Remote Workday Consultant Jobs
Remote Workday Consultant jobs are open across the U.S. in healthcare, finance, and enterprise technology, where distributed teams rely on Workday to manage HR, payroll, and financial operations. Companies hiring remotely right now include Makse, UST, and Attain Partners, from mid-market firms building out their Workday practice to large enterprises expanding implementation capacity. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Responsibilities:
- Support final deployment activities, move to production, stabilization, and transition to ongoing operations for a Workday go live.
- Serve as a senior Finance resource in the Workday program, working with other stakeholders in PMO, Supply Chain, Digital & Information Services, and operations.
- Provide hands-on support for cutover execution, financial validation, issue resolution, business readiness, and post-production stabilization.
- Provide senior functional expertise across Workday Financial Management, with particular emphasis on: accounts payable and supplier accounts, supplier invoice processing, settlement and payment processing, banking and cash management, general ledger accounting, financial accounting and reporting, procurement-to-pay processes, accounting journals and operational accounting, business assets, expenses, and other related finance functions.
- Support the execution of the Workday Finance cutover plan.
- Coordinate finance cutover activities across accounts payable, accounting, treasury, integrations, data conversion, and reporting.
- Assist with legacy-system shutdown activities, transaction freezes, final processing deadlines, data extracts, conversions, and opening balance activities.
- Support the conversion and validation of suppliers, open invoices, purchase orders, accounting balances, banking information, payment data, and other finance-related records.
- Execute or coordinate cutover reconciliations between legacy applications, conversion files, Workday, and financial control totals.
- Identify cutover risks, unresolved dependencies, and readiness gaps, and escalate them with clear recommendations.
- Provide hands-on functional support during Workday production deployment and go-live.
- Monitor critical finance business processes.
- Validate that priority transactions can be completed successfully, including supplier invoices, approvals, accounting entries, settlements, payments, and financial reporting.
- Assist users with transaction questions, process navigation, and unexpected system behavior.
- Work closely with functional, technical, integration, reporting, security, and data teams to isolate defects and determine root causes.
- Provide daily support during the defined post-go-live hypercare period.
- Facilitate or participate in finance issue-triage sessions, command center meetings, and stabilization reviews.
- Track defects, incidents, questions, workarounds, decisions, and action items through resolution.
- Analyze recurring issues to identify root causes and recommend sustainable corrective actions.
- Build effective working relationships with Finance leaders, process owners, operational teams, Workday resources, and third-party partners.
- Communicate status, risks, decisions, dependencies, and expectations clearly to both project and operational audiences.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience supporting Finance, Accounting, Accounts Payable, or financial systems.
- 2+ years of hands-on Workday Financial Management experience.
- Participation in at least one full Workday Financial Management implementation or production deployment, including cutover, go-live, or hypercare required.
- Demonstrated functional experience with Workday Finance business processes and accounting impacts.
- Strong understanding of Accounts Payable, Supplier invoicing, Payment processing, Reconciliations, Accounting controls, Procurement-to-pay processes.
- Experience executing cutover plans, validating converted data, reconciling financial information, and resolving production issues.
- Experience working with complex, integrated ERP environments and automated financial processes.
- Working knowledge of GAAP, internal controls, and financial reconciliation practices.
- Ability to analyze issues across system configuration, data, integrations, reporting, business processes, and user adoption.
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft 365, particularly Excel and Teams.
- Strong organization, prioritization, project management, and documentation skills.
Here is more information:
Position: Workday Finance Consultant
Term: 6+ month contract with possible extension
Schedule: Remote, Monday-Friday 8am-5pm CST
Location: Chicago, IL 60612
Pay: $70-100/hr
Responsibilities:
- Support final deployment activities, move to production, stabilization, and transition to ongoing operations for a Workday go live.
- Serve as a senior Finance resource in the Workday program, working with other stakeholders in PMO, Supply Chain, Digital & Information Services, and operations.
- Provide hands-on support for cutover execution, financial validation, issue resolution, business readiness, and post-production stabilization.
- Provide senior functional expertise across Workday Financial Management, with particular emphasis on: accounts payable and supplier accounts, supplier invoice processing, settlement and payment processing, banking and cash management, general ledger accounting, financial accounting and reporting, procurement-to-pay processes, accounting journals and operational accounting, business assets, expenses, and other related finance functions.
- Support the execution of the Workday Finance cutover plan.
- Coordinate finance cutover activities across accounts payable, accounting, treasury, integrations, data conversion, and reporting.
- Assist with legacy-system shutdown activities, transaction freezes, final processing deadlines, data extracts, conversions, and opening balance activities.
- Support the conversion and validation of suppliers, open invoices, purchase orders, accounting balances, banking information, payment data, and other finance-related records.
- Execute or coordinate cutover reconciliations between legacy applications, conversion files, Workday, and financial control totals.
- Identify cutover risks, unresolved dependencies, and readiness gaps, and escalate them with clear recommendations.
- Provide hands-on functional support during Workday production deployment and go-live.
- Monitor critical finance business processes.
- Validate that priority transactions can be completed successfully, including supplier invoices, approvals, accounting entries, settlements, payments, and financial reporting.
- Assist users with transaction questions, process navigation, and unexpected system behavior.
- Work closely with functional, technical, integration, reporting, security, and data teams to isolate defects and determine root causes.
- Provide daily support during the defined post-go-live hypercare period.
- Facilitate or participate in finance issue-triage sessions, command center meetings, and stabilization reviews.
- Track defects, incidents, questions, workarounds, decisions, and action items through resolution.
- Analyze recurring issues to identify root causes and recommend sustainable corrective actions.
- Build effective working relationships with Finance leaders, process owners, operational teams, Workday resources, and third-party partners.
- Communicate status, risks, decisions, dependencies, and expectations clearly to both project and operational audiences.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience supporting Finance, Accounting, Accounts Payable, or financial systems.
- 2+ years of hands-on Workday Financial Management experience.
- Participation in at least one full Workday Financial Management implementation or production deployment, including cutover, go-live, or hypercare required.
- Demonstrated functional experience with Workday Finance business processes and accounting impacts.
- Strong understanding of Accounts Payable, Supplier invoicing, Payment processing, Reconciliations, Accounting controls, Procurement-to-pay processes.
- Experience executing cutover plans, validating converted data, reconciling financial information, and resolving production issues.
- Experience working with complex, integrated ERP environments and automated financial processes.
- Working knowledge of GAAP, internal controls, and financial reconciliation practices.
- Ability to analyze issues across system configuration, data, integrations, reporting, business processes, and user adoption.
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft 365, particularly Excel and Teams.
- Strong organization, prioritization, project management, and documentation skills.
Here is more information:
Position: Workday Finance Consultant
Term: 6+ month contract with possible extension
Schedule: Remote, Monday-Friday 8am-5pm CST
Location: Chicago, IL 60612
Pay: $70-100/hr
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Who's Hiring
- Makse11
- UST10
- Attain Partners4
- Guidehouse3
- Strada2
Top Industries Hiring
- Staffing & Recruiting
- Technology & Software
- Consulting & Professional Services
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote workday consultant jobs.
- Hands-on experience configuring one or more Workday modules such as HCM, Financials, or Payroll
- Active Workday certification in at least one functional or technical area
- Experience leading or supporting full-lifecycle Workday implementations from discovery to go-live
- Ability to gather business requirements and translate them into Workday configuration decisions
- Proficiency with Workday reporting tools including calculated fields, composite reports, or BIRT
- Bachelor's degree in information systems, business, human resources, or a related field
Tips for Your Remote Workday Consultant Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote workday consultant openings from across the U.S. in one place. Check it regularly and apply as soon as a role matches your module expertise and availability, since competitive remote postings fill quickly.
Show your async communication skills upfront
Remote workday consultant employers prioritize candidates who can manage stakeholder conversations without in-person check-ins. Include examples in your application of delivering Workday requirements, design decisions, or issue resolutions through written documentation or structured updates.
Highlight your module certifications clearly
Remote hiring managers scan for specific Workday module experience fast. List your certified modules, HCM, Payroll, Financials, or Adaptive, at the top of your application materials so screeners can match you to open positions without digging.
Prepare for remote-specific interview questions
Remote employers routinely ask how you manage Workday configurations across time zones, handle stakeholder alignment without face-to-face meetings, and keep implementations on track when working asynchronously. Have concrete examples ready that show you've done this successfully.
Remote Workday Consultant Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote workday consultant job?
Target companies with distributed HR or finance teams that run Workday across multiple locations, since those organizations have the most pressing need for consultants who can work independently. Remote employers screen hard for written communication skills, async collaboration habits, and the ability to self-manage implementations without daily in-person oversight. Hands-on Workday module experience, especially in HCM, Payroll, or Financials, and a Workday certification give you a clear edge.
Which companies hire remote workday consultants?
Remote workday consultant roles are posted by Makse, UST, and Attain Partners and others right now, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. The companies hiring this role remotely tend to be remote-first consulting firms, large enterprises with distributed HR teams, and healthcare or financial services organizations managing Workday deployments across multiple sites.
Can you get a remote workday consultant job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level workday consultant roles are harder to land because employers expect you to work independently from day one without on-site mentorship. Your best path in is completing a Workday certification, building hands-on skills through a Workday Community tenant or sandbox, and targeting smaller consulting partners that take on junior talent for implementation support work. Demonstrating strong written communication and async work habits makes a real difference.
Do you need a degree for remote workday consultant jobs?
Not always. Remote employers weigh Workday certification, demonstrated module expertise, and a record of completed implementations much more heavily than a specific degree. A background in HR, finance, or IT helps establish credibility, but candidates who can show real project work configuring Workday HCM, Payroll, or Financials regularly compete for roles regardless of their educational background.
Which industries hire the most remote workday consultants?
The sectors hiring the most remote workday consultants are Staffing & Recruiting, Technology & Software, and Consulting & Professional Services, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Those industries run large, geographically distributed workforces that depend on Workday to centralize HR, payroll, and financial data across teams in multiple locations.
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