Workday Adaptive Planning consultant

PwC; Hyderabad, Pune District, Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC is seeking a Workday Adaptive Planning Consultant to work across multiple locations in India (Bang, Hyd, Chennai, Pune, Gurugram) in a hybrid model. The role requires 4–10 years of experience and Workday Certified credentials.

The candidate will lead implementations, manage stakeholder relationships, and drive process improvements using Workday Adaptive Planning. The position involves overseeing budgets and forecasts, coordinating with functional teams, and delivering training to users while

Qualifications

• Workday Adaptive Planning/Adaptive Insights certification required.
• 4–10 years of relevant Workday/EPM experience.
• Experience in planning, budgeting, forecasting and reporting in functional roles.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a support ticketing queue with multiple open items and strong communication.
• Lead client status meetings and extract relevant metrics.
• Manage client relationships and ensure clear communication.
• Provide functional and/or technical subject matter expertise.
• Direct process redesign efforts and drive adoption.

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Workday knowledge

Analytical thinking

Education

Workday Certified (Mandatory)

Workday Adaptive Planning/Adaptive Insights certification

Tools

Workday Adaptive Planning

Excel

Job description

• Role: Workday Adaptive planning Consultant
• Exp: 4 to 10 years
• Locations: Bang/Hyd/Chennai/Pune/Gurugram
• Mode of work: Hybrid
• Certifications: Workday Certified (Mandatory)

Responsibilities:

• Proficient in overseeing a support ticketing queue with multiple open items, demonstrating strong written and oral communication skills;
• Capable of leading client status meetings and extracting relevant metrics;
• Handles client relationships, confirming effective communication;
• Offers functional and/or technical subject matter expertise;
• Directs process redesign efforts;
• Leads technical and test teams for the implementation of functionality;
• Provides recommendations to change activities to confirm business adoption and provides effective user training;
• Manages the complete project lifecycle to confirm timely project delivery;
• Meets with stakeholders throughout the organization to confirm a comprehensive set of requirements, aligned to business objectives, gaining a complete understanding of current and future state business processes;
• Provides in-depth knowledge of the Workday application and evaluates the customers processes against the standard Workday functionality;
• Demonstrates experience in use of Workday in a support/AMS environment;
• Documents the business requirements which express what actions a solution should take and what outcome is expected;
• Is responsible for fixes and enhancements to the application to achieve the customer’s business requirements;
• Has industry experience and understands challenges and risks when providing professional services and supporting vertical applications and localizations;
• Demonstrated ability to:
• Analyze and understand business problems;
• Model data and processes;
• Conduct workshops and training sessions;
• Plan and carry out system and user acceptance testing
• Familiar with and experienced in:
• Core application functionality;
• Implementation Methodology;
• Application technology stack;
• ITIL process knowledge/understanding is highly preferred;
• Active Workday Adaptive Planning/Adaptive Insights certification;
• 2+ years of experience and working knowledge with Planning Budgeting Forecasting and Management Reporting in functional roles;
• Experience in multiple full lifecycle EPM projects with deep understanding and expertise in designing and implementing complex models like:
• Financial Planning, e.g., Revenue Planning, Expense Planning, Projects Planning, Capital Planning, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Planning;
• Workforce Planning, e.g., Headcount/FTE and Compensation Planning, Resource Supply and Demand Planning;
• Operational Planning, e.g., Sales Planning;
• Ability to work on multiple projects;
• Subject Matter Expertise on Budgeting Planning and Forecasting while identifying opportunities for automation and process improvements;
• Ability to work with the client and drive design sessions and help customers resolve issues requiring in depth expertise;
• Ability to help customers resolve functional issues requiring in depth expertise in the Adaptive solution;
• Experience in creating reports utilizing advanced Excel skills and dashboards;
• Analyze Workday release updates to understand impacts of feature changes, in relation to clients existing configuration;
• Good to have Workday Finance/HCM/Integration certification; and;,
• Functional experience and knowledge of Workday Finance/Accounting, reporting/consolidation is an advantage.