Workday Adaptive Planning Architect

Aon Corporation • Berwyn, IL

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About The Position

Aon is seeking an experienced Workday Adaptive Planning Architect to implement the strategy, roadmap, and architecture of its enterprise planning platform. Serving as both design authority and hands-on technical lead, this role leads technical solutioning for major FP&A initiatives from discovery through implementation and support across budgeting, forecasting, workforce planning, scenario modeling, and reporting. The Architect partners closely with Finance, FP&A, and HR collaborators and supports business-critical issues.

The role establishes the vision, roadmap, governance, and lifecycle management of Workday Adaptive Planning. It designs scalable planning models and architecture, translates business requirements into technical specifications, oversees integrations and security, and provides hands-on production support. It also develops executive reporting solutions, optimizes models and processes, and evaluates new platform capabilities, including biannual releases and AI/LLM-enabled planning and forecasting features.

Aon describes its purpose as shaping decisions for the better to protect and enrich lives around the world, with colleagues united through trust as an inclusive team and focused on helping colleagues and clients succeed.

Requirements

• Extensive hands-on Workday Adaptive Planning experience designing, building, and maintaining models, with a proven portfolio of successfully architected and delivered large-scale, high-impact projects.
• At least 7 years of experience supporting FP&A, EPM, or enterprise planning platforms, including at least 5 years of hands-on Workday Adaptive Planning experience as an architect, lead administrator, or consultant.
• Deep expertise in data modeling, system integration, and performance optimization in a sophisticated enterprise environment.
• Deep functional knowledge of Adaptive modeling, workforce planning, financial planning and forecasting, OfficeConnect, reporting and dashboards, security administration, and version management.
• Solid understanding of financial statements, FP&A processes, budgeting, forecasting, workforce planning, and scenario analysis.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Information Systems, Finance, Accounting, Business, Computer Science, or a related area of study.
• Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning and staying current with emerging Adaptive Planning, FP&A, and AI capabilities.

Nice To Haves

• Workday Pro Adaptive Planning Certification.
• Background and experience in Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A).
• Familiarity with Workday ways of working.
• Experience integrating planning, ERP, HCM, and other financial systems.
• PMP, Agile, or related project management certification.

Responsibilities

• Implement the vision, roadmap, governance, and lifecycle management of the Workday Adaptive Planning platform, and define planning technology strategies for budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, workforce planning, and scenario analysis.
• Lead the design of complex, scalable Adaptive Planning solutions while ensuring data integrity and seamless information flow across the enterprise.
• Lead technical solutioning for major Adaptive Planning initiatives from discovery and design through implementation and postproduction support.
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications and model architecture aligned with business strategy, and identify opportunities to improve processes and optimize tools for FP&A and other business teams.
• Architect multidimensional planning models and structures—including dimensions, assumptions, versions, levels, and hierarchies—to support revenue, expense, and headcount planning; workforce and long-range goal setting; and driver-based forecasting and scenario modeling.
• Provide hands-on support for urgent and business-critical production issues, working toward swift resolution and minimal business disruption.
• Serve as a domain authority for business collaborators, resolving process and technical issues in a timely manner while upholding guidelines.
• Configure and maintain Adaptive Planning models, sheets, formulas, assumptions, dimensions, attributes, and workflows, optimizing performance, usability, and maintainability.
• Develop and maintain executive reporting solutions and establish governance standards for OfficeConnect reporting, dashboards, scorecards, and key performance indicators.
• Architect and oversee integrations between Workday Adaptive Planning and Workday Financials, Workday HCM, ERP, data warehouses, payroll, and BI platforms.
• Manage security architecture, user provisioning, access controls, and segregation of duties.
• Evaluate and adopt new Adaptive Planning capabilities, including biannual release adoption and AI/LLM-enabled planning and forecasting features.
• Serve as the enterprise design authority for planning architecture and define platform standards and governance.

Benefits

• Annual discretionary bonus through participation in an annual incentive plan, subject to the plan’s terms and conditions.
• 401(k) savings plan with employer contributions.
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Consideration for long-term incentive awards at Aon’s discretion.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Various types of leaves of absence.
• Paid time off, including 12 paid holidays and 15 days of paid vacation per year.
• Paid sick leave as provided under applicable state and local laws.
• Short-term disability and optional long-term disability.
• Health savings account.
• Health care and dependent care reimbursement accounts.
• Employee and dependent life insurance and supplemental life and AD&D insurance.
• Optional personal insurance policies.
• Adoption assistance.
• Tuition assistance.
• Commuter benefits.
• Employee assistance program that includes free counseling sessions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior