Financial Functional Consultant - Workday Consulting, EMEA (German & English Speaking)

Your work days are brighter here.

At Workday, it all began with a conversation over breakfast. When our founders met at a sunny California diner, they came up with an idea to revolutionize the enterprise software market. And when we began to rise, one thing that really set us apart was our culture. A culture which was driven by our value of putting our people first. And ever since, the happiness, development, and contribution of every Workmate is central to who we are. Our Workmates believe a healthy employee-centric, collaborative culture is the essential mix of ingredients for success in business. That’s why we look after our people, communities and the planet while still being profitable. Feel encouraged to shine, however that manifests: you don’t need to hide who you are. You can feel the energy and the passion, it's what makes us unique. Inspired to make a brighter work day for all and transform with us to the next stage of our growth journey? Bring your brightest version of you and have a brighter work day here.

About the Team

Workday’s Financial Consulting teams are driven by a passion for our products and the success of our customers in implementing our best-in-class cloud solutions. We’re a diverse group of people, with an invaluable mix of experience and backgrounds, located across multiple locations within the region.

About the Role

Our team promotes Workday’s core values with ‘Employees’ being the first of them. This is why we:

1. offer remote working schedules
2. empower you to follow your desired career path & achieve professional and personal goals
3. encourage work-life balance and wellbeing
4. are proud to champion equal opportunities for everyone

We are looking for someone to join our team who is eager to learn with a creative mindset, support their colleagues, and have fun.

At Workday, our benefits go beyond compensation to support your overall wellbeing, enrich your life, and ensure you have fun. We are often remote from one another but that doesn’t stop our sense of collaboration and supportiveness.

As a member of project teams, you’ll play a key role in the end-to-end implementation of Workday’s Financial Management product, across a varied portfolio of customers. You’ll act as a trusted advisor to the customer, either leading or supporting the implementation of single or multiple Finance functional streams, on any given implementation project.

What you will achieve in your first 12 – 24 months

You’ll get the opportunity to learn and achieve many things as a Consultant at Workday. Here are some of the activities you will experience on your Workday career journey:

1. Month 1 - you’ll complete the Workday Core Finance & Practical Certification training, and within your first 6 months, you’ll undertake further Specialist Certification training
2. Once Certified, you’ll supplement your initial product learnings through active project engagements, working under the guidance of a Functional Architect or Senior Consultant
3. You will work closely with other Consulting Teams on projects, including Data and Integration Consultants, to ensure seamless collaboration between the various touch-points of the application
4. Gain a practical understanding of Workday’s implementation methodology at each stage of the project life cycle:
5. Gathering and understanding Customer’s Business Requirements and demonstrating core Workday concepts, utilising pre-delivered Workday solutions
6. Translating Customer requirements into configured solutions and ensuring detailed unit testing of the Workday solution
7. Supporting your customer during multiple rounds of testing, responding to and resolving test issues under the guidance of the Lead Consultant
8. Undertaking final deployment activities for the customer, including the provision of knowledge transfer and post-production support activities
9. Within your 1st year you can expect to have worked on at least 1 (potentially 2) full-cycle implementation projects within your areas of expertise
10. In your 2nd year, you’ll continue to build on the knowledge that you’ve learnt, through additional training offerings and multiple concurrent project experiences.

About You

The role requires a blended mix of Functional and Technical Consulting skills relating to the implementation of business software applications. Workday Consultants act as trusted advisors to our Customers; as a result, we are Business Consultants who are experts in the functional aspects of the Workday platform. If you have existing or transferable experience in any of the following areas, then we’d love to hear from you:

Basic Qualifications

1. Language Skills: business fluent English and German required
2. 2-3+ years Consulting experience, either as an Internal Consultant or with a Consulting/Software Company
3. 2-3+ years experience working with or Implementing a Tier 1 business software application such as: Workday, SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, ADP, NetSuite, FinancialForce or similar applications
4. 2-3+ years experience working on Financials, Revenue and Project/Project billing software product.
5. Ability to travel up to 50% of the time (under typical circumstances)

Other Qualifications

1. Corporate Financial accounting experience
2. Relevant educational qualifications and/or experience implementing or supporting Financial Management solutions
3. Business analysis and requirements gathering skills
4. A detailed-driven problem solver, with a passion for delivering exceptional levels of customer service
5. A strong presenter with excellent verbal and written communication skills
6. Resourceful and adaptable; you’ll be comfortable working remotely, utilising a variety of tools with a high degree of autonomy

Our Approach to Flexible Work

With Flex Work, we’re 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 you'll 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.