (Accelerator Webinars).
• Providing one-on-one consulting guidance to accelerate customer feature adoption (Feature Accelerator).
• Reviewing customer tenants to identify adoption opportunities (Feature Adoption Tenant Reviews).
• Completing and maintaining product expertise and Workday Certification(s) along with familiarity with Workday roadmap.
• Keeping up to date with industry practices and the ability to engage with our customers on those topics.
• Helping drive the creation of new programs to drive customer feature adoption

Skills

Workday Security

Headcount Forecasting

Headcount Modeling

Troubleshooting

Presentation skills

Communication

Tools

Workday Adaptive Planning

BI/Reporting tools

Data integration

Job description

Your work days are brighter here. We’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too.

Your work days are brighter here. We’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too.

About The Team

The Workday Success Plans Team are all about our customers and their post Go‑Live journey – we create programs to help them drive business value from their Workday applications. The team is responsible for delivering a variety of programs and services to our customers ranging from feature demonstrations to full feature deployments.

At Workday, we help the world’s largest organizations adapt to what’s next by bringing finance, HR, and planning into a single enterprise cloud. We work hard, and we’re serious about what we do. But we like to have fun, too! We put people first, celebrate diversity, drive innovation, and do good in the communities where we live and work.

About The Role

Would you enjoy learning new things in a fast paced environment? Do you have an appetite for variety and challenging business problems to solve? Are you a great communicator who can clearly articulate and demonstrate the value of Workday solutions to our customers?

The Workday Success Plans team works directly with customers through targeted micro‑consulting engagements to help solve their business needs using the Workday application. Responsible for acting as a trusted Workday advisor, you will have the opportunity to assist customers with how‑to questions, troubleshoot and guide customers through configuration, and provide feature demonstrations. As a Workday expert, customers will benefit from your knowledge as you share your experience, identify key considerations, and highlight standard methodologies.

Our team of professionals have a broad and deep understanding of Workday Financials & Adaptive Planning. In this position we are looking for expertise in the following:

Workforce Planning Expertise

• Strong understanding of Workday Security and Business Processes
• Experience with HR Concepts such as Supervisory Organizations, Position Changes, Headcount Forecasting
• Experience in headcount modeling and analysis

Workday Financial Planning Expertise

• Implementation experience with Workday Adaptive Planning
• Proficiency in creating and managing financial models within the platform.
• Ability to develop complex reports and dashboards using Adaptive Planning

Data Management and Integration

• Experience with data integration between Workday Adaptive Planning and Workday HCM and/or other HCM systems.
• Proficiency in managing data imports, exports, and data validation.

If you are passionate about the value technology can bring to an organization, love learning and want to work directly with some of the greatest companies on the planet, bring your energy and teamwork to the Workday Success Plans team!

Primary responsibilities of this role include delivering various services to Workday Success Plans customers. To be successful, this requires:

• Conducting research to ensure understanding of customer questions and related Workday concepts.
• Delivering small scope consulting in response to customer requests; providing configuration guidance, demonstrations, considerations, tips & tricks.
• Troubleshooting product configuration to resolve or provide optimal product configuration to meet customer business requirements.
• Clearly and effectively communicating responses and value to customers.
• Creating and delivering customer presentations on how to use Workday features to achieve business goals (Accelerator Webinars).
• Providing one‑on‑one consulting guidance to accelerate customer feature adoption (Feature Accelerator).
• Reviewing customer tenants to identify adoption opportunities (Feature Adoption Tenant Reviews).
• Completing and maintaining product expertise and Workday Certification(s) along with familiarity with Workday roadmap.
• Keeping up to date with industry practices and the ability to engage with our customers on those topics.
• Helping drive the creation of new programs to drive customer feature adoption

In addition to delivering Workday Success