Description
We are looking for a Principal Functional Consultant (P5) to join our Financial Consulting team. As a Principal Functional Consultant, you will take a lead role on project engagements, taking ownership of core functional finance workstreams across complex end-to-end Workday Financial Management implementations.
Responsibilities:
- Take a lead role on project engagements, taking ownership of core functional finance workstreams across complex end-to-end Workday Financial Management implementations.
- Act as a trusted advisor to key financial stakeholders, driving solution design workshops, configuring robust system setups, and guiding customers through key project milestones while mentoring junior team members.
- Complete or refresh your Workday Core Finance Certification and obtain advanced Specialist Certifications across key modules within your first 3 months.
- Take immediate ownership of primary Finance workstreams on active deployments, acting as the primary functional expert during discovery and configuration phases.
- Work closely with cross-functional project leads, including Data, Integration, and Technical Consultants, to architect seamless touchpoints across the entire solution delivery landscape.
Requirements:
- 10+ years of functional consulting experience, either as an Internal Consultant or with a Consulting/Software company, focused on enterprise financial management applications.
- 6+ years of hands-on experience implementing or configuring Workday Financials (Core Financials, FDM, General Ledger, AP/AR, Assets, Banking, or Revenue).
- Deep understanding of corporate financial accounting, multi-currency operations, and statutory reporting frameworks within the UKI region.
- Fluency in English.
Nice to Have:
- Demonstrated ability to build trust with finance leaders and functional SMEs, constructively challenging legacy processes in favor of modern, standardized SaaS workflows.
- Strong business analysis, requirements gathering, and workshop facilitation skills with an ability to present technical configurations clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
- Proven capability to mentor junior team members and review configuration quality across sub-workstreams.
- Experience in the UKI public sector across both the sales cycle and implementation is preferred.
Benefits:
- Flexible work schedules aligned to our "flex model"
- Empower you to follow your desired career path & achieve professional and personal goals
- Encourage work-life balance and wellbeing
- Proud to champion equal opportunities for everyone