Workday Solution Architect for Transformation

Grant Thornton (US); Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 169,000 - 226,000; Full time

Job summary

Grant Thornton (US) is seeking a Workday Solution Architect to provide advisory and implementation services across client organizations within the Technology Transformation Practice. You will help clients achieve their vision with strong leadership,day‑one support, and a focus on delivering lifecycle Workday projects.

The role emphasizes planning, design, build, testing, training, and post‑production support, with up to 40% travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, HR, IT, MIS, or related field required; Master’s is a plus.
• 4+ years of related work experience in a consulting practice servicing cross-industry clients at a national level.
• 4 full life cycle implementations of Workday.
• Knowledge of Workday modules.
• Industry-recognized professional certification required.
• Knowledge of SDLC, metrics, and reports.
• Experience with integration & back-end data connectivity applications.
• Experience installing/configuring/implementing Workday Applications.
• Exposure or training on Workday Applications.
• Knowledge of Workday Applications.
• Proven ability delivering complex and time sensitive projects.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to conduct meetings and write technical documents.
• Able to work with clients to define future state processes.
• Can travel up to 40%.

Responsibilities

• Assist in full life cycle implementations including planning, design, and build phases.
• Document business requirements, system design and transformational goals.
• Configure applications and conduct iterative unit testing.
• Create training materials and quick reference guides for user adoption.
• Conduct training classes to prepare end users for deployment.
• Provide post-production support.
• Participate in full life cycle implementations.
• Assist in identifying business requirements, functional design, process design, prototyping, testing, training, and support procedures.
• Meet or exceed targeted billing hours (utilization).
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Leadership

SDLC knowledge

Time-critical delivery

Cross-industry experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, HR, IT, MIS, or related field

Master’s degree is a plus

Tools

Workday

Job description

Grant Thornton (US) is seeking a Workday Solution Architect to provide advisory and implementation services across client organizations within the Technology Transformation Practice. You will help clients achieve their vision with strong leadership,day‑one support, and a focus on delivering lifecycle Workday projects.

The role emphasizes planning, design, build, testing, training, and post‑production support, with up to 40% travel.