Workiva Director - Business Transformation

Embark

26d • $210,000

About The Position

Experience a 45X+ award-winning culture! Embarkers enjoy: Work-life integration: We encourage our team to balance work with personal life. 95% of our employees feel they can take time off when necessary Growth and development: We offer continuous learning opportunities, including CPE credits and coaching, to support our employees' professional growth and ensure they execute excellently for clients Award-winning culture: Recognized for our outstanding workplace environment, we prioritize the happiness and well-being of our team Embark isn't your ordinary consulting firm. We’re committed to cultivating a workplace where everyone can thrive—where happiness is at the core of our success. Where Happy Works. Our team is dedicated to solving complex problems for finance, accounting, HR, and technology leaders with forward-thinking solutions and unparalleled hospitality. Here are a few reasons why 93% of Embarkers agree that we offer special and unique benefits: Unlimited PTO: Enjoy unlimited PTO to recharge and pursue your passions Comprehensive healthcare: 100% paid premiums for you and your family Whole human growth: $150 monthly stipend for holistic development Career advancement: Access to CPE credits, learning platforms, coaching, and professional development Financial support: Up to 3% 401(k) matching and financial advisory services Team and community engagement: Monthly social events within your market, charitable matching, and great people! Help finance, accounting, and compliance leaders modernize their reporting ecosystems by scaling a world-class Workiva service offering. As a Director focused on Workiva transformation, you will drive end-to-end delivery excellence, expand market presence, and shape the strategic vision for one of our fastest-growing offerings. We bring people, process, and technology together: People: We enable cross-functional finance, accounting, data, and compliance teams to collaborate seamlessly. Process: We streamline reporting workflows, strengthen controls, and eliminate manual work. Technology: We design and implement scalable Workiva architectures—from Wdata foundations to SEC, ESG, finance, and operations reporting. Your Role As a Workiva Service Offering Director, you will: Lead Strategic Growth of the Workiva Offering Define, refine, and execute the strategy for scaling the Workiva practice across industries. Develop differentiated methodologies, accelerators, and delivery frameworks to position the offering as market-leading. Partner with leadership to drive revenue targets, capability maturity, and cross-service-line integration. Oversee High-Impact Workiva Implementations Serve as executive sponsor on complex Workiva engagements, ensuring delivery quality, client satisfaction, and measurable outcomes. Guide teams through discovery, solution design, implementation, testing, and deployment across Wdata, SEC, ESG, FP&A, operational reporting, and internal controls use cases. Design Enterprise-Scale Workiva Architectures Architect scalable, governed data environments using Wdata, Chains, connectors, and integrations with ERPs, data warehouses, and reporting ecosystems. Establish patterns, standards, and quality frameworks that support consistent, high-performing Workiva deployments. Drive Offering Enablement & Thought Leadership Build reusable assets, templates, sample architectures, and implementation roadmaps to improve efficiency and speed-to-value. Develop internal training programs and certification paths to mature Workiva expertise across the team. Represent the firm at Workiva events, user groups, partner councils, and industry forums. Strengthen Client Relationships Cultivate executive-level relationships across CFO, CAO, Controller, ESG, Internal Audit, and Data leadership teams. Advise clients on reporting modernization, connected workflow design, data governance, and long-term Workiva platform strategy. Translate client needs into roadmap initiatives and new service offerings. Enable Talent Development & Team Leadership Mentor and coach project leads, consultants, and specialists across all Workiva disciplines. Build a strong bench of Workiva experts by fostering growth, collaboration, and a culture of excellence. Enhance Operational Excellence Establish quality standards, delivery playbooks, and engagement governance models. Partner with internal operations to forecast resourcing needs, manage utilization, and support practice profitability. Ensure engagements follow consistent processes across estimation, scoping, delivery, and quality review. Support Business Development & Growth Initiatives Collaborate closely with the business development team on proposal development, RFP responses, scoping exercises, and solution design. Ensure scoping aligns with delivery standards, methodology, and capacity forecasting. Participate in pursuit calls, client workshops, and strategic account planning.

Requirements

• Deep Workiva Expertise Extensive hands-on experience implementing Workiva solutions, including Wdata (tables, data prep, Chains), connected reporting, controls, ESG, and SEC reporting. Strong understanding of how Workiva integrates with ERPs, GLs, subledgers, and data warehouses.
• Strategic Consulting Leadership Proven experience growing a service offering, practice area, or consulting capability. Demonstrated success leading multi-stakeholder transformation programs. Ability to work seamlessly with finance, accounting, technology, compliance, and executive teams.
• Data, Reporting & Controls Acumen Solid understanding of financial close, consolidation, management reporting, and regulatory reporting. Strong command of data modeling, ETL/ELT concepts, integration patterns, and governance frameworks. Ability to connect data design decisions to reporting workflows, controls, and business outcomes.
• People & Practice Leadership Skills Natural coach and mentor who builds high-trust, high-performance teams. Strong communication, facilitation, and executive-level presentation abilities. Comfort operating in ambiguity while driving clarity, structure, and alignment.

Responsibilities

• Lead Strategic Growth of the Workiva Offering
• Oversee High-Impact Workiva Implementations
• Design Enterprise-Scale Workiva Architectures
• Drive Offering Enablement & Thought Leadership
• Strengthen Client Relationships
• Enable Talent Development & Team Leadership
• Enhance Operational Excellence
• Support Business Development & Growth Initiatives

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO: Enjoy unlimited PTO to recharge and pursue your passions
• Comprehensive healthcare: 100% paid premiums for you and your family
• Whole human growth: $150 monthly stipend for holistic development
• Career advancement: Access to CPE credits, learning platforms, coaching, and professional development
• Financial support: Up to 3% 401(k) matching and financial advisory services
• Team and community engagement: Monthly social events within your market, charitable matching, and great people!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees