Associate Manager - Workday Financials

Kognitiv Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

Kognitiv Inc. is redefining what it means to be a Workday partner, delivering scalable Workday Finance solutions for a global client base.

The Associate Workday Financials Manager role blends client management with consulting, overseeing a portfolio of Finance projects and ensuring delivery excellence across multiple clients. You will scope, estimate, plan, and guide project work, coach team members, and build trusted relationships with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of Workday Finance experience in customer facing roles such as consulting or project management.
• Deep knowledge of Workday Core Financials/Security/Reporting and at least one additional module.
• Ability to handle multiple parallel projects in both supporting and leadership roles.
• Strong client focus with ability to understand client needs and build relationships.
• Proficiency in project management methodologies, change management, and tools.
• Experience implementing business solutions under deadlines with high attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of Workday Finance clients.
• Scope, estimate, plan, and manage deliverables and timelines for clients’ projects.
• Drive successful delivery of projects with consultants and project managers.
• Provide guidance, instruction, and coaching to team members for timely, quality execution.
• Ensure strong client relationships and view Kognitiv as a valuable partner.
• Monitor client satisfaction and address escalations promptly.
• Implement and configure Workday solutions for a global client base.
• Assist management in coaching and developing consultants.

Skills

Workday Finance

Portfolio management

Client relationship

Project management

Team leadership

Microsoft Excel

Remote collaboration

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

At Kognitiv Inc., we’re redefining what it means to be a Workday partner. As one of the fastest-growing companies in the ecosystem, we bring deep expertise, innovative thinking, and a people-first mindset to everything we do. We’re not just building better Workday solutions—we’re building a company where talented people thrive.Ready to do your best work? Join us.Associate Workday Financials Manager is a hybrid role with a blend of client management and consulting responsibilities. This role manages a portfolio of clients across various industries, ensuring client satisfaction standards are met. This role is also responsible for leading and deploying various Workday projects across different clients. Associate Managers are team players with a desire to grow into customer success, people manager, or business operations capacity.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of Workday Finance clients.
• Scope, estimate, plan, and manage deliverables and timelines for clients’ projects.
• Drive successful delivery of projects in partnership with consultants and⁄or project managers.
• Provide guidance, instruction, direction, and coaching to team members to ensure projects are executed timely and with quality.
• Ensure a strong relationship is built with clients; ensure clients see Kognitiv as a valuable partner to their business.
• Measure, support, and address client satisfaction; ensure escalations are addressed and mitigated in a timely manner. Ensure proper communication with leadership on all escalations.
• Implement and configure Workday solutions for a global customer base. Design, configure, test, and deploy business requirements across multiple Workday Financials while remaining agile and flexible to clients' changing needs.
• Assist management in monitoring and evaluating consultants’ performance, providing feedback, facilitating training and development, and driving retention and engagement within the team.
• Contribute to the organization’s knowledge management repository through formal and informal avenues (ex: Q&A, documented deliverables, facilitation of Workday knowledge sharing sessions, regularly posting best practices, etc).
• Act as a mentor and coach for less experienced team members.
• Meet key performance indicators set for this role (ex: utilization target, service level agreements, customer satisfaction scores, etc).
• Work in a fast-paced environment that requires tasks to be completed quickly and accurately.
• Demonstrate Kognitiv's core value, act like an owner, in all aspects of work.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of Workday Finance experience in customer facing roles, such as consulting, project/program management, etc.
• Deep knowledge of Workday Core Financials/Security/Reporting as well as at least one additional module (Procurement, Suppliers, Expenses, Projects, FDM/Financial Accounting with Advanced Financial Reporting, Customers and Customer Billing, Education and Government, Prism, BIRT).
• Ability to be effectively and actively engaged on multiple, parallel projects of all sizes in both supporting and leadership roles.
• Demonstrated commitment to deliver excellent client satisfaction; strong client focus with the ability to understand client needs and build relationships.
• Proficiency of project management methodologies, change management principles, tools, and best practices.
• Experience implementing business solutions under competing deadlines and priorities while keeping a high attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritize and organize work to ensure timeliness and quality with no supervision.
• Ability to effectively manage against timelines, deadlines, and goals for both self and teams.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Must possess the ability to communicate clearly and effectively, as well as build strong relationships across distributed teams, clients, and time zones.
• Ability to effectively interact and influence individuals across all levels of internal and external organizations (individual contributor to C-Suite).
• Ability and desire to manage, develop, and coach global teams in a remote working environment.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills required.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and to adapt to frequent change.
• Ability to meet travel requirements (<5% a year).

Kognitiv is an Equal Opportunity EmployerAll applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. Kognitiv will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of the law, including any applicable fair chance law.

Work Authorization

Applicants for employment in the country in which they are applying (Employing Country) must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the Employing Country and with Kognitiv. Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Kognitiv or an affiliated Kognitiv business may not be eligible for consideration.

Estimated Application Deadline

This job postings' application deadline is an estimate, but ultimately the fill date is flexible and the job will remain open until filled. Any updates on deadlines will be communicated through this job posting.

2026-10-17#LI-BG1 Pay Transparency Statement: $119,700 USD - $155,610 USD