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

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.

Key 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

Configuration, 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

About You

Basic Qualifications (P5 / Principal)

• 8+ years of hands-on Workday Financials configuration experience across Record to Report

• 8+ years of experience with Workday Financials and financial systems

• 5+ years of customer-facing consulting or advisory experience

• 3+ years Workday Accounting Center experience

Basic Qualifications (P4 / Senior)

• 5+ years of hands-on Workday Financials configuration experience across Record to Report

• 5+ years of experience with Workday Financials and financial systems

• 3+ years of customer-facing consulting or advisory experience

• 2+ Workday Accounting Center experience

Basic Qualifications (P3 / Consultant)

• 3+ years of hands-on Workday Financials configuration experience across Record to Report and/or Accounting Center

• 3+ years of experience working with Workday Financials and financial systems

• 1+ years of customer-facing consulting experience advising on accounting, close, and Accounting Center solution

Additional Qualifications

• 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

Who You Are

You’re a Workday Record to Report and Accounting Center functional expert who enjoys being hands-on in configuration and partnering directly with customers. You’re comfortable working across accounting, close, and data orchestration—whether that means configuring accounting rules, troubleshooting data flows, or helping customers optimize their close processes. You’re curious, adaptable, and motivated by helping customers get real, lasting value from Workday Financials.

Workday Pay Transparency Statement

The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things. For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits, please .

Primary Location: USA.GA.AtlantaPrimary Location Base Pay Range: $117,000 USD - $175,400 USDAdditional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $111,000 USD - $197,300 USD

Additional Considerations:

If performed in Colorado, the pay range for this job is $117,000 - $175,400 USD based on min and max pay range for that role if performed in CO.

The application deadline for this role is the same as the posting end date stated as below:

03/31/2026