What the Workday Adaptive Planning Architect does at WorldwideThe Workday Adaptive Planning Architect serves as the enterprise owner and strategic architect for the Adaptive Planning platform, acting as a senior advisor and technology leader to Corporate and Operations FP&A and HR. This role owns the Adaptive product vision and roadmap, ensuring the platform enables scalable financial, operational, and workforce planning aligned with business strategy. The Architect partners closely with Finance and HR leadership to translate planning requirements into secure, well-governed, and high-performing models, integrations, and reporting solutions. The role is accountable for bi-annual release adoption, AI strategy for Adaptive, OfficeConnect governance, integrations, security, and overall architectural integrity. Success in this role requires deep hands-on Adaptive expertise, strong FP&A and workforce planning knowledge, and the ability to lead platform strategy within a complex, enterprise environment.
What you will do- Strong understanding of FP&A, financial planning, operational planning, and workforce management processes.
- Ability to build trusted partnerships with Finance and HR leadership.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex planning concepts into business-ready language.
- Strategic mindset with strong architectural and systems-thinking capabilities.
- High attention to detail with a strong focus on governance, data quality, and auditability.
- Comfortable operating as a platform owner in a global, matrixed organization.
What you will bring to the role- Ability to monitor, interpret, and implement complex international payroll legislation and tax compliance updates across multiple jurisdictions
- Exceptional attention to detail and ability to maintain a high degree of accuracy while working to strict, tight deadlines.
- Strong interpersonal and written communication skills to effectively manage employee queries and cross-departmental collaboration.
- Proven ability to handle highly sensitive and confidential employee information with discretion.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and lead projects as assigned.
Your experience- 5+ years of experience in FP&A systems, enterprise planning, or financial systems architecture.
- Workday Pro Adaptive Planning Certification.
- Deep hands-on experience with Workday Adaptive Planning as an architect, lead administrator, or consultant.
- Strong understanding of enterprise financial modeling, forecasting, scenario planning, and workforce planning.
- Experience owning planning platforms, including roadmap definition, governance, and stakeholder alignment.
- Proven experience designing and supporting integrations between planning, ERP, HCM, and payroll systems.
- Experience enforcing standards for OfficeConnect and executive-level reporting.
- Familiarity with Workday HCM strongly preferred.
- Experience evaluating or implementing AI-enabled planning or forecasting capabilities preferred.
- Strong project management, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to work independently and serve as the design authority for enterprise planning architecture.
- Bachelor's Degree in IT or related fields.
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