Workday Endowments Consulting Manager

Huron; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 145,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401(k) with match

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid time off

Parental leave

Wellness program

Job summary

The Workday Endowments Manager at Huron is responsible for the strategic oversight, configuration, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the Workday Endowments solution, aligning with endowment accounting and fund management policies.

You will lead cross-functional collaboration with Finance, Accounting, Advancement, Treasury, and IT, configure funds, reporting structures, and workflows, and shepherd releases, testing, and analytics to support endowment performance and compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, or related field.
• 3–5 years of Workday Financials experience.
• Strong expertise with Workday Endowments, Grants, Revenue, or related financial modules.
• Workday Financials certification preferred.
• Experience leading system implementations or support teams.
• Knowledge of endowment accounting, fund restrictions, and reporting.
• Strong analytical, project management, and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead administration and optimization of Workday Endowments and related Workday Financials modules.
• Partner with Finance, Accounting, Advancement, Treasury, and IT stakeholders to define business requirements.
• Configure and maintain endowment funds, spending rules, reporting structures, and workflows.
• Manage Workday release reviews, testing, and deployment activities.
• Develop and maintain reports, dashboards, and analytics supporting endowment performance and compliance.
• Oversee integrations between Workday and external financial or donor-management systems.
• Ensure data integrity, security, and adherence to organizational policies.
• Provide guidance, training, and support to end users.
• Drive process improvement initiatives and recommend system enhancements.

Skills

Workday Endowments

Workday Financials

Endowment accounting

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, or related field

Job description

Huron is a global consultancy that collaborates with clients to drive strategic growth, ignite innovation and navigate constant change. Through a combination of strategy, expertise and creativity, we help clients accelerate operational, digital and cultural transformation, enabling the change they need to own their future. Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future. The multi-faceted role you’ve been looking for… Managers play a vibrant, integral role at Huron. Their invaluable knowledge reflects in the projects they manage and the teams they lead. Known for being politically savvy, they build long-standing relationships with clients, while collaborating with colleagues to solve their most important challenges. They plan, shape and deliver technology solutions that deliver results and seamlessly align with client goals, visions and missions. Remarkably versatile, our Managers also spend significant time mentoring junior staff on the engagement team—where they tirelessly share expertise as well as feedback and encouragement. This benefits Huron profoundly as it promotes a culture of respect, unity, collaboration and personal achievement. Our environment inspires and rewards growth… As a Manager, you have the unique ability to specialize in certain areas of enterprise software products that showcase and employ your areas of expertise while pursuing your “career vision”. Huron is big enough to offer the opportunity and exposure you need for your career growth—but small enough to give you individual attention for your professional development. Every Manager adds to who we are as an organization—and the more you evolve, the more we do. An exciting career experience awaits you where you’ll be challenged to discover your true potential: It’s analytically rigorous… it’s practical… it’s entrepreneurial… it’s intellectually stimulating—and most definitely—it’s career-defining. It’s the Huron way. We see what’s possible in you and help you achieve it.

Position Summary

The Workday Endowments Manager is responsible for the strategic oversight, configuration, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the Workday Endowments solution. This role serves as the functional lead for endowment accounting, fund management, reporting, and related financial processes, ensuring alignment with organizational policies and business objectives.

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Key Responsibilities

• Lead administration and optimization of Workday Endowments and related Workday Financials modules.
• Partner with Finance, Accounting, Advancement, Treasury, and IT stakeholders to define business requirements.
• Configure and maintain endowment funds, spending rules, reporting structures, and workflows.
• Manage Workday release reviews, testing, and deployment activities.
• Develop and maintain reports, dashboards, and analytics supporting endowment performance and compliance.
• Oversee integrations between Workday and external financial or donor-management systems.
• Ensure data integrity, security, and adherence to organizational policies.
• Provide guidance, training, and support to end users.
• Drive process improvement initiatives and recommend system enhancements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, or related field.
• 3-5 years of Workday Financials experience.
• Strong expertise with Workday Endowments, Grants, Revenue, or related financial modules.
• Workday Financials certification preferred.
• Experience leading system implementations, enhancements, or support teams.
• Knowledge of endowment accounting, fund restrictions, spending policies, and financial reporting.
• Strong analytical, project management, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Travel when requested by the client.

Preferred Experience

• Higher education, healthcare, nonprofit, or foundation environments.
• Experience with grants, investments, donor funds, and regulatory reporting.
• Advanced reporting, integrations, and data governance experience within Workday.

The estimated base salary for this job is $145,000 - $170,000.

The actual salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes, and required travel.

This job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s annual incentive compensation program, which reflects Huron’s pay for performance philosophy.

Inclusive of annual incentive compensation opportunity, the total estimated compensation range for this job is $159,500 - $204,000.

The job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs.

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At Huron, we’re redefining what a consulting organization can be. We go beyond advice to deliver results that last. We inherit our client’s challenges as if they were our own. We help them transform for the future. We advocate. We make a difference. And we intelligently, passionately, relentlessly do great work…together.

Are you the kind of person who stands ready to jump in, roll up your sleeves and transform ideas into action? Then come discover Huron. Whether you have years of experience or come right out of college, we invite you to explore our many opportunities. Find out how you can use your talents and develop your skills to make an impact immediately. Learn about how our culture and values provide you with the kind of environment that invites new ideas and innovation. Come see how we collaborate with each other in a culture of learning, coaching, diversity and inclusion. And hear about our unwavering commitment to make a difference in partnership with our clients, shareholders, communities and colleagues.

Huron Consulting Group offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage to employees and dependents; a 401(k) plan with a generous employer match; an employee stock purchase plan; a generous Paid Time Off policy; and paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Our Wellness Program supports employee total well-being by providing free annual health screenings and coaching, bank at work, and on-site workshops, as well as ongoing programs recognizing major events in the lives of our employees throughout the year. All benefits and programs are subject to applicable eligibility requirements.

Huron is fully committed to providing equal employment opportunity to job applicants and employees in recruitment, hiring, employment, compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, training, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Huron will not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, religion, veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, creed, citizenship or any other status protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. We endeavor to maintain a drug-free workplace.