Workday Adaptive Planning Consultant
First seen by Alion on Oct 27, 2026.
Key Responsibilities :
- Configure and maintain Workday Adaptive Planning models for budgeting, forecasting, workforce planning, and financial planning.
- Gather business requirements and translate them into effective planning models and functional solutions.
- Design and develop planning models, dashboards, reports, and financial analytics to support business decision-making.
- Build and maintain integrations between Workday Adaptive Planning, Workday Financials, Workday HCM, and other enterprise systems.
- Support end-to-end implementations, including requirements gathering, solution design, configuration, testing, data loading, UAT, and go-live.
- Develop and maintain financial models, planning assumptions, calculations, and forecasting methodologies.
- Troubleshoot planning model issues, resolve data discrepancies, and provide ongoing production support.
- Optimize existing planning processes and models to improve accuracy, efficiency, and usability.
- Collaborate with finance, HR, and business stakeholders to align planning solutions with organizational requirements.
- Prepare functional documentation, model specifications, and user guides.
- Conduct user training and provide best-practice guidance to finance and business teams.
- Support system updates, enhancements, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Required Skills & Experience :
- Hands-on experience with Workday Adaptive Planning implementation, configuration, or support.
- Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, workforce planning, and financial planning processes.
- Experience designing and maintaining planning models, reports, dashboards, and financial analytics.
- Knowledge of financial modelling, planning methodologies, calculations, and business assumptions.
- Experience with data loading, data validation, and integrations with Workday HCM, Workday Financials, or other enterprise systems.
- Understanding of end-to-end implementation activities, including testing, UAT, and go-live support.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder-management abilities.
Preferred Qualifications :
- Experience with end-to-end Workday Adaptive Planning implementations.
- Exposure to finance transformation, enterprise performance management (EPM), or workforce planning projects.
- Familiarity with financial reporting, data integration, and planning process automation.
- Workday Adaptive Planning certification is an advantage.
Skills
Workday Adaptive Planning, Workday HCM, EPM, Workday Accounting & Finance, Workday Implementation, Workday Integration, System Support