Workday Financials Architect- Projects (Partner Experience Required)

Location: chicago, Illinois

Country: United States

Category: Workday

Workplace Location: Remote

Employment Type: Contract

Posted Date: July 23, 2026

Job ID: 650031

Job Description

Job Title: Workday Financials Architect - Projects

Location: Remote

Work Requirements: Must be available during Central Time business hours

Compensation: $110 per hour

Employment Type: Contract

Contract Duration: 10 months with potential extensions

Hours: Approximately 25-28 hours per week

Introduction

We are seeking a senior Workday Financials Architect with deep expertise in Workday Projects to support multiple client engagements across implementation, testing, deployment, and post-production stages.

This consultant will provide hands-on functional leadership, architectural guidance, and client-facing support across several concurrent Workday Financials projects. The ideal candidate can move comfortably between strategic solution design, tenant configuration, testing, issue resolution, and optimization while serving as a trusted advisor to both implementation teams and client stakeholders.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

  • Lead Workday Projects architecture, configuration, testing, troubleshooting, and optimization across multiple concurrent client engagements.
  • Facilitate discovery and design sessions, translate business requirements into scalable solutions, and assess existing configurations for risks, gaps, and dependencies.
  • Provide guidance across project setup, hierarchies, worktags, costing, billing, revenue, expenses, accounting, and related Financial Management dependencies.
  • Support testing, defect resolution, deployment readiness, post-production stabilization, documentation, and knowledge transfer.

Required Skills & Qualifications

  • 7+ years of Workday Financial Management consulting experience, including significant hands-on Workday Projects design and configuration.
  • Active Workday Projects Services Certification and prior experience working for a Workday Certified Services Partner are required.
  • Experience serving as a Workday Financials Architect, Lead Consultant, or senior functional owner across implementation and post-production environments.
  • Strong knowledge of project costing, billing, revenue, worktags, accounting impacts, testing, and cross-functional Financial Management dependencies.
  • Proven ability to lead client-facing sessions, manage multiple workstreams, troubleshoot complex issues, and communicate effectively with technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
  • Must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship and successfully complete required background and reference checks.

Preferred Skills & Qualifications

  • Experience with Revenue Management, Customer Accounts, Billing, Accounting, Expenses, Procurement, Financial Reporting, or related Workday Financials areas.
  • Experience supporting commercial and healthcare clients, full-platform implementations, Financials expansion initiatives, or post-production AMS environments.
  • Knowledge of Workday reporting, calculated fields, integrations, release management, and regression-testing practices.

Additional Details

  • Remote engagement requiring availability during Central Time business hours.
  • Approximately 25-28 hours per week.
  • Contract is expected to run for 10 months with possible extensions.
  • C2C and other eligible engagement arrangements may be considered, but visa sponsorship is not available.
  • One-step interview process with a quick turnaround.
  • Immediate start preferred.

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