Senior Financial Functional Consultant - Accounting Center and Record to Report - Workday Success Plans

Workday•Atlanta, GA

18d•Hybrid

About The Position

Your work days are brighter here. We’re 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, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll 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. We’re 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 you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll 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, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too. About the Team The Workday Success Plans Team is dedicated to helping customers realize ongoing value from their Workday Financials applications after go-live. We design and deliver targeted programs that drive feature adoption, optimization, and measurable business outcomes across the Workday platform. Within Success Plans, this role focuses on Workday Financials – Record to Report and Accounting Center. Our customers rely on us as trusted advisors to help configure, optimize, and extend their accounting and data orchestration processes—ensuring accurate accounting, strong controls, and efficient close and reporting outcomes. We’re collaborative, customer-obsessed, and passionate about solving real business problems with technology—while enjoying the work and the people we do it with. About the Role As a Workday Financials (Record to Report & Accounting Center) Functional Consultant – Workday Success Plans, you will work directly with customers post go-live to help them fully leverage their Workday Financials investment. You will serve as a hands-on functional expert across Record to Report and Accounting Center, providing configuration guidance, troubleshooting support, and best-practice advisory services. This role combines deep Workday accounting expertise with customer-facing consulting and enablement, helping customers integrate operational data into Workday, streamline accounting processes, and improve financial visibility. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys hands-on configuration, working closely with customers, and solving complex accounting and data integration challenges in a consulting environment.

Requirements

8+ years of hands-on Workday Financials configuration experience across Record to Report and/or Accounting Center
8+ years of experience with Workday Financials and financial systems
8+ years of customer-facing consulting or advisory experience

Nice To Haves

Workday Certification (or ability to obtain) in Record to Report, Financial Accounting, Accounting Center, or Financial Data Model (FDM)
Ability to clearly explain complex accounting and Accounting Center concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to manage multiple customer engagements and deliverables concurrently
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Experience supporting large, global enterprises with multi-entity and multi-currency accounting
Ability to travel up to 20%, based on customer and business needs

Responsibilities

Customer Consulting & Advisory Deliver appointment-based consulting engagements (e.g., Office Hours, micro-consulting sessions) focused on Record to Report and Accounting Center configuration and optimization
Partner with customers to understand accounting, data integration, and close requirements and translate them into scalable Workday solutions
Provide configuration guidance, design options, and recommendations aligned to Workday and industry best practices
Configure, Accounting Center & Troubleshooting Configure, review, and optimize Workday Record to Report functionality, including: Financial Data Model (FDM) Financial Accounting Accounting Journals Allocations Consolidations Intercompany Processing Period Close Multicurrency Financial Budgets and statistical accounting
Configure and optimize Workday Accounting Center, including: Source system integration and data ingestion Accounting rules, transformations, and validations Event-driven accounting and accounting outputs to Workday Financials
Troubleshoot complex configuration, data, and accounting issues across Record to Report and Accounting Center
Perform configuration and business requirements reviews and produce clear deliverables outlining findings, risks, and optimization opportunities
Customer Enablement & Adoption Design and deliver feature demonstrations, Accelerator Webinars, and enablement sessions focused on Record to Report and Accounting Center use cases
Provide one-on-one consulting to accelerate adoption of accounting, close, and Accounting Center capabilities
Conduct Feature Adoption Tenant Reviews to identify underutilized functionality and define adoption and optimization plans
Thought Leadership & Continuous Learning Maintain up-to-date expertise in Workday Record to Report and Accounting Center, including new features and roadmap
Stay current on accounting, close, and data orchestration industry practices and trends
Contribute insights and feedback to help evolve Success Plans programs and services