9-12-month contract with very possible extensions

Hybrid: 2-3 onsite (with flexibility depending on needs)

Job Summary

We are seeking a domain-experienced Workday Solution Architect to own and lead the end-to-end technical solution architecture for Workday Financial Management implementation (with already implemented Human Capital Management) across a large, multi-business enterprise.

This role requires deep, hands-on experience designing, configuring, and governing Workday Financials (and HCM) in complex enterprise environments. The ideal candidate has progressed from technical Workday roles (eg, Workday Technical Architect, Integration Lead) into enterprise architecture ownership. This is not a conceptual or advisory architecture role.

The Workday Solutions Architect is accountable for defining and building scalable, secure, integrated and compliant Workday architecture that aligns business requirements, system configuration, integrations, data, security, and controls-while ensuring consistency across Finance and HCM domains.

What Makes This Role Different This role demands first-hand experience building and operating Workday at enterprise scale. Evaluate trade-offs between standard Workday capabilities and enterprise-specific needs. Challenge system integrator designs using deep Workday knowledge, and balance configurability, compliance, security, and long-term maintainability. The Architect serves as the authoritative owner of the Workday platform architecture, not simply an advisor or reviewer.

• Define and own the end-to-end architecture for Workday Financials (and HCM), including tenant management, security, BP Frameworks, integrations, reporting, and data strategy.
• Define and maintain architectural standards, design principles, and configuration guardrails across Workday modules.
• Solution Design and Governance

• Lead solution design for new integrations, enhancements, and releases across Finance and HCM ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture.
• Lead design reviews and validate architecture decisions across modules and integrations (including Accounting Center).
• Govern configuration decisions to eliminate technical debt and ensure long-term platform scalability.

• Build, and deploy integrations required for go-live, including Bank files (payments, statements), Upstream/downstream financial systems, Payroll, tax, expense, and reporting platforms leveraging Workday Orchestrate, Studio, Core Connectors, EIBs, REST/SOAP APIs, etc.
• Design integrations between Workday Financials and surrounding enterprise systems by defining API and microservices-based integration patterns.
• Establish standards for error handling, monitoring, reconciliation, and automation.
• Design job scheduling and batch processing for financial operations and reporting.
• Ensure Workday architecture supports SOX, audit, privacy, and regulatory requirements across Finance.
• Assess architectural risks and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Partner with Internal Audit, Security, and Risk teams to validate controls and resolve findings.

• Define and execute data conversion strategy, including Legacy data mapping, historical and open balance loads, data validation, reconciliation, and sign-off
• Ensure secure handling of financial data and support audit and compliance requirements.
• Support analytics and reporting solutions through enterprise data platforms and BI tools.

• Partner closely with Program Managers, Product Owners, and Finance and HR leadership during implementations and enhancements.
• Provide hands-on guidance with configuration, data migration, testing, and deployment activities from a solution architecture perspective.
• Ensure data quality, reconciliation, and auditability across systems.

• 10+ years of experience delivering enterprise finance systems, including deep hands-on Workday Financials experience (GL, AP, AR, Assets, Procurement, Accounting Center/Prism, Reporting, etc.) and Workday HCM.
• 5+ years in a Workday Architect or senior technical leadership role, owning cross-domain Finance and HCM architecture and integrations.
• Deep expertise in Workday integrations (Orchestrate, Studio, Core Connectors, EIBs, APIs) and Accounting Center/Prism
• Proven experience designing and building integrations, APIs, and data solutions.
• Strong expertise in Workday security, business process frameworks, integrations, and reporting.
• Experience supporting SOX, audit, data privacy, and internal control requirements.
• Proven experience leading and governing system integrators and third-party vendors.
• Strong executive communication skills with the ability to influence architectural decisions.
• Workday certifications in Financials, Integrations, or Architecture.