Principal Functional Consultant, oCFO Architect (German Speaking)

Your work days are brighter here. We’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too.

Workday is the leader in enterprise-class, software-as-a-service (SaaS) Financial Management and Human Capital Management Solutions for leading global businesses. The EMEA Global Services team include a diverse range of skills and experience from across professional services, functional subject matter expertise and sales fields. The team plays a critical role in connecting Workday’s services and sales organisations; ensuring that we are supporting subscription sales by differentiating Workday’s services approach and methodology, owning the responsibility of deploying state of the art solutions that are aligned to customer’s requirements and expectations, as well as ensuring that our customer are set up to be successful in their deployment and meet their business objectives. Our aim is to be trusted advisors to our prospects and customers, working to Workday’s core values of Customer Service and Integrity, and protecting Workday’s proven track record of customer satisfaction.

As a Principal Functional Consultant, oCFO Architect, you will play a pivotal role in driving finance transformation and continuous innovation for our prospects and customers. You will partner closely with the extended sales team to accelerate subscription and services growth, owning the high-level solution design and demonstrating Workday's transformational value during complex pre-sales cycles. You will collaborate directly with customer executives, project leadership, and workstream leads to architect end-to-end Financial solutions, ensuring design closure is achieved on time, on budget, and aligned with modern industry best practices. You will lead cross-functional design decisions using Workday’s guiding principles, business process taxonomy, and emerging AI capabilities to challenge status-quo thinking. You will facilitate structured decision-making, ensuring that solution recommendations are tightly aligned to customer problem statements, strategic objectives, and next-generation value drivers like automated accounting and predictive insights. You will lead key pre-sales and post-sales design workshops, constructively challenging partners and customers to embrace digital transformation over legacy replication, and shape post-go-live roadmaps so that customers continue to maximize value and drive innovation through the Workday platform.

Basic Qualifications 7+ years of functional experience in FIN software solutions including 4+ years of implementation consulting or pre-sales solution architecting experience leading digital finance transformations Proven experience supporting sales cycles, scoping complex deployments, and leading end‑to‑end FIN solution design on multi‑country transformation programmes. Deep knowledge of