Workday Financials Architect

About Alight

At Alight, we believe that a company's success starts with its people. Our core values are Champion People, Grow with Purpose, and Be Alight. We strive to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported.

Job Summary

The Workday Financials Architect will collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive consistent delivery practices, maximize practice profitability, and drive innovation. This role will be responsible for managing and motivating team members, supporting their career and professional development, and ensuring that they complete tasks in their functional areas that meet business needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Innovate within and cross practices to maximize delivery efficiencies, identify new delivery offerings, automation, deliver per methodology, adoption, and advancement of tools.
• Assist with developing and maintaining practice methodology and provide input into overall Professional Services methodology across LE/ME/Launch.
• Coordinate with Services counterparts to maintain and improve POV and Professional Services/Services delivery.
• Provide input into project staffing and resource skills classification.
• Manage job requisition, facilitate interview and selection process.

Profitability Responsibilities

• Support global delivery model: DCA development; ways of working offshore; global standardization and best practices; global methodology.
• Provide sales support: Support sales meetings; provide input to sale materials; develop sales support resources.
• Maximize practice profitability: Maximize and balance team and delivery center utilization; identify cross-domain training opportunities to improve staffing efficiency.

People Management Responsibilities

• Motivate and inspire the team to do their best work.
• Support new initiates; build foundation of continuous improvement; focus on colleague empowerment; colleague retention.
• Support Colleague training and professional development.
• Lead support and development.
• Consultant support and development.
• People Manager support and development.
• New hire onboarding/training.
• Support Practice escalations—People Manager, technology, office, delivery.
• 1:1 with direct reports and skip level (as needed).
• Identify high performers and support career progression.
• Participate in succession planning for practice leadership, line level managers, and leads.
• Facilitate team meetings and cross-functional knowledge sharing.

Project Delivery-Based Responsibilities

• Responsible for leading one or more areas of the largest and most complex projects and/or multiple concurrent projects potentially over longer periods of duration.
• Leads portions of client sales meetings. Participates in client proposal development across multiple proposals.
• Utilization requirements of up to 50%.

Work Experience

• 10 years relevant work experience required.
• Workday Financials experience required.
• Previous client and/or people leadership experience required.
• Previous consulting experience required either as an internal consultant or with a consulting/software organization.

Flexible Working

At Alight, we consider flexible working arrangements wherever possible. We believe that a healthy work-life balance is essential for our employees' well-being and productivity.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive total rewards package, including health coverage options, wellbeing and support programs, retirement, vacation and sick leave, maternity, paternity, and adoption leave, continuing education and training, and a number of voluntary benefit options.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Alight is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We celebrate differences and believe in fostering an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported. We know that diverse teams are stronger, more innovative, and more successful.

Diversity Policy Statement

Alight is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against anyone based on sex, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital or domestic partner status, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics or conduct covered by federal, state, or local law.

Authorization to Work in the Employing Country

Applicants for employment in the country in which they are applying (Employing Country) must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the Employing Country and with Alight.