Senior Solution Consultant - Financial Services

Workiva Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 156,000 - 255,000; Full time

Job summary

Workiva Inc. is seeking a Senior Solution Consultant to lead pre-sales, discovery, and product demonstrations for prospective and current clients.

You will connect customer outcomes to platform capabilities, guiding technical validation and value-based demonstrations. Provide domain expertise in Financial Services, translate client needs into Workiva solutions, and collaborate with Sales, Product Marketing, and Client Services to drive success.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of related experience.
• Undergraduate Degree or equivalent.
• Experience with Financial Services customers with domain knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead pre-sales activities, discovery, and product demonstrations.
• Show expertise across Workiva Financial Reporting solutions.
• Translate financial services needs into Workiva solutions.
• Support account planning and customer success with implementations.
• Develop proofs of concept and business cases with partners.

Skills

Verbal communication

Presentation skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Self-motivated

Relationship building

Education

Undergraduate Degree or equivalent

Tools

SaaS platforms

Cloud technologies

APIs integration

Job description

The Senior Solution Consultant provides pre-sales support in the development and presentation of our platform for prospective clients and current customers to address the complex problems that Workiva's platform and solutions solve. This role serves as a trusted advisor supporting the business throughout the sales cycle by connecting customer outcomes to platform capabilities, rapidly iterating on solutions, and guiding customers through technical validation and value based demonstrations.

What You’ll Do

• Execute pre-sales framework to engage customers, prospects, and partners via virtual and onsite meetings, drive the discovery process, lead product demonstrations, and identify areas where Workiva solutions align to address customer/prospect needs.
• Demonstrate expertise across Workiva’s Financial Reporting solutions – developing working knowledge of industries, departments, and use cases where Workiva can have an impact.
• Translate the specific needs of the Financial Services industry into Workiva solutions.
• Assist sales in developing account plans in support of Workiva strategies and objectives.
• Conduct process assessments with customers, build Proof of Concepts to validate requirements, build and present partner specific business cases.
• Ensure customer success by working with implementation partners and Workiva Client Services team for smooth on-boarding and long term success.
• Assist in developing new use-cases or by using existing templates providing proof of our solution's impact and value proposition.
• May begin to deliver cross-domain coaching, training, or mentoring peers.
• Work with Sales, Product Marketing, Client Services, Scoping, and Customer Success to achieve team and company goals.

What You’ll Need Minimum Qualifications

• Requires a minimum of 6 years of related experience
• Undergraduate Degree or equivalent combination of knowledge and related career experience
• Experience with Financial Services customers (banking, insurance, or asset management). Candidates should bring domain expertise in financial services workflows, regulations, and use cases.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience engaging with and presenting to business or IT managers and executives
• Actuarial reporting experience at an Insurance company
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills
• Self-motivated with strong propensity for action, results and continuous improvement
• Experience building processes from the ground up, including design, proposal, and cross-functional alignment
• Demonstrates proactive collaboration and feedback to product management teams to capture new customer requirements and enhancements, may require guidance as needed
• Ability to solve problems and articulate solutions to business problems with strong communication and presentation skills
• Hands on technical experience with SaaS solutions, cloud technologies, and architectures preferred
• Experience with high level technical aspects of connectivity and integration (API)
• Capability to gather business needs and present a value based, compelling software demonstration is preferred

Travel Requirements & Working Conditions

Up to 40% Travel. Reliable internet access for any period of time working remotely, not in a Workiva office. Workiva will not provide visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. on a permanent basis.

How You’ll Be Rewarded

• On Target Earnings (OTE) range in the US: 156,000.00 - 255,000.00 USD Annual
• Eligible for commission based on sales performance
• Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire
• 401(k) match and comprehensive employee benefits package
• The salary range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this job in the US. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience and other relevant factors.

Why Join Workiva

Workiva is the platform designed to bring confidence, control, and a competitive edge to the world’s most complex organizations. Our AI-powered platform unifies finance, risk, and sustainability on a single, secure foundation—ensuring data is trusted, traceable, and ready to act on. With an unbroken path from source to output, leaders gain confidence in their numbers, visibility into current and emerging risks, and the ability to move with speed and precision in a constantly changing world. At Workiva, you’ll bring technology to market that executives, boards, and regulators depend on. The work you do here helps organizations navigate uncertainty, maintain trust, and make decisions that stand up to scrutiny. If you’re energized by meaningful challenges, inspired by collaborative teams, and motivated to help organizations turn uncertainty into advantage, we’d love to meet you.

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Workiva supports employees in working where they work best - either from an office or remotely from any location within their country of employment.