Workday Solution Architect
BDO
About the role
This flexible hybrid role suits a Workday professional with 7+ years of implementation, advisory, or solution architecture experience. You will lead end-to-end design and governance across Workday HCM and/or Finance transformations, covering business processes, integrations, reporting, data, testing, and deployment. The role is client-facing, includes executive guidance, sales pursuits, and mentoring consultants, with active Workday certifications preferred.
As a Workday Solution Architect, you will be responsible for leading solution design, architecture governance, and solution delivery oversight across Workday implementation, optimization, and transformation engagements. The Solution Architect serves as the bridge between business objectives and technical solutions, ensuring cohesive designs that deliver measurable value for clients while supporting the growth of BDO's Workday practice. This is a net new role and offers a flexible hybrid work arrangement.
Key Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end solution architecture for Workday implementation, enhancement, and transformation engagements.
Serve as the design authority across all project workstreams, ensuring solution decisions align with client objectives and leading practices.
Facilitate solution design workshops and guide future-state business process design.
Evaluate cross-functional impacts of solution decisions and ensure alignment across Workday modules, integrations, reporting, and data requirements.
Provide executive-level guidance and recommendations on Workday capabilities, roadmap considerations, and transformation opportunities.
Identify project risks and develop mitigation strategies throughout the project lifecycle.
Establish and maintain solution governance processes throughout the engagement lifecycle.
Provide quality oversight across configuration, testing, data conversion, integrations, and deployment activities.
Partner with project leadership to manage scope, risks, dependencies, and issue resolution.
Ensure successful transition to support and knowledge transfer activities following deployment.
Support business development activities including opportunity qualification, solutioning, estimates, proposals, and client presentations.
Contribute to practice development initiatives, methodologies, accelerators, and thought leadership.
Mentor consultants and emerging solution architects to strengthen the Workday practice.
How Do We Define Success for Your Role?
Effective governance of architecture, quality, and risk management.
Contribution to practice growth, business development, and capability development.
You demonstrate BDO’s core values through all aspects of your work: Integrity, Respect, and Collaboration
Clients recognize you as a subject matter expert in Workday Core HR and a strategic advisor on HR operating models and system design
You deliver scalable, well-architected solutions spanning across platforms and technologies, aligned to business requirements and leading practices
You contribute to a collaborative, inclusive team environment and actively support the growth of junior consultants
You stay current with Workday releases, industry trends, and evolving HR best practices
Your experience and education
7+ years of Workday implementation, advisory, or solution architecture experience.
Experience leading enterprise Workday HCM and/or Finance transformation initiatives across multiple workstreams.
Demonstrated expertise in solution design, business process transformation, integrations, reporting, and data considerations.
Experience leading client-facing engagements and managing senior stakeholder relationships.
Proven ability to support sales pursuits, proposal development, and solutioning activities.
Strong communication, presentation, facilitation, and executive stakeholder management skills.
Active appropriate Workday certifications preferred.
Consulting experience within a professional services organization considered an asset.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.