Workday - Financials Solution Architect

Guidehouse; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking a seasoned Financials Solution Architect to join the Workday Practice. You will be a hands-on architect on assigned projects, driving design sessions, capturing requirements, configuring solutions, and mentoring junior consultants.

You will support documentation, testing, go-live, and post-production activities, while collaborating with project leadership to optimize processes and ensure high customer satisfaction. Occasional travel up to 50% is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with at least seven years of Workday Financial implementation experience, or a Master’s with at least five years.
• Workday certification and competency in at least two Workday Financial pillars.
• Experience delivering Workday Financial implementations on multiple projects.
• Experience in ERP software sales cycles (RFx responses, orals presentations, etc.)
• Up to 50% travel balanced with a work-from-home/office schedule.

Responsibilities

• Be a hands-on Financials Solution Architect on assigned projects, helping to streamline client processes.
• Oversee and facilitate Design Sessions, capture client requirements, configure solutions, and mentor junior consultants.
• Perform documentation, configuration, testing support, go-live support, and post-production (hypercare) support.
• Collaborate with project leadership to communicate challenges and improvements to project processes.

Skills

Workday Financials

Client communication

Team collaboration

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Job Family:SAAS/PAAS/Cloud ConsultingTravel Required:Up to 50%Clearance Required:NoneWhat You Will Do:As part of our Workday Practice, you’ll be part of an energized team of advisory professionals who deliver more than just technologyFrom initial assessments to entire transformations, you’ll deliver Workday Financial solutions equipping organizations with the information they need to make better business decisions.As a Financials Solution Architect, you will:Be a hands-on Financials Solution Architect on assigned projects helping to streamline client processOversee and facilitate Design Sessions, capture client requirements, configure creative solutions, and mentor other junior consultantsResponsibilities include documentation, configuration, testing support, go-live support, and post-production (hypercare) supportParticipate in an innovative, teaming culture for the team to enable constant innovationStrong ability to team with project leadership to communicate challenges and improvements to project processesDemonstrate consultative skillsHave a passion for high customer satisfaction levelsParticipate in sales cycle activitiesWhat You Will Need:Bachelor's degree with a MINIMUM of SEVEN (7) years of prior Workday Financial implementation experience; OR a Master's degree with a MINIMUM of FIVE (5) years of prior Workday Financial implementation experience. Years of experience can be substituted for a formal degree, such as NO degree with a MINIMUM of ELEVEN (11) years of prior Workday Financial implementation experienceWorkday certification and demonstrated command of at least TWO (2) Workday Financial pillarsExperience with the execution of projects within a structured methodologyExperience in an ERP Software Sales cycle (RFx responses, orals presentations, etc.)Up to 50% travel balanced with a work from home and/or Guidehouse office schedule - consultants may provide on-site support for key milestones as neededWhat Would Be Nice To Have:A proven role in at least five full Workday Financial implementationsSolid knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, focused on Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word and PowerPointStrong written and oral communication skills (RFP responses, white papers, etc.) and presentation skills such as Workday demonstrations and client presentationsImplementations involving deploying within a state or local government is preferredLeading Foundation Data Model (FDM) design for state or local governmentThe annual salary range for this position is $135,000.00-$225,000.00. 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