Adaptive Planning Senior Consultant

With the release of Workday Student, Higher Education is quickly becoming the hottest market in the Workday ecosystem.  Alchemy is the only Workday partner that is 100% focused on Higher Education projects and holds the largest number of successful Workday deployments in the space. We are highly regarded as Workday’s Premier Higher Education Partner, and we proudly celebrate this achievement.

Alchemy was born when Workday alumni Mike Duffield and Bill Wilson merged their knowledge of the up-and-coming Higher Education market with their passion for people development and advancement. At Alchemy, we believe that success begins with people, and we’ve made it our mission to hire individuals with great potential and to provide them with the tools and resources needed to build rewarding Workday consulting careers.

Read more about Alchemy’s values here: https://alchemy.us/about/.

Your Role

If you have Workday Adaptive Planning experience, bring your knowledge and talent to Alchemy’s fun, team-centered, customer-focused, and rewarding environment!

As an experienced member of the deployment team, you’ll seek inventive solutions on behalf of customers, and you’ll help develop and refine our deployment strategy. You’ll also mentor associate team members and help guide our Production Services consultants.

Your Responsibilities

• Be an expert in the Workday Adaptive Planning solution

• Understand customer business requirements, design and configure the Adaptive Planning solution, demonstrate configurations through the development of prototype systems, assist in testing the Adaptive Planning solution, and complete knowledge transfer to customers

• Work with customers to help convert legacy data into Adaptive Planning

• Assist the integration consulting team in configuring and testing integrations between Adaptive Planning and other third-party or custom solutions

• Provide project managers with status reports and keep them apprised of overall project status

• Collaborate effectively and synergistically on team-based projects

• Ensure customers understand and take advantage of Alchemy and Adaptive Planning best practices

• Help ensure customers remain referenceable once in production

• Take advantage of training opportunities to expand your skillset

• Strive to innovate and suggest new approaches and tools to deploy Adaptive Planning efficiently and effectively

• Help mentor new consultants and serve as a professional role model

• Maintain Adaptive Planning certifications and qualifications

• Actively engage in sales pursuits and activity – present offerings and opportunities

• As a senior member, assist in managing customer relationships and escalations

About You (Required skills)

• Functional expertise in one or more of the following areas:  Budget, Financial Planning & Analysis, or Financial Reporting

• End-to-end implementation consulting experience with Adaptive Planning or Workday Financials

• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively manage customer expectations

• Bachelor's Degree or commensurate work experience

• Ability to travel up to 40%

About You (Bonus skills)

• Consulting experience within Higher Education (college/university)

• Active Adaptive Planning or Workday Financials certifications

For You (What we offer)

• Market competitive compensation packages and annual merit program. 

• A remote work environment. 

• One-time home office reimbursement for new hires.

• Expense allowance per pay period (towards technology, office and/or wellness).

• Investment in your ongoing Workday training. 

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits that begin on day one. 

• HSA, FSA, STD, LTD, and life benefits. 

• Unlimited vacation and unlimited sick days. We want you to take care of yourself and those who matter most to you. 

• Ten (10) paid holidays. 

• 401(k) with employer annual contribution. 

• Paid parental leave. 

• Social Impact Committee. 

• Quarterly awards and recognition. 

• Award-winning culture - Alchemy is a Great Place to Work-certified company!