Workday Adaptive Planning Architect

Aon; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Aon plc is seeking an experienced Workday Adaptive Planning Architect to drive strategy, roadmap, and architecture of our enterprise planning platform. You will lead the technical solutioning for major FP&A initiatives, collaborate with Finance, FP&A, and HR, and support production issues to minimize disruption.

You will design complex Adaptive Planning models, oversee integrations with Workday Financials, ERP, and BI systems, and guide governance, security, and AI-enabled planning capabilities

Qualifications

• 7+ years of FP&A/enterprise planning experience.
• Hands-on Workday Adaptive Planning experience as architect/lead.
• Strong data modeling, system integration, and performance optimization skills.
• Excel and financial modeling expertise; knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, workforce planning.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of the Workday Adaptive Planning architecture.
• Define planning technology strategy to support budgeting, forecasting, and scenario modeling.
• Oversee data integrity and seamless information flow across the enterprise.
• Configure models, sheets, assumptions, dimensions, and workflows for performance.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Financial modeling

Data modeling

Workday Adaptive Planning

Education

Bachelor's degree

Workday Pro Certification

Tools

OfficeConnect

Job description

Workday Adaptive Planning Architect

We are seeking an experienced Workday Adaptive Planning Architect to implement the strategy, roadmap, and architecture of our enterprise planning platform! Serving as both design authority and hands on technical lead, the Architect drives the technical solutioning for major FP&A initiatives from discovery through implementation and support across budgeting, forecasting, workforce planning, scenario modeling, and reporting. Partnering closely with Finance, FP&A, and HR collaborators, this role also provides support for business-critical issues.

Aon is in the business of better decisions

At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world. As an organization, we are united through trust as one inclusive team, and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed!

What the day will look like

In this role, you will:

Implement the vision, roadmap, governance, and lifecycle management of the Workday Adaptive Planning platform, defining planning technology strategies that support budgeting, forecasting, long range planning, workforce planning, and scenario analysis.

Lead the design of complex, scalable Adaptive Planning solutions, ensuring data integrity and seamless information flow across the enterprise.

Lead the technical solutioning for all major Adaptive Planning initiatives, from initial discovery and design through implementation and postproduction support.

Translate complex business requirements into technical specifications and model architecture, ensuring alignment with overall business strategy, and continuously find opportunities for process improvement and tool optimization for FP&A and other business teams.

Architect multidimensional planning models and structures, including dimensions, assumptions, versions, levels, and hierarchies that support:

Revenue, expense, and headcount planning. Workforce and long-range goal setting, Driver based forecasting and scenario modeling

Own and provide hands on support for urgent and business critical production issues, ensuring swift resolution and minimal business disruption.

Serve as a domain authority for business collaborators, fixing process and technical issues in a timely manner, with a focus on upholding guidelines.

Configure and maintain Adaptive Planning models, sheets, formulas, assumptions, dimensions, attributes, and workflows, optimizing model performance, usability, and maintainability.

Develop and maintain executive reporting solutions and establish governance standards for OfficeConnect reporting, dashboards, scorecards, and key performance indicators.

Architect and oversee integrations between Workday Adaptive Planning and Workday Financials, Workday HCM, ERP, data warehouses, payroll, and BI platforms. Apply deep expertise in data modeling, system integration, and performance optimization.

Manage security architecture, user provisioning, access controls, and segregation of duties.

Own the evaluation and adoption of new Adaptive Planning capabilities, including bi-annual release adoption and AI/LLM enabled planning and forecasting features.

Serve as the enterprise design authority for planning architecture, defining standards, and governance for the Adaptive Planning platform.

Skills and experience that will lead to success

Extensive hands-on Adaptive Planning experience designing, building, and maintaining models, with a proven portfolio of successfully architected and delivered large scale, high impact Adaptive Planning projects.

7+ years of experience supporting FP&A, EPM, or enterprise planning platforms, including 5+ years of hands on Workday Adaptive Planning experience as an architect, lead administrator, or consultant.

Deep expertise in data modeling, system integration, and performance optimization within a sophisticated enterprise environment.

Deep functional knowledge across adaptive modeling, workforce planning, financial planning and forecasting, OfficeConnect, reporting and dashboards, security administration, and version management.

Solid understanding of financial statements, FP&A processes, budgeting, forecasting, workforce planning, and scenario analysis.

Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills.

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Information Systems, Finance, Accounting, Business, Computer Science, or a related area of study.

Workday Pro Adaptive Planning Certification preferred.

Background and experience in Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) preferred.

Familiarity with Workday ways of working. Experience integrating planning, ERP, HCM, and other financial systems strongly preferred.

PMP, Agile, or related project management certification preferred.

Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning and knowing the latest with emerging Adaptive Planning, FP&A, and AI capabilities.

Recruiter/Agency Notice

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Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Pay Transparency Laws

The salary range for this position (intended for U.S. applicants) is $150k to $160k annually. The actual salary will vary based on applicant’s education, experience, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. The salary may also be adjusted based on applicant’s geographic location.