Functional Consultant - Planning

Your work days are brighter here. We’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too. About the Team The Adaptive Planning Professional Services team is dedicated to bringing the full value of Workday's Adaptive Planning product to life for our customers. As implementation consultants, we partner with a diverse portfolio of customers to help them transform how they plan, budget, forecast, and report across their Finance functions. Our team sits at the heart of customer success, guiding organizations through end-to-end implementations of Workday Adaptive Planning. We collaborate closely with project managers, technical consultants, and customer teams to ensure every deployment delivers meaningful outcomes. What makes this team special is the variety of work and the impact we have — no two implementations are the same, and you will be continuously learning and growing as you help customers across industries unlock the potential of modern planning solutions. About the Role As a Functional Consultant on the Adaptive Planning team, you will play a key role in the end-to-end implementation of Workday's Adaptive Planning product across a varied portfolio of customers. You will act as a trusted advisor, either leading or supporting the implementation of single or multiple Finance functional streams on any given project. This role requires a blend of functional and technical consulting skills relating to the implementation of business software applications. As a Workday Consultant, you are a business consultant who brings expertise in the functional aspects of the Workday platform and translates that knowledge into solutions that meet each customer's unique needs. In this role, you will be responsible for: Leading or supporting the implementation of Workday Adaptive Planning across Finance and HCM functional streams, ensuring solutions are designed to address customer business challenges Conducting discovery sessions and requirements gathering workshops to understand customer needs, use cases, and goals, and translating those into well-defined solution designs Configuring and deploying Adaptive Planning solutions, including financial models, reports, dashboards, and integrations, in alignment with customer requirements Serving as a trusted advisor to customers throughout the implementation lifecycle, providing guidance on best practices and helping them get the most out of the platform Collaborating with project team members, including project managers and technical consultants, to ensure implementations are delivered on time and to a high standard Contributing to continuous improvement by sharing knowledge, developing best practices, and mentoring team members About You Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills to articulate commercial terms clearly during negotiations with renewing customers. Comfortable investigating and resolving complex cus ... (truncated, view full listing at source)