What are the responsibilities and job description for the Workday FDM Architect position at Focus on WD?
About the company
Workday consulting partner delivering Workday Financials and HCM to mid and large enterprise clients. Strong focus on quality delivery, repeatable methods and long term customer relationships.
Role overview
Senior Manager level FDM Lead role, owning design and delivery of the Workday Foundational Data Model and related Financials workstreams. You will lead complex projects, act as a subject matter expert with clients and support internal team development.
Key responsibilities
Workday consulting partner delivering Workday Financials and HCM to mid and large enterprise clients. Strong focus on quality delivery, repeatable methods and long term customer relationships.
Role overview
Senior Manager level FDM Lead role, owning design and delivery of the Workday Foundational Data Model and related Financials workstreams. You will lead complex projects, act as a subject matter expert with clients and support internal team development.
Key responsibilities
- Lead or support all phases of Workday Financials projects, from discovery and design through configuration, testing, deployment and hypercare
- Own FDM design and its cross functional impacts, translating finance and accounting requirements into scalable Workday configurations
- Manage scope, plan and risks across multiple parallel client deliverables, ensuring work is delivered on time and to agreed quality
- Act as a senior client facing SME, running workshops, presenting options, sharing best practice and lessons learned
- Guide and review the work of less experienced consultants and contribute to internal methods, templates and training
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance or related field, or equivalent experience
- Around 5 to 7 plus years implementing Financials or ERP systems, including solid Workday Financials project experience
- Strong experience turning business process requirements into Workday designs and configurations, including end to end testing
- Workday Financials certification required, with Workday FDM (Foundational Data Model) strongly preferred and commitment to ongoing recertification
- Strong communication and documentation skills, able to handle multiple projects, travel up to 50 percent and already eligible to work in country of hire (no sponsorship)
- Competitive salary and performance based bonus
- Clear path to grow into broader Financials solution leadership or portfolio roles
- Ongoing Workday training, certification and recertification support, with a focus on deepening FDM and wider Financials expertise
- Exposure to medium and large enterprise programmes with complex multi entity and multi country designs
- Flexible working options alongside client travel, with a culture that values accountability, smarter ways of working, collaboration and pride in delivery
