Principal Functional Consultant, oCFO Architect (German Speaking)
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Job Summary
Your work days are brighter here.
Were obsessed with making hard work pay off for our people our customers and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people money and agents were shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join youll feel it. Not just in the products we build but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity empathy and shared enthusiasm. Were in this together tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether youre building smarter solutions supporting customers or creating a space where everyone belongs youll do meaningful work with Workmates whove got your return well give you the trust to take risks the tools to grow the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone including yourself youve found a match in Workday and we hope to be a match for you too.
About the Team
Workday is the leader in enterprise-class software-as-a-service (SaaS) Financial Management and Human Capital Management Solutions for leading global businesses. The EMEA Global Services team include a diverse range of skills and experience from across professional services functional subject matter expertise and sales fields.
The team plays a critical role in connecting Workdays services and sales organisations; ensuring that we are supporting subscription sales by differentiating Workdays services approach and methodology owning the responsibility of deploying state of the art solutions that are aligned to customers requirements and expectations as well as ensuring that our customer are set up to be successful in their deploymentand meet their business objectives.
Our aim is to be trusted advisors to our prospects and customers working to Workdays core values of Customer Service and Integrity and protecting Workdays proven track record of customer satisfaction.
About the Role
As a Principal Functional Consultant oCFO Architect you will play a pivotal role in driving finance transformation and continuous innovation for our prospects and customers. You will partner closely with the extended sales team to accelerate subscription and services growth owning the high-level solution design and demonstrating Workdays transformational value during complex pre-sales cycles. You will collaborate directly with customer executives project leadership and workstream leads to architect end-to-end Financial solutions ensuring design closure is achieved on time on budget and aligned with modern industry best practices.
You will lead cross-functional design decisions using Workdays guiding principles business process taxonomy and emerging AI capabilities to challenge status-quo thinking. You will facilitate structured decision-making ensuring that solution recommendations are tightly aligned to customer problem statements strategic objectives and next-generation value drivers like automated accounting and predictive insights. You will lead key pre-sales and post-sales design workshops constructively challenging partners and customers to embrace digital transformation over legacy replication and shape post-go-live roadmaps so that customers continue to maximize value and drive innovation through the Workday platform.
About You
7 years of functional experience in FIN software solutions including 4 years of implementation consulting or pre-sales solution architecting experience leading digital finance transformations
Proven experience supporting sales cycles scoping complex deployments and leading endtoend FIN solution design on multicountry transformation programmes.
Deep knowledge of Workday Financials including familiarity with Workdays AI/ML-driven finance features (e.g. automated ledger entries anomaly detection predictive analytics agents).
Fluent in English and German
Transformation & Innovation Leadership: Demonstrated ability to act as a strategic advisor to the Office of the CFO helping global organizations re-engineer outdated business models foster a culture of innovation and unlock modern operating efficiencies.
Sales & Pre-Sales Enablement:Strong track record of supporting the sales ecosystem by participating in high-impact client pitches shaping responses to complex RFPs/RFIs scoping services efforts and clearly articulating the transformational ROI of Workdays architecture to C-suite buyers.
AI & Innovation Stewardship:Proven capability to leverage AI automation and Machine Learning tools to design touchless accounting flows enabling finance teams to shift from transactional processing to strategic predictive data analysis.
Ability to act as trusted advisor to Fin leadership connecting solution recommendations to business strategy key metrics and executive priorities.
Strong track record driving decisionmaking across diverse stakeholder groups including use of structured frameworks and escalation paths.
Experience refining financial operating models process taxonomies and governance structures for global organisations including global vs. local design and template protection.
Proven ability to collaborate effectively with systems integrators reviewing and challenging proposed designs to align with Workday best practices and reduce delivery risk.
Comfort working in highstakes environments where timelines budgets and quality are tightly managed with a focus on risk identification mitigation and clear executiveready communication.
A detail-driven problem solver with a passion for delivering exceptional levels of customer service.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and comfortable presenting to both prospective buyers and current clients.
Ability and desire to learn technology quickly through a mix of different mediums.
Resourceful and adaptable; comfortable working remotely utilising a variety of collaboration and productivity tools with a high degree of autonomy.
Under normal circumstances ability to travel up to 30% of time as customer and sales pipeline needs require.
Workday Pay Transparency Statement (For EU Locations Only)
Listed below is the base salary range applicable to this position. Workday pay ranges (and the precise pay offered to the successful candidate) are based on a number of objective criteria such as relevant experience and skills and educational qualifications level of responsibility demands of the role work location and business need. As a part of the total compensation package this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus as well as annual refresh stock grants awarded by Workday Inc. For more information regarding Workdays comprehensive benefits please click here.
Primary Location Base Pay Range: 93300 EUR - 139900 EUR GermanyAdditional Location Base Pay Range: 93300 EUR - 139900 EUR GermanyOur Approach to Flexible Work
With Flex Work were combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections maintain a strong community and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways so rather than a number of required days in-office each week we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers prospects and partners (depending on role). This means youll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business team and personal needs while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote home office roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.
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