Senior Financial Consultant - Workday Success Plans - Spend Management

Workday; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 111,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Workday is seeking a consultant for the Success Plans team to help customers maximize value from Workday applications. You will act as a trusted advisor, assisting with how-to questions, guiding configuration, and demonstrating features to drive adoption.

As a Workday Spend expert, you will share knowledge, highlight standard methodologies, and support customers through targeted engagements and deployments. Strong communication is essential.

Qualifications

• 3 years of IT implementation experience.
• 3 years of software consulting and deployment experience with major ERP systems.
• 1+ years of Workday Consulting experience or as a Workday SME in Spend/Inventory/WSS/Employees.

Responsibilities

• Conducting research to understand customer questions and Workday concepts.
• Delivering small scope consulting with configuration guidance and tips.
• Troubleshooting product configuration to meet business requirements.
• Communicating responses and value to customers clearly.
• Creating customer presentations on Workday features and accelerators.

Skills

IT implementation

Software consulting

Workday SME

Job description

Introduction

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 Spend expert, customers will benefit from your knowledge as you share your experience, identify key considerations, and highlight standard methodologies. Our Consultants have a deep understanding of Workday Financials applications. In this position, we are looking for expertise in some of the following Functional Areas: Workday Strategic Sourcing Intake Forms Pipeline Sourcing Contracts Management Supplier Relationship Management Procurement Requisitions/Purchase Orders RFX Receipts/Receipt Accruals Supplier Portal Procurement Cards EDI Transactions Supplier Accounts Suppliers Supplier Invoices Matching 1099 Processing Inventory Stock Requests/Fulfillment Processing Par Management Cycle Counts Replenishment Expenses Spend Authorizations Expense Report Processing and Repayments Credit Card Processing Travel Booking Records

Major Responsibilities

• 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.

Additional Customer Enablement Services

• Office Hours to conduct appointment-based consulting engagements providing guidance and product expertise to customers
• Perform configuration and business requirements reviews with a detailed deliverable calling out opportunities for optimization
• Provide one‑on‑one customer configuration designs
• Deployments including full deployment of Workday features

Basic Qualifications (p3)

3 years of IT implementation experience 3 years of experience with software consulting and deployment experiences including but not limited to PeopleSoft, SAP, Oracle, and/or JD Edwards 1+ years of Workday Consulting experience or experience as a Workday SME at least one of the following, Spend, Inventory, WSS, Evisort CLM, Cash Management and Expenses

Basic Qualifications (p4)

5 years of IT implementation experience 5 years of experience with software consulting and deployment experiences including but not limited to PeopleSoft, SAP, Oracle, and/or JD Edwards 3+ years of Workday Consulting experience or experience as a Workday SME at least one of the following, Spend, Inventory, WSS, Evisort CLM, Cash Management and Expenses

Workday Pay Transparency Statement

The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role‑specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants. Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things. Primary Location: USA.GA.Atlanta Primary Location Base Pay Range: $140,300 USD - $210,500 USD Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $111,000 USD - $197,300 USD Additional Considerations: If performed in Colorado, the pay range for this job is $117,000 - $175,400 USD based on min and max pay range for that role if performed in CO. The application deadline for this role is the same as the posting end date stated as below: 10/01/2026

Our Approach to Flexible Work

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.

Equal Opportunity & Inclusion

Pursuant to applicable Fair Chance law, Workday will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Workday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans. 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. If you require a reasonable accommodation, you may email [e-mail], as far in advance as possible.

EEO/DEI Statement

Workday is a proud equal opportunity workplace. Individuals seeking employment at Workday are considered without regards to age, ancestry, color, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, protected family care or medical leave status, race, religion (including beliefs and practices or the absence thereof), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Further, pursuant to applicable local ordinances, Workday will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. We do not accept resumes from headhunters, placement agencies, or other suppliers that have not signed a formal agreement with us. 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 accommodation, 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. If you require a reasonable accommodation, you may email [e-mail], as far in advance as possible.