Workday Financials, Senior Consultant (AMS) at Avaap · United…

Workday Financials, Senior Consultant (AMS)

Location: United States of America · Remote

Serve as Sr. level individual contributor for Workday Financials post-production support, optimizations, and transformation initiatives within AMS team specializing in supporting Government and Higher Education customers.

Design scalable, sustainable, and compliant Workday Financials solutions aligned with client business objectives and industry best practices.
Provide end-to-end production support solutions across the Workday Financials platform, ensuring alignment between business requirements, security, reporting, integrations, and operational processes.

• Provide guidance on Financials operating models, process design, governance, and system solutions for AMS customers.

• Advise clients on best practices related to budget control, commitment accounting, fund accounting, and financial governance.

• Design solutions that support strong internal controls, audit readiness, and segregation of duties requirements.

• Partner with technical, reporting, integration, and change management teams to deliver cohesive enterprise solutions.

• Support business development efforts through solution demonstrations, proposal development, estimates, and architecture assessments.

Experience in several of the following Workday Financials areas:

• Financial Accounting

• Foundation Data Model (FDM)

• Commitment Accounting

• Budget Management and Budgeting Integration Points

• Revenue Management

• Customer Accounts

• Banking and Settlement

• Asset Management

• Grants Management (Preferred, not required)

• Projects (Preferred, not required)

• Security Administration

• Segregation of Duties (SoD) and Internal Controls

• Financial Reporting and Analytics

Required Qualifications

• Functional expertise in Workday Financials configuration, and solution design.

• Strong understanding of Workday Financial Accounting, Foundation Data Model (FDM), Commitment Accounting, Budget Management, Revenue Management, Customer Accounts, Banking & Settlement, Assets, Grants, Projects, and related business processes.

• Demonstrated experience troubleshooting complex Production support issues across multiple Workday Financials functional areas.

• Strong knowledge of accounting principles, financial operations, internal controls, security design, and segregation of duties within Workday.

• Experience supporting post-production Workday Financials environments, including Phase X initiatives, continuous improvement efforts, feature adoption, and optimization roadmaps.

• Ability to assess client business requirements and translate them into scalable, sustainable Workday solutions.

• Exceptional consulting, communication, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage effectively with Finance, Procurement, Budget, Grants, and Executive leadership teams.

• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities, client requests, and project deliverables in a fast-paced consulting environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Workday Grants Management and Projects experience preferred.

• Experience supporting Higher Education, Research Institutions, State and Local Government, or other Public Sector organizations highly preferred.

• Prior experience working within a Workday Application Management Services (AMS) environment preferred.

• Experience leading Phase X assessments, roadmap planning, tenant optimization initiatives, and Workday feature adoption strategies.

• Multiple full lifecycle Workday Financials implementations, including post-go-live support and optimization engagements.

• Current Workday Financials certification(s) preferred.

• Base Salary Range is $115,000 to $160,000 plus 20% variable compensation is available for this specific role. At Avaap it is not typical to be hired at the top of the base salary range.

• During the interview process, alignment to level will be determined and should level differ from position applied for, a new compensation range will be provided for the appropriate role.

• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills along with the ability to communicate effectively

• Must be able to perform work indoors and remain stationary at a computer

• Ability to work in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment

• Passion for exceptional customer service and collaboration

• Ability to work remotely or out of one of Avaap’s physical office locations

• Current permanent U.S. work authorization required

• Open PTO

• Competitive vision, dental, and medical, including fertility coverage

• Paid parental leave

• 401(k) match

• Company-paid disability and life benefits

• Employee Assistance Program, including behavioral health services

• Fitness stipend