Adaptive Planning Consultant - Workday Success Plans

Workday; India; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Workday is seeking a passionate expert for the Workday Success Plans team in India. You will partner with customers to solve business problems using Workday, providing guidance, demos, and hands-on configuration support.

You will leverage expertise in Workday Financials, Adaptive Planning, and data integration to drive adoption and success across client environments. The role emphasizes strong communication, problem solving, and the ability to translate complex Workday capabilities into customer

Qualifications

• Expertise in Workday Financials and Adaptive Planning.
• Strong knowledge of Workday Security and business processes.
• Experience with HR concepts like Supervisory Organizations and Headcount forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research to understand customer questions and Workday concepts.
• Deliver small-scope consulting, provide configuration guidance and demos.
• Troubleshoot product configuration to meet business requirements.
• Communicate responses clearly and demonstrate Workday value to customers.
• Create and deliver customer presentations on Workday features.
• Provide one-on-one consulting to accelerate feature adoption.
• Review customer tenants to identify adoption opportunities.

Skills

Workforce Planning

Workday Security

HR Concepts

Headcount Forecasting

Headcount Modeling

Financial Planning

Data Analysis

Dashboard Reporting

Workday Adaptive Planning

Workday HCM

Data Integration

Analytics

Tools

Workday Adaptive Planning

Workday HCM

Data Integration

Dashboards

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.

About the Team

The Workday Success Plans Delivery Team at Workday plays a crucial role in ensuring customers maximise the value they get from their Workday products. We focus on our customers' post go-live journey, assuring long-term success. We deliver a variety of programs and services ranging from feature assessments to full feature deployments to support their growing and changing business needs within Workday. At Workday, we help the world's largest organisations 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 prioritise giving back to our communities, demonstrating a commitment to corporate social responsibility. Our dedication to customer success, coupled with a vibrant and inclusive company culture, sets a strong foundation for continued growth and success at Workday.

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 Ten