Workday Consultant

Workday Adaptive Planning Consultant

Overview

Drive meaningful planning transformation for higher education and public-sector organizations as a Workday Adaptive Planning Consultant. In this fully remote, client-facing contract role, you will help finance, budget, HR, academic, operational, and executive stakeholders modernize budgeting, forecasting, workforce planning, reporting, and long-range financial planning.

You will combine expertise in higher education and/or government finance with hands-on experience in solution design, model configuration, stakeholder engagement, and AI-accelerated delivery. From leading discovery workshops and translating business processes into scalable planning models to developing executive reporting and supporting go-live, you will help clients bring greater structure, accountability, and insight to complex financial environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead discovery workshops with Finance, Budget, HR, academic, administrative, operational, and executive stakeholders.
• Design and configure Workday Adaptive Planning models, dashboards, reports, and reporting solutions.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, workforce planning, enrollment and tuition revenue planning, long-range financial planning, grants and auxiliary planning, capital planning, and personnel budgeting initiatives.
• Apply AI tools to accelerate configuration, documentation, testing, analysis, and delivery while validating the quality and accuracy of AI-generated output.
• Support Workday Adaptive Decision Intelligence through scenario modeling, simulations, natural-language planning questions, and governed decision-making.
• Translate organizational processes into scalable planning models and effective reporting solutions.
• Conduct testing, validation, training, optimization, and go-live support.
• Assist with roadmap development, optimization assessments, and process improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to proposal development, demonstrations, and solution discussions.
• Mentor junior consultants and support the development of consulting methodologies and AI accelerators.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• At least 4 years of relevant experience in one or more of the following:
• Higher education finance or budgeting
• Government or public-sector budgeting and financial planning
• FP&A or planning transformation consulting
• Workday Adaptive Planning consulting or administration
• Experience working within or supporting higher education institutions and/or government organizations.
• Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, workforce planning, and financial reporting processes.
• Experience leading client-facing meetings, discovery sessions, and workshops.
• Ability to translate organizational business processes into scalable planning models.
• Experience supporting solution design, testing, validation, training, or go-live activities.
• Demonstrated ability to use AI tools effectively in a professional setting, including writing clear prompts, validating AI-generated output, and integrating AI into day-to-day delivery.
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with finance, budget, HR, academic, administrative, operational, and executive stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced consulting environment.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Active Workday Adaptive Planning certification.
• Familiarity with Workday Adaptive Decision Intelligence or scenario-based, AI-driven planning.
• Experience with enrollment planning, tuition and financial aid modeling, or faculty demand and workload planning.
• Experience with workforce planning, personnel budgeting, or vacancy management.
• Experience with long-range financial planning, grants management, fund forecasting, auxiliary planning, capital planning, or strategic initiative planning.
• Knowledge of budget book and ACFR reporting processes.
• Experience integrating planning solutions with ERP and SIS platforms such as Banner, Workday, Colleague, PeopleSoft, Ellucian, Tyler Technologies, Munis, Oracle, SAP, or other related systems.
• Experience with OfficeConnect, dashboards, and executive reporting.
• Experience applying AI tools to consulting, financial analysis, or modeling work.
• Prior consulting experience.
• Experience supporting proposals, demonstrations, or solution discussions.
• Interest in mentoring junior consultants and contributing to consulting methodologies or AI accelerators.

Preferred Education and Experience

Relevant professional experience in higher education finance, government finance, public-sector planning, FP&A, Workday Adaptive Planning, or financial transformation consulting is preferred.

A minimum of 4 years of relevant professional experience is required. Specific degree requirements were not provided.

Other Requirements

• Work arrangement: Fully remote.
• Employment type: Contract or contract part-time.
• Contract duration: 12 months or longer.
• Travel: Periodic client travel may be required, generally less than 10% depending on project needs.
• Availability to begin as soon as possible.
• Ability to work effectively in a highly collaborative, autonomous, and client-facing consulting environment.
• Commitment to quality, accountability, clear communication, and responsible use of AI in client delivery.