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Workday Functional Architect (HCM / Financials)

Collaborative Solutions
Remote, GBR
Full-time
Senior · 7+ years experience
Remote
Discovered 3 weeks ago

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Key Responsibilities:

  • Partner with pursuit and sales teams throughout the business development lifecycle to provide expert solution guidance, contribute to RFPs/RFIs, and support proposal creation.
  • Own and develop solution approaches, effort estimates, and budgetary assumptions aligned to customer requirements and opportunity strategy.
  • Support and guide the transition from sales to delivery, ensuring continuity of design intent and solution integrity.
  • Establish trusted advisor relationships with executive sponsors and senior business stakeholders, providing strategic guidance throughout the engagement lifecycle.
  • Provide quality assurance oversight and thought leadership on in-flight implementations, contributing to project success and customer satisfaction.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with functional, technical, data, reporting, integration, security, testing, and change management teams to ensure cohesive solution delivery.
  • Own the end-to-end functional solution architecture across the full project lifecycle, ensuring alignment with client business goals, Workday leading practices, scalability, and long-term maintainability.
  • Provide functional leadership on multiple concurrent Workday implementations, overseeing the relevant functional domains within HCM or Financial Management.
  • Drive and facilitate key client sessions, including Architect Workshops, Solution Reviews, and Design Confirmation Sessions, to ensure robust solution design and stakeholder alignment.
  • Serve as the primary functional escalation point for Engagement Managers and project teams, driving issue resolution and maintaining project momentum.
  • Promote and contribute to the continuous improvement of implementation methodologies, accelerators, and delivery tools, ensuring adherence to standardised delivery practices.
  • Mentor and develop consultants and senior consultants by providing coaching, quality reviews, and opportunities for professional growth.
  • Champion knowledge sharing across practices to foster innovation, consistency, and continuous improvement in solution delivery.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent professional experience.
  • 7+ years of Workday, ERP, HCM, or Financial Management implementation experience, including multiple end-to-end deployments.
  • Deep expertise within either Workday HCM or Workday Financial Management.
  • Proven experience leading solution design on complex enterprise transformation programmes.
  • Strong Workday implementation experience with a track record of delivering successful customer outcomes.
  • Experience supporting pre-sales activities including solutioning, estimations, RFPs, RFIs, proposals, and customer presentations.
  • Ability to work in a diverse, fast-paced environment and effectively collaborate across teams.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and initiatives simultaneously.
  • Ability to identify delivery risks and develop effective mitigation strategies.
  • Excellent communication, presentation, stakeholder management, and facilitation skills, including engagement with executive sponsors and C-level stakeholders.
  • Experience mentoring consultants and driving delivery excellence across project teams.
  • Eligible for SC Clearance - you must have been a UK resident for the last five years and be legally entitled to work in the UK.
  • Occasional travel may be required based on customer and business needs.
  • #LI-Remote
  • Why choose Cognizant:
  • Entrepreneurial environment that welcomes your ideas
  • Opportunity to do great work
  • Outreach programs that support communities and tap into your volunteer spirit
  • Learning opportunities to help current needs and advancement
  • Global operations, with opportunities in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific
  • An abundance of Affinity groups to meet your needs
  • Cognizant Core Values:
  • Work as One: We think beyond roles, relying on each other’s strengths to win as a team.
  • Raise the Bar: We always aim for excellence in how we work and what we deliver.
  • Dare to Innovate: We push boundaries and take chances to reimagine what’s possible.
  • Do the Right Thing: We all lead with integrity and always make the ethical choice.
  • Own It: We own the outcomes for our company, colleagues, and community.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent professional experience.

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