Workday Adaptive Manager

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As a Workday Adaptive Manager, you will lead client engagements, oversee project delivery, and guide a team of consultants to implement best-in-class Adaptive Planning solutions. This role blends hands-on expertise with leadership responsibilities, serving as both a trusted advisor to clients and a mentor to your team. The ideal candidate brings strong financial systems knowledge, proven project leadership, and a passion for delivering scalable, high-impact solutions and developing and maintaining relationships with our software partner sellers.

Job Responsibilities

• Serve as a lead for a delivery team for Workday Adaptive implementations, maintaining deep expertise in the software and staying current with new features, releases, and best practices.

• Oversee multiple client projects simultaneously, ensuring successful delivery within scope, budget, and timelines while maintaining high client satisfaction.

• Manage, mentor, and develop consulting staff, providing coaching, performance feedback, and fostering career growth within the team.

• Translate complex client requirements into scalable solutions, guiding teams to design and implement best-in-class Adaptive Planning processes and configurations.

• Collaborate with Project Managers and Client Managers to scope engagements, draft change orders, and manage client expectations.

• Act as an escalation point for clients and project teams, resolving challenges and ensuring alignment with client business goals.

• Lead client-facing executive updates, including project health checks, roadmap planning, and strategic recommendations.

• Drive operational excellence by developing new processes, tools, templates, and best practices for Adaptive delivery across the firm.

• Support Managed Services clients with complex escalations, release reviews, and technical health checks, providing thought leadership and expert guidance.

• Represent Armanino in client workshops, steering committees, and Armanino Academy training courses, strengthening client partnerships.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Accounting, or related field; MBA or CPA preferred.

• 5–8 years of consulting, advisory, or financial systems experience, including 3+ years of hands-on Workday Adaptive Planning implementations.

• Proven experience delivering at least 5 end-to-end Adaptive Planning implementations across multiple industries.

• Workday Adaptive Planning First certification required; additional Workday or CPM/EPM certifications (e.g., Anaplan, NetSuite, Planful) preferred.

• Demonstrated leadership experience managing cross-functional teams of consultants

• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent engagements, prioritize effectively, and meet or exceed project profitability targets.

• Excellent facilitation and executive communication skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders and guide strategic financial transformations.

• Analytical mindset with strong quantitative skills—able to analyze data, model financial impacts, and communicate insights clearly.

• Willingness to travel up to 20% for client and Armanino business needs.

• Flexibility to work in a hybrid environment, collaborating in person approximately half the time.

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Armanino has a robust offering of benefits, including:  

• Medical, dental, vision 

• Generous PTO plan and paid sick time 

• Flexible work arrangements 

• 401K with Profit Sharing 

• Wellness program 

• Generous parental leave 

• 11 paid holidays 

  
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For Individuals who would be working within the City of Los Angeles, Armanino will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance  
 
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