This Position is for a Workday Financials Architect with a virtual work location in Jackson, MS.

Job Summary

The Workday Director collaborates across their aligned Workday domains with Resource Management, Human Resources, and Practice leadership to drive consistent delivery practices, maximize practice profitability, and drive innovation.

Additionally, the Workday directors will be responsible for managing and motivating their team members, supporting their career and professional development, and ensuring that they complete tasks in their functional areas that meet business needs.  Responsible for monitoring resource forecasting and utilization, team staffing assignments, and delivering against the business financial goals.

Continues to work in their area of focus on implementation projects as a Functional Lead, Architect, or other project leadership role.

Key Responsibilities

Delivery 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

Educate on information relevant to all aspects of delivery and operations: WD knowledge, methodology, POV, best practices, tools/automation

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

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

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

At Alight, welcome and embrace all individuals, regardless of their background, and are dedicated to creating a culture that enables every employee to th ive. Join the company in building a brighter, more inclusive future.

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. In addition, take affirmative action to employ and advance in the employment of qualified minorities, women, disabled persons, disabled veterans and other covered veterans.

Alight provides reasonable accommodations to the known limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants for employment with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs, practices and observances, unless doing so would result in undue hardship. Applicants for employment may request a reasonable accommodation/modification by contacting his/her recruiter.

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.

Note, this job description does not restrict management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.

DISCLAIMER:

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.

Alight Solutions provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, veteran, marital, parental, citizenship, or domestic partner status, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state or local law. Alight Solutions is committed to a diverse workforce and is an affirmative action employer.