Solution Consultant, Workday
Student Finance, Financial Aid
$126-189k
Travel 50+% of the time
Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
Be an early applicant
Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$126-189k
Travel 50+% of the time
1001+ employees
Company mission
To leverage the power of AI to elevate humans and supercharge work, moving business forever forward.
Role
Who you are
- Solution Consultant (P3):
- 3+ years of extensive Financial Aid and/or Student Finance domain expertise
- 3+ years of business experience with relevant student information system applications (e.g. Banner, Colleague, Jenzabar, PeopleSoft, Anthology, etc.)
- Sr. Solution Consultant (P4):
- 5+ years of extensive Financial Aid and/or Student Finance domain expertise
- 5+ years of business experience with relevant student information system applications (e.g. Banner, Colleague, Jenzabar, PeopleSoft, Anthology, etc.)
- Other Qualifications:
- Ability to work on multiple simultaneous projects individually as well as working cross-functionally
- Experience with value based selling
- Outstanding professional discovery, presentation, communication, and influencing skills to higher education senior administrators
- Experience showcasing higher education focused software solutions to both functional and technical audiences
- Experience in a Solution Consulting, sales consulting AND/OR implementation role
- Thrives in a fast-paced environment
What the job involves
- As a member of our diverse and skilled North America Solution Consulting team, you will have the opportunity to showcase the power of the Workday Student application to prospects and customers alike. It is this team's job to bring the value of Workday Student to life and demonstrate how the experience for students and student administrators will be transformed. In addition to working closely with our sales counterparts, this team also sits at the exciting intersection of our Product Management, Consulting Services, Marketing, and Value Management teams, providing exposure to various areas of the business
- Workday is looking for a dynamic and driven Student Solution Consultant with Financial Aid and/or Student Finance expertise to join our Higher Education solution consulting team
- Our team demonstrates the value of Workday’s next generation SaaS Student Information System Application to Workday prospects and customers. Workday Solution Consultants provide Student Information System expertise, engage audiences with dynamic content and story-telling, lead Executive presentations, and Workday Student product demonstrations, in partnership with our sales team, to prospective customers throughout the sales cycle. Our team works in a highly complex environment that requires curiosity, flexibility, and drive
- To deliver of relevant technical product presentations, demonstrations, workshops, and seminars
- To craft detailed design and implementation specifications for sophisticated products/applications/solutions
- To assist in the closure of sales opportunities by demonstrating a complete understanding of and resolving questions regarding our solution, services, and training
- To support the qualification of prospects, proposed demonstration criteria, proof of concept system builds and sales cycle closure plans
- To partner and with and achieve sales, marketing, technical and channel objectives
- To assist sales in the response to RFxs
- To participate in discovery sessions alongside sales to ask qualifying questions and understand struggles, current business processes, and ideal future state
- To apply in-depth ERP-product knowledge to provide technical expertise to sales staff and the customer through sales presentations and product demonstrations
- To Incorporate Workday AI capabilities into Student Information System demos and illustrate measurable impact on student success and operational efficiency
- To be able to travel 50+% of the time
Application process
- End Date: June 9, 2026
Our take
Workday is a cloud-based software vendor that provides management of workforces and finances. The company uses a single database for workforce management and financial management to offer integration and optimize business intelligence across companies. It has added to the packages and tools it offers over the years, providing analytic options that allow companies to combine third-party data with information collected by Workday.
The company has also grown through acquisitions and partnerships to broaden its capabilities.. Most recently, in 2025 it purchases Sana, an AI-driven enterprise knowledge and learning platform, to create a "new front door for work". This acquisition allows Workday to integrate Sana's AI-powered search, agents, and learning capabilities with its own data and workflows, allowing employees to access information, automate tasks, and complete their day entirely within Workday.
Through a combination of strategic acquisitions and in-house development, WOrkday has built a comprehensive suite of HR, financial, and enterprise tools. By focusing on innovation and AI-driven workflows, the company continues to push productivity and decision-making for organizations worldwide. Building on this track record, Workday is very much positioned for even more growth, reinforcing its status as a leader in shaping the future of work.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Oct 2011
$85m
SERIES F
Apr 2009
$75m
SERIES E
Total funding: $215.3m
Company HQ
Pleasanton, CA
Leadership
Aneel Bhusri
(Co-Founder & Executive Chair)Annel began his career at Morgan Stanley as a Corporate Finance Analyst. He then spent nearly 6 years at PeopleSoft as a Senior VP before co-founding Workday in 2005, where he has served as the CEO ever since.
Carl Eschenbach
(CEO)Carl joined Workday in 2022 as Co-CEO, becoming CEO in 2024. He has also been a Partner at Sequoia Capital since 2016. Previously, he spent 14 years at VMware as President and COO and 3 years at Inktomi Corporation as the VP of North America Sales.
Peter Bailis
(CTO)Prior to joining Workday in 2025, People was a VP of Engineering at Google. He also previously founded Sisu Data, where he served as the CEO for over 5 years.
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