Senior Consultant – Technical Specialist (Workday Financials)
About The Position
Alpha Alternatives, part of Alpha Group, is a specialist consulting business serving the alternative investment industry. We work with leading private equity, private credit, real estate, infrastructure, venture capital, and diversified asset managers to address complex business and operational challenges through industry expertise, management consulting, technology, data, and transformation delivery. Within Alpha Alternatives, the Management Company Operations (MCO) practice advises CFOs and finance leaders on driving meaningful organizational change through operational and technology transformation. We assess current-state operating models across people, process, data, and technology and partner with clients to design and implement scalable future-state solutions aligned with their business objectives. Our core solution areas include: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Business Spend Management and Accounts Payable Travel & Expense Management Expense Allocation and Chargebacks Budgeting & Planning HRIS Platforms Treasury Management Systems Our services span the transformation lifecycle, including: Target Operating Model Design Process Redesign and Optimization Policy Development and Governance Technical Architecture and Integration Strategy System Evaluation and Selection Program and Project Management System Implementation Managed Services and Staff Augmentation AI Enablement We work across the private markets landscape, helping firms design and implement the operating infrastructure, technology, and capabilities required to support growth and increasing organizational complexity. The Workday Practice Alpha’s Workday Practice sits within MCO and specializes in Workday implementation, optimization, solution health assessments, release readiness, and Application Management Services (AMS). The practice works closely with Alpha’s broader advisory, data, and technology teams to translate business requirements into scalable Workday solutions and provide continuity from strategy and design through implementation and ongoing support.
Requirements
- 3–5 years of technical Workday development experience.
- Hands-on experience with EIB, Core Connectors, Workday Studio, Workday Web Services, XML, XSLT, and API mechanics.
- Strong understanding of integration testing, troubleshooting, error handling, and data validation.
- Ability to interpret technical specifications and independently execute assigned development tasks.
- Active Workday Creating and Securing Integrations, Workday Studio, and Workday Reporting certifications.
Nice To Haves
- Additional platform, Extend, security, or reporting certifications are valued.
Responsibilities
- Build, test, deploy, and support Workday integrations, custom reports, and data transformations based on approved technical designs and specifications.
- Develop integrations using EIB, Core Connectors, Document Transformation, Workday Studio, Workday Web Services, and APIs based on approved technical specifications.
- Participate in discovery and technical design sessions, document interface requirements, data mappings, dependencies, and technical decisions.
- Develop and maintain XML/XSLT transformations, validation logic, error handling, and file-format conversions required by integrations.
- Conduct unit and integration testing, troubleshoot transmission and authentication failures, resolve data-formatting issues, and support defect remediation.
- Support functional teams during conversion cycles by preparing and executing technical loads, validating results, and troubleshooting load failures.
- Build and support Workday reports and calculated fields required for integrations, reconciliation, operational reporting, and downstream data consumption.
- Maintain technical specifications, mappings, test evidence, deployment steps, and support documentation; assist with cutover and production validation.
- Work closely with technical leads, functional teams, client technology resources, and third-party vendors to resolve integration dependencies and delivery issues.
Benefits
- Vast opportunities to self-development, unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning
- Work-life balance with flexible schedule
- We offer a range of social events and meetups
- 25 days’ holiday in addition to public holidays
- Supplemented medical, dental and vision coverage
- 401(k) with employer match
- Wellness initiatives to promote healthy working, including an allowance for remote working technology
- Access to discounted travel, tickets, events, and more through our benefit partner
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
