Workday Finance Consulting Manager

Role overview Lead advisory work for organizations planning or improving finance systems, drawing on Workday Finance experience to guide broader ERP transformation. The role focuses on assessment, strategy, stakeholder alignment, product ownership, and release planning rather than hands-on implementation delivery.

Responsibilities - Assess ERP readiness, develop roadmaps, and advise on system and transformation choices. - Work with leaders and practitioners to define objectives, weigh options, and connect technology investments to organizational goals. - Facilitate workshops, interviews, working sessions, and executive briefings; build alignment among clients, delivery partners, and other stakeholders. - Guide the Workday Finance product lifecycle, including roadmap development, backlog prioritization, and coordination across configuration, integration, reporting, and technical teams. - Help clients plan periodic platform releases and ongoing enhancements while maintaining stability and improving finance processes. - Coordinate with program, change, training, HR, and IT teams, and contribute to methods, proposals, and practice development.

Requirements - At least five years configuring multiple Workday Finance modules as a customer or implementation professional. - At least three years of product ownership across multiple Workday Finance modules. - Experience managing agile release practices, including roadmaps, backlogs, prioritization, sprint planning, and change control. - Strong knowledge of Workday Finance, its ecosystem, finance processes, and common system challenges. - Workday customer or implementation certification in at least one Finance module. - Bachelor’s degree and prior management or technology consulting experience, including client work in finance process analysis and ERP transformation. - Able to lead client engagements independently and collaboratively, build trusted relationships, and turn complex information into clear recommendations.

Nice to have - Experience with higher education, nonprofit, or state and local government organizations, and with proposals or business development.

Benefits and work setup Periodic travel may be required based on client and business needs. Benefits listed include health, dental, and vision coverage; HSA and FSA options; life and disability insurance; family planning support; employee assistance programs; 11 federal holidays; flexible unlimited time off; and an immediately vested 401(k) match. The role is also eligible for a discretionary annual bonus.