Principal Functional Consultant

Workday, Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work model

Remote work options

Job summary

Workday, Inc. in the UKI region seeks a Principal Functional Consultant (P5) to lead complex Workday Financial Management deployments. You will own core finance workstreams, run solution design workshops, and mentor junior consultants across multiple streams.

This role emphasizes collaboration with Data, Integration, and Technical teams, delivering high‑impact finance transformations while maintaining flexible, hybrid work arrangements that blend in‑person and remote days.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of functional consulting experience, focusing on enterprise financial systems.
• 6+ years of hands-on Workday Financials implementation/configuration experience.
• Fluency in English with strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead core finance workstreams across Workday Financial Management deployments.
• Facilitate design workshops and mentor junior consultants.
• Partner with Data, Integration, and Technical teams to align project milestones.

Skills

Functional consulting

Workday Financials

English

Job description

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 Workday's Financial Consulting teams are driven by a passion for our products and the success of our customers in implementing our best in class cloud solutions. We're a diverse group of people, with an invaluable mix of experience and backgrounds, located across multiple locations within the region. Operating within the UKI region, our consultants work directly with growing mid-market enterprises and global organizations to modernise legacy accounting platforms, navigate regional statutory requirements, and drive digital financial transformation. About the Role Our team promotes Workday's core values with 'Employees' being the first of them! This is why we:

• Offer flexible work schedules aligned to our "flex model"
• Empower you to follow your desired career path & achieve professional and personal goals
• Encourage work-life balance and wellbeing
• Are proud to champion equal opportunities for everyone

We are looking for someone to join our team who brings strong consulting expertise, a collaborative approach, and a desire to deliver high-impact results for our customers. As a Principal Functional Consultant (P5), you will take a lead role on project engagements, taking ownership of core functional finance workstreams across complex end-to-end Workday Financial Management implementations. You will act as a trusted advisor to key financial stakeholders, driving solution design workshops, configuring robust system setups, and guiding customers through key project milestones while mentoring junior team members. What you will achieve in your first 12 - 24 months. Here are some of the activities you will experience on your Workday career journey:

• Within your first 3 months, you will complete or refresh your Workday Core Finance Certification and obtain advanced Specialist Certifications across key modules (e.g., General Ledger, Accounts Payable/Receivable, Procurement, or Expenses).
• You will take immediate ownership of primary Finance workstreams on active deployments, acting as the primary functional expert during discovery and configuration phases.
• You will work closely with cross-functional project leads, including Data, Integration, and Technical Consultants, to architect seamless touchpoints across the entire solution delivery landscape.
• Demonstrate advanced mastery of Workday's implementation methodology across each project phase: + Facilitating deep‑dive business requirement sessions with CFO organization SMEs, demonstrating standard Workday best practices, and mapping legacy accounting structures to the Workday Foundation Data Model (FDM). + Leading testing streams (Unit, E2E, and UAT), managing client resolution paths for edge cases, and guiding customers through risk‑mitigated go‑live cutover activities.
• Within your 1st year, you will have successfully delivered at least 1-2 full‑cycle complex implementation projects in the UKI market.
• In your 2nd year, you will expand your footprint by leading multi‑stream financial designs, mentoring P3/P4 functional consultants, and contributing to internal UKI practice assets and continuous deployment innovations.

With Flex Work, we're combining the best of both worlds: in‑person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in‑office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

Workday is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals during our application process, in order to perform one or more essential functions of their job, as well as regarding the use of AI tools for employment decision‑making to any degree. Please see below for more details including how to request an accommodation as a qualified veteran, due to a disability or for religious reasons, or as otherwise provided under applicable law. Workday prohibits taking adverse action against any candidate or employee for reporting a possible violation of this policy, requesting one or more work accommodations, exercising a privacy right, or cooperating in an investigation in accordance with applicable law. Any employee who retaliates against a candidate or employee for doing so may be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment, to the fullest extent allowable under applicable law.

Other Qualifications

• 10+ years of functional consulting experience, either as an Internal Consultant or with a Consulting/Software company, focused on enterprise financial management applications.
• 6+ years of hands‑on experience implementing or configuring Workday Financials (Core Financials, FDM, General Ledger, AP/AR, Assets, Banking, or Revenue).
• Deep understanding of corporate financial accounting, multi‑currency operations, and statutory reporting frameworks within the UKI region.
• Language Skills: Fluency in English.
• Demonstrated ability to build trust with finance leaders and functional SMEs, constructively challenging legacy processes in favor of modern, standardized SaaS workflows.
• Strong business analysis, requirements gathering, and workshop facilitation skills with an ability to present technical configurations clearly to non‑technical stakeholders.
• Proven capability to mentor junior team members and review configuration quality across sub‑workstreams.
• Sales & Pre‑Sales Enablement: Demonstrated ability to support the sales ecosystem by participating in executive pitches, responding to complex RFPs/RFIs, scoping services efforts, and clearly articulating the business value of Workday's architecture to prospective C‑suite buyers.
• AI & Innovation Stewardship: Proven capability to leverage AI and Machine Learning tools to optimize financial processes, design touchless accounting flows, and advise the Office of the CFO on adopting AI to drive efficiency and predictive intelligence.
• Demonstrated ability to act as a strategic advisor to FIN leadership, connecting solution recommendations to business strategy, key metrics, and executive priorities.
• Comfort working in high‑stakes environments where timelines, budgets, and quality are tightly managed, with a focus on risk identification, mitigation, and clear, executive‑ready communication.
• A detail‑driven problem solver, with a passion for delivering exceptional levels of customer service.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and comfortable presenting to both prospective buyers and current clients.
• Ability and desire to learn technology quickly through a mix of different mediums.
• Resourceful and adaptable; you'll be comfortable working remotely, utilising a variety of collaboration and productivity tools with a high degree of autonomy.
• Experience in the UKI public sector across both the sales cycle and implementation is preferred.
• Under normal circumstances, ability to travel up to 30% of time as customer and sales pipeline needs require.