Principal Financial Implementation Consultant

Workday

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Chicago, IL - USA

profile Monthly Salary: $ 140400 - 210500
Posted on: 23 hours ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

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

Workdays Functional Financials Consulting teams main purpose is to build an outstanding customer experience by delivering engaging and
innovative consulting services to help customers partners and employees make the most of their Workday financial system.

About the Role

As a Principal Functional Consultant you will be responsible for ensuring the successful implementation of Workdays product solutions. You will provide your implementation expertise to our clients while understanding how to best configure and test Workday solutions to meet their business requirements.

  • We are looking for a hardworking innovative and collaborative Financials Consultant to join our this role you will ensure the successful implementation of the Workday Financials solution with customers through product and implementation expertise. The ideal candidate for this position should have extensive experience implementing or supporting Financial systems requirements capturing configuration data conversion and testing. You should be detail oriented self-motivated proactive results-oriented and able to successfully partner with customers and your project team. Be ready to be challenged and have fun!
  • Become a specialist in the Workday Financials product suite
  • Perform the following on an engagement: understand client business requirements configure the Workday Financials solution demonstrate the configurations through the development of prototype systems assist the client in testing the Workday Financials solution
  • Work with the client to help convert legacy data into Workday
  • Assist the integration consulting team in helping to configure and test integrations between Workday and third party/custom solutions
  • Understand Workdays Implementation Methodology and use it on all engagements
  • Help mentor new consultants
  • Ensure the client is referenceable once the client is in production
  • Share product knowledge with other consultants
  • Provide the Engagement Manager with status reports and keep them informed of overall project status
  • We bring data in from all corners of the enterprise. You can understand whats driving your business today and identify the opportunities ahead.

About You

Basic Qualifications-Principal Financial Implementation Consultant

  • Prior experience implementing Workday as a customer or consultant is a MUST
  • A minimum of 7 years as a customer or consultant in at least one of the following Financial solutions: Foundational Data Model (FDM) Financial Accounting or Accounting Center

Basic Qualifications-Senior Financial Implementation Consultant

  • Prior experience implementing Workday as a customer or consultant is a MUST
  • A minimum of 3 years as a customer or consultant in at least one of the following Financial solutions: Foundational Data Model (FDM) Financial Accounting or Accounting Center


Other Qualifications

  • Passion for customer service
  • Proven project management experience
  • Functional experience
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Business analysis and requirements gathering abilities.
  • Ability to learn technology quickly through instruction and self-training.
  • Experience deploying multiple projects simultaneously a plus
  • Ability to travel up to 30% if needed


Workday Pay Transparency Statement

The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. 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. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidates compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including but not limited to geography experience skills job duties and business need among other things. For more information regarding Workdays comprehensive benefits please click here.

Primary Location:


Primary Location Base Pay Range: $147400 USD - $221100 USD


Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $133300 USD - $236800 USD

Additional Considerations:

If performed in Colorado the pay range for this job is $140400 - $210500 USD based on min and max pay range for that role if performed in CO.

The application deadline for this role is the same as the posting end date stated as below:

02/13/2026



Our 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.

Pursuant to applicable Fair Chance law Workday will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Workday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.


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