Manager – Functional Workstream Lead (Workday Financials)

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 functional discovery, design, configuration, and delivery for assigned Workday Financials workstreams. The Manager combines hands-on configuration expertise with day-to-day client leadership, workstream planning, quality review, and coordination of functional delivery resources.

What You’ll Do

• Functional Ownership: Own configuration design and implementation for core and specialty Workday Financials capabilities such as General Ledger, Accounting Center, Procure-to-Pay, Expenses, Projects, Billing, Banking & Settlement, or reporting.
• Discovery & Workshops: Lead and participate in functional discovery, design, and validation workshops. Document business and functional requirements, decisions, dependencies, and configuration implications.
• Hands-on Configuration: Drive complex configuration activities, including FDM, business processes, accounting rules, security-related functional requirements, and module-specific configuration.
• Client Management: Develop effective working relationships with client finance and project teams. Manage day-to-day workstream priorities, decisions, deliverables, risks, and deadlines.
• Data, Testing & Cutover: Coordinate data mapping and conversion activities, functional testing, UAT, defect resolution, cutover preparation, and deployment readiness for assigned workstreams.
• Quality Review: Serve as the first line of review for configuration and functional deliverables produced by Senior Consultants and Consultants; ensure consistency with approved design and Workday leading practices.
• Cross-Workstream Coordination: Coordinate with integration, data, reporting, security, PMO, and adjacent functional teams to manage dependencies and maintain an integrated solution.
• Innovation & Team Development: Stay current on Workday capabilities and identify practical opportunities to improve solution design and delivery. Coach junior team members and contribute to reusable assets and delivery methods.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• 5+ years of Workday Financials implementation experience with multiple end-to-end delivery cycles.
• Strong hands-on configuration capability and demonstrated ownership of a Workday Financials workstream.
• Strong functional design, requirements documentation, workshop facilitation, testing, and workstream planning skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with finance stakeholders and collaborate across functional and technical teams.
• Financial services or private markets experience is preferred.

Workday Certifications

• Active Workday Financial Management / Financials Core certification.
• At least one relevant specialty certification such as Procure-to-Pay, Projects, Accounting Center, Expenses, Reporting, or another Financials capability is preferred.

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