Workday Adaptive Planning Consultant

The Squires Group is seeking an experienced Workday Adaptive Planning Consultant to support a strategic budgeting transformation initiative for our client. This is a client-facing consulting role where you'll partner directly with finance leaders and key stakeholders to redesign, optimize, and enhance an existing Workday Adaptive Planning environment.

Rather than a traditional implementation, this engagement focuses on improving planning models, streamlining budgeting processes, and maximizing the value of an already-deployed Adaptive Planning solution.

This is a remote position with occasional travel (approximately once per month) for client meetings. The initial engagement is expected to last approximately six months, with the potential for extension.

• Partner with client stakeholders to assess and redesign existing Workday Adaptive Planning solutions.
• Lead Adaptive Planning work streams focused on budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning optimization.
• Design, build, and enhance complex Adaptive Planning models to improve business performance and planning accuracy.
• Translate business requirements into scalable planning solutions and recommend best practices.
• Facilitate workshops and working sessions with finance and business leaders.
• Configure, test, validate, and deploy Adaptive Planning enhancements.
• Support user acceptance testing, knowledge transfer, and client adoption.
• Provide strategic guidance around Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) processes and planning best practices.
• Mentor junior team members when appropriate and contribute to project success through collaboration and thought leadership.

• Active Workday Adaptive Planning Certification.
• 5+ years of consulting or industry experience implementing Workday Adaptive Planning or similar Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) solutions.
• 2+ years leading Adaptive Planning or EPM work streams.
• Experience leading at least two Workday Adaptive Planning (or similar EPM) implementations or optimization engagements.
• Strong experience designing and developing Adaptive Planning models, including complex modeling and planning scenarios.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with experience working directly with client leadership.
• Ability to travel periodically as project needs require.

Preferred Qualifications

• Higher Education industry experience strongly preferred.
• Advanced degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Business, or a related field.
• Functional expertise in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and Enterprise Performance Management processes.
• Experience gathering business requirements, solution design, testing, training, deployment, and post-production support.
• Prior experience mentoring consultants or leading project teams.
• Experience with reporting and dashboards is beneficial; however, deep Adaptive Planning modeling expertise is the highest priority.

• W2 Hourly rate starts at $100+/hour. Pay rates are based on experience and qualifications, and are subject to change at any time.
• Benefits vary by compensation type and may include paid time off (PTO), medical, dental, and vision coverage, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, a 401(k) plan, and additional optional benefits.

4 Reasons to Join The Squires Group, Inc.:

1. Our Commitment to You
- We offer competitive pay, multi-year projects, and a list of exciting clients.

2. Work-Life Balance
- We work hard; we work smart and have quality time for family and "life."

3. Golden Rule
- We treat our consultants the way we want to be treated: with integrity, professionalism, and trust.

4. We Care About You – We help you meet your career goals and continuously support your efforts in the field.

The Squires Group, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.