Principal Financials Functional Consultant

Workday Workday · Enterprise · Hong Kong

This role is for a Principal Financials Functional Consultant at Workday, a company that positions itself as an AI platform for managing people, money, and agents. The consultant will be responsible for the successful implementation of Workday's financial solutions, including design, configuration, testing, and client support. The role requires deep expertise in Workday Financial Management and functional experience in various financial areas. While the company mentions AI, the core responsibilities of this specific role are focused on functional consulting and implementation of financial software, not direct AI/ML development or research.

What you'd actually do

  1. Work closely with the customer's project team to design, configure and deploy their functional requirements.
  2. Become an expert in the Workday Financial Management product suite
  3. Perform the following on an engagement: understand client business requirements, configure the solution, demonstrate the configurations through the development of prototype systems, assist the client in testing the solution
  4. Work with the client to help convert legacy data into Workday
  5. Assist the integration consulting team to configure and test integrations between Workday and third party/custom solutions

Skills

Required

  • functional experience in Financials software solutions or systems
  • Consulting experience
  • Functional expertise in at least one of the following areas: General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Billing, Procurement, Asset Management, Projects, Expense Management, Financial Reporting, or Budgeting
  • implementing Workday, SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Ultimate Software, ADP, Ceridian or similar applications
  • project management experience
  • Business analysis and requirements gathering abilities
  • Ability to learn technology quickly through instruction and self-training

Nice to have

  • Passion for customer service
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Experience deploying multiple projects simultaneously

What the JD emphasized

  • 7+ years of functional experience in Financials software solutions or systems
  • 7+ years Consulting experience
  • 5+ years experience implementing Workday, SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Ultimate Software, ADP, Ceridian or similar applications