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Senior Manager - Functional Delivery & Solution Lead (Workday Financials)

United States

About Alpha Alternatives

Alpha Alternatives, part of Alpha Group, is a specialist consulting business serving the alternative investment industry. We work with leading private equity, private credit, real estate, infrastructure, venture capital, and diversified asset managers to address complex business and operational challenges through industry expertise, management consulting, technology, data, and transformation delivery.

Within Alpha Alternatives, the Management Company Operations (MCO) practice advises CFOs and finance leaders on driving meaningful organizational change through operational and technology transformation. We assess current-state operating models across people, process, data, and technology and partner with clients to design and implement scalable future-state solutions aligned with their business objectives.

Our core solution areas include:

  • Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
  • Business Spend Management and Accounts Payable
  • Travel & Expense Management
  • Expense Allocation and Chargebacks
  • Budgeting & Planning
  • HRIS Platforms
  • Treasury Management Systems

Our services span the transformation lifecycle, including:

  • Target Operating Model Design
  • Process Redesign and Optimization
  • Policy Development and Governance
  • Technical Architecture and Integration Strategy
  • System Evaluation and Selection
  • Program and Project Management
  • System Implementation
  • Managed Services and Staff Augmentation
  • AI Enablement

We work across the private markets landscape, helping firms design and implement the operating infrastructure, technology, and capabilities required to support growth and increasing organizational complexity.

The Workday Practice

Alpha’s Workday Practice sits within MCO and specializes in Workday implementation, optimization, solution health assessments, release readiness, and Application Management Services (AMS). The practice works closely with Alpha’s broader advisory, data, and technology teams to translate business requirements into scalable Workday solutions and provide continuity from strategy and design through implementation and ongoing support.

The Role

Lead complex Workday Financials engagements, provide functional solution leadership, and translate sophisticated finance and accounting requirements into scalable Workday designs. The role combines executive client leadership, functional architecture, delivery oversight, team leadership, and hands-on understanding of Workday Financials.

What You’ll Do

  • Delivery Leadership: Own end-to-end functional delivery across complex Workday Financials engagements and serve as a senior escalation point for client stakeholders. Monitor delivery health, risks, dependencies, scope, quality, and key implementation milestones.
  • Discovery & Solution Design: Lead and participate in discovery workshops, design sessions, working groups, and solution reviews with CFOs, Controllers, finance teams, and project stakeholders. Translate business, accounting, control, and reporting requirements into clear functional requirements and Workday designs.
  • Functional Architecture: Translate high-level finance blueprints—including multi-entity ledger structures, FDM, consolidations, intercompany activity, allocations, and reporting requirements—into practical, scalable Workday configurations.
  • Functional Delivery: Provide solution leadership across General Ledger, Procure-to-Pay, Expenses, Banking & Settlement, Accounting Center, financial reporting, and other relevant Workday Financials capabilities.
  • Quality Assurance: Direct functional testing strategies, data conversion validation, UAT readiness and execution, defect resolution, cutover readiness, and post-go-live stabilization. Review solution designs and configuration for quality and consistency.
  • Client Leadership: Develop trusted relationships with CFOs, Controllers, finance leaders, and client project teams. Communicate design decisions, risks, dependencies, and trade-offs clearly and provide pragmatic guidance throughout the engagement lifecycle.
  • Team Leadership & Resource Management: Direct, mentor, and support resource planning across Managers, Senior Consultants, and Consultants. Provide review and coaching to strengthen functional delivery quality and team capability.
  • Market & Thought Leadership: Participate in client roundtables, webinars, industry forums, and other thought-leadership activities, bringing practical perspectives on Workday, finance transformation, and trends affecting financial services organizations.
  • Innovation & Practice Contribution: Stay current on Workday releases, product roadmap developments, AI capabilities, and finance technology trends. Contribute to methodologies, accelerators, reusable assets, delivery standards, and continuous improvement across the Workday Practice.

Required Experience & Qualifications

  • 7+ years of Workday Financials delivery experience with multiple full-lifecycle implementations.
  • Demonstrated experience leading complex functional workstreams and providing solution architecture leadership.
  • Deep understanding of corporate accounting, FDM, General Ledger, multi-entity structures, consolidations, intercompany activity, allocations, and financial reporting.
  • Strong executive client management, workshop facilitation, team leadership, and delivery governance capabilities.
  • Financial services or private markets experience is preferred.

Workday Certifications

  • Active Workday Financial Management / Financials Core certification.
  • Additional specialty certifications such as Accounting Center, Consolidations, Reporting / Advanced Reporting, Procurement, Expenses, Prism Analytics, or related Financials capabilities are highly valued.

Location & Travel

This position is US-based and primarily remote. Occasional travel to client sites and Alpha offices may be required based on project needs, key implementation milestones, and team collaboration.

Compensation and Benefits 

  • Learning and development: Vast opportunities to self-development, unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning
  • Flexible working: Work-life balance with flexible schedule
  • Community events: We offer a range of social events and meetups
  • 25 days’ holiday in addition to public holidays
  • Supplemented medical, dental and vision coverage
  • 401(k) with employer match
  • Wellness initiatives to promote healthy working, including an allowance for remote working technology
  • Access to discounted travel, tickets, events, and more through our benefit partner 

There are a wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to - skill sets, experience and training, and licensure and certifications. A reasonable estimate of the salary range is $162,000 – $200,000 USD, subject to change based on salary benchmarking. In addition to this salary, candidates will be eligible for a variable bonus.

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