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Aon is in the business of better decisions
What the day will look like
- Implement the vision, roadmap, governance, and lifecycle management of the Workday Adaptive Planning platform, defining planning technology strategies that support budgeting, forecasting, long range planning, workforce planning, and scenario analysis.
- Lead the design of complex, scalable Adaptive Planning solutions, ensuring data integrity and seamless information flow across the enterprise.
- Lead the technical solutioning for all major Adaptive Planning initiatives, from initial discovery and design through implementation and postproduction support.
- Translate complex business requirements into technical specifications and model architecture, ensuring alignment with overall business strategy, and continuously find opportunities for process improvement and tool optimization for FP&A and other business teams.
- Architect multidimensional planning models and structures, including dimensions, assumptions, versions, levels, and hierarchies that support:
- Revenue, expense, and headcount planning. Workforce and long-range goal setting,
- Driver based forecasting and scenario modeling
- Own and provide hands on support for urgent and business critical production issues, ensuring swift resolution and minimal business disruption.
- Serve as a domain authority for business collaborators, fixing process and technical issues in a timely manner, with a focus on upholding guidelines.
- Configure and maintain Adaptive Planning models, sheets, formulas, assumptions, dimensions, attributes, and workflows, optimizing model performance, usability, and maintainability.
- Develop and maintain executive reporting solutions and establish governance standards for OfficeConnect reporting, dashboards, scorecards, and key performance indicators.
- Architect and oversee integrations between Workday Adaptive Planning and Workday Financials, Workday HCM, ERP, data warehouses, payroll, and BI platforms. Apply deep expertise in data modeling, system integration, and performance optimization.
- Manage security architecture, user provisioning, access controls, and segregation of duties.
- Own the evaluation and adoption of new Adaptive Planning capabilities, including bi-annual release adoption and AI/LLM enabled planning and forecasting features.
- Serve as the enterprise design authority for planning architecture, defining standards, and governance for the Adaptive Planning platform.
Skills and experience that will lead to success
- 7+ years of experience supporting FP&A, EPM, or enterprise planning platforms, including 5+ years of hands on Workday Adaptive Planning experience as an architect, lead administrator, or consultant.
- Deep expertise in data modeling, system integration, and performance optimization within a sophisticated enterprise environment.
- Deep functional knowledge across adaptive modeling, workforce planning, financial planning and forecasting, OfficeConnect, reporting and dashboards, security administration, and version management.
- Solid understanding of financial statements, FP&A processes, budgeting, forecasting, workforce planning, and scenario analysis.
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Information Systems, Finance, Accounting, Business, Computer Science, or a related area of study.
- Workday Pro Adaptive Planning Certification preferred.
- Background and experience in Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) preferred.
- Familiarity with Workday ways of working. Experience integrating planning, ERP, HCM, and other financial systems strongly preferred.
- PMP, Agile, or related project management certification preferred.
- Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning and knowing the latest with emerging Adaptive Planning, FP&A, and AI capabilities.
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
Pay Transparency Laws:
This position is eligible to participate in one of Aon’s annual incentive plans to receive an annual discretionary bonus in addition to base salary. The amount of any bonus varies and is subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan.
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Aon is in the business of better decisions
What the day will look like
- Implement the vision, roadmap, governance, and lifecycle management of the Workday Adaptive Planning platform, defining planning technology strategies that support budgeting, forecasting, long range planning, workforce planning, and scenario analysis.
- Lead the design of complex, scalable Adaptive Planning solutions, ensuring data integrity and seamless information flow across the enterprise.
- Lead the technical solutioning for all major Adaptive Planning initiatives, from initial discovery and design through implementation and postproduction support.
- Translate complex business requirements into technical specifications and model architecture, ensuring alignment with overall business strategy, and continuously find opportunities for process improvement and tool optimization for FP&A and other business teams.
- Architect multidimensional planning models and structures, including dimensions, assumptions, versions, levels, and hierarchies that support:
- Revenue, expense, and headcount planning. Workforce and long-range goal setting,
- Driver based forecasting and scenario modeling
- Own and provide hands on support for urgent and business critical production issues, ensuring swift resolution and minimal business disruption.
- Serve as a domain authority for business collaborators, fixing process and technical issues in a timely manner, with a focus on upholding guidelines.
- Configure and maintain Adaptive Planning models, sheets, formulas, assumptions, dimensions, attributes, and workflows, optimizing model performance, usability, and maintainability.
- Develop and maintain executive reporting solutions and establish governance standards for OfficeConnect reporting, dashboards, scorecards, and key performance indicators.
- Architect and oversee integrations between Workday Adaptive Planning and Workday Financials, Workday HCM, ERP, data warehouses, payroll, and BI platforms. Apply deep expertise in data modeling, system integration, and performance optimization.
- Manage security architecture, user provisioning, access controls, and segregation of duties.
- Own the evaluation and adoption of new Adaptive Planning capabilities, including bi-annual release adoption and AI/LLM enabled planning and forecasting features.
- Serve as the enterprise design authority for planning architecture, defining standards, and governance for the Adaptive Planning platform.
Skills and experience that will lead to success
- 7+ years of experience supporting FP&A, EPM, or enterprise planning platforms, including 5+ years of hands on Workday Adaptive Planning experience as an architect, lead administrator, or consultant.
- Deep expertise in data modeling, system integration, and performance optimization within a sophisticated enterprise environment.
- Deep functional knowledge across adaptive modeling, workforce planning, financial planning and forecasting, OfficeConnect, reporting and dashboards, security administration, and version management.
- Solid understanding of financial statements, FP&A processes, budgeting, forecasting, workforce planning, and scenario analysis.
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Information Systems, Finance, Accounting, Business, Computer Science, or a related area of study.
- Workday Pro Adaptive Planning Certification preferred.
- Background and experience in Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) preferred.
- Familiarity with Workday ways of working. Experience integrating planning, ERP, HCM, and other financial systems strongly preferred.
- PMP, Agile, or related project management certification preferred.
- Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning and knowing the latest with emerging Adaptive Planning, FP&A, and AI capabilities.
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
Pay Transparency Laws:
This position is eligible to participate in one of Aon’s annual incentive plans to receive an annual discretionary bonus in addition to base salary. The amount of any bonus varies and is subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan.
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Accounting & Auditing
- Investment & Asset Management
- Consulting & Professional Services
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in workday adaptive planning jobs.
- Three or more years of hands-on workday adaptive planning configuration and administration experience
- Proficiency in building and maintaining financial models including income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow
- Experience with workday adaptive planning integrations connecting to ERP or HR systems
- Strong Excel skills and familiarity with relational data structures and dimensional modeling concepts
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, or a related quantitative field
- Ability to translate business requirements from FP&A stakeholders into functional planning model design
Tips for Your Workday Adaptive Planning Job Search
Quantify your planning model outcomes
Hiring managers want to see what your workday adaptive planning work produced. Replace vague bullets with specifics: how many entities you consolidated, how many planning cycles you supported, or how much time you cut from the close process.
List your module depth on your resume
Employers filter by module. Call out exactly which areas you've built in, whether that's financial consolidation, workforce, capital, or operational planning, so recruiters can match your resume to the scope of the role without guessing.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists workday adaptive planning openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target postings by implementation phase
Some roles are post-go-live optimization, others are net-new implementations. Read the job description for phrases like 'build from scratch' or 'support existing environment' and tailor your cover letter to the specific phase the team is in.
Prepare a live model walkthrough for interviews
Many hiring teams ask candidates to walk through a planning model they built or maintained. Have a sanitized export or screen-recorded demo ready that shows your cube structure, driver logic, and any custom formulas you wrote.
Negotiate around go-live timing, not just title
If an offer comes during an active implementation, clarify your expected hours and whether that spike is temporary. That context affects the real value of the role and gives you a concrete, professional basis for negotiating terms beyond base compensation.
Workday Adaptive Planning Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most workday adaptive plannings?
The companies hiring the most workday adaptive plannings right now include Deloitte, Baker Tilly Canada, and UST, with the largest share of openings in Virginia, Florida, and Illinois, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is concentrated at mid-market and enterprise companies that have recently migrated off legacy planning tools.
How many workday adaptive planning jobs are remote?
About 43% of workday adaptive planning openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting strong demand for flexible arrangements in this discipline. Roles focused on model administration and end-user support tend to be the most remote-friendly, while implementation and go-live roles more often require on-site presence during critical project phases.
How do you become a workday adaptive planning?
Start by building a foundation in financial planning and analysis, since the tool exists to support FP&A workflows and you need to understand what you're modeling before you configure it. Then pursue hands-on exposure through a workday adaptive planning training environment or a supported implementation project. Earning the official workday adaptive planning certification validates your technical depth to employers and is widely expected for mid-level and senior roles.
How do you get hired as a workday adaptive planning with little experience?
Focus on demonstrating financial modeling fluency first, because employers hiring junior candidates care more about whether you understand driver-based planning logic than whether you've touched the specific tool. Completing the workday adaptive planning certification on a trial environment and building a sample model you can walk through in an interview closes the experience gap faster than general finance experience alone.
What does the workday adaptive planning interview process look like?
Most hiring processes start with a recruiter screen focused on your background and tool experience, followed by a technical interview where you walk through models you've built or maintained. A hiring manager conversation then assesses how you partner with FP&A stakeholders and translate business requirements into planning logic. Senior roles often include a panel with finance leadership or a take-home scenario asking you to design a model from a given set of assumptions.
Where can I find and apply to workday adaptive planning jobs?
You can find and apply to workday adaptive planning jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Find the roles that match your experience level and specialization, then apply directly to each listing.
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