Job Description

Summary




The Senior Solutions Architect is an experienced practitioner that provides thought leadership in establishing standardization of our consulting services offerings within the Workiva platform. This role is focused on documentation, quality review, training, mentoring and enablement for internal resources as well as our customer and partners. The Senior Solutions Architect demonstrates agility and is continually learning through leading the efforts to scale our new solutions and platform capabilities. The Senior Solution Architect is seen as a leader among their peers and proactively finds opportunities to have a cross-organizational impact and may help develop and mentor others.




Responsibilities

• Leads and advises on the delivery contracted services to customers and partners
• Performs and supports other service team members with detailed discovery sessions to understand business needs and requirements
• Creates a solution design that achieves outcomes within the Workiva platform
• Directly and indirectly interfaces with customers and partners to deliver complex solutions
• Maintains and enhances knowledge of financial, risk, or operational reporting using the Workiva platform through a commitment to ongoing training
• Successfully guides and mentors peers, assists onboarding of new associates, and leads on-going training efforts
• Develops documentation of Workiva platform best practices for use in implementation standardization
• Performs and reviews quality assessment of solution configurations

What You\'ll Need

Education

• Undergraduate Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in a related field.

Experience

• 5+ years of experience in service delivery role, finance, accounting, audit, or a related field.
• Must have deep expertise in Governance, Risk management, and Compliance
• Experience with ERP, GRC, GL, FP&A, or Analytics & Reporting solutions and their related technology platforms.
• Hands on technical experience with the Workiva platform, other SaaS and cloud technologies.
• Familiarity with data architecture schemas preferred
• Senior Consultant level at a services company or public accounting preferred.

Skills

• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to present topics clearly and succinctly
• Self-motivated with strong propensity for action, results and continuous improvement
• Capable of developing, training, and mentoring others within the organization.
• Ability to influence and drive change in business processes
• A strong individual contributor with intellectual curiosity to positively impact the ability to manage multiple projects, programs, and processes.
• Enhanced technology knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite and Google Workspace applications. Familiarity with any of the following: SQL, JSON, REST, or Python is a plus
• Demonstrated ability to curate and maintain customer-first relationships

Travel

• Up to 25% travel

Working Conditions & Physical Requirement

• Reliable internet access for any period of time working remotely, not in a Workiva office.

Where You\xe2\x80\x99ll Work

Our values drive how we work and who we hire. You will see these values ingrained in how we support our customers, work with team members, build our products and in the work environment we\xe2\x80\x99ve created.

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  Customer Success: Always delight our customers.
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  Trust: Rely on each other.
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  Integrity: Do the right thing, every time.
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  Collaboration: Share resources and work together.
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  Innovation: Keep creating solutions and finding better ways.
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  Inclusion: Support a diverse community where we all belong.
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  Accountability: Be responsible for your success and failure.

We believe our people are our greatest asset, and our unique culture gives employees the opportunity to make an impact everyday. We give our employees the freedom and resources they need\xe2\x80\x94backed by our culture of collaboration and diverse thought\xe2\x80\x94to continue innovating and breaking new ground. We hire talented people with a wide range of skills and experiences who are eager to tackle some of today\xe2\x80\x99s most challenging problems.

At Workiva, you\xe2\x80\x99ll enjoy:

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  Casual Dress: Workiva has a casual work environment, most people wear jeans to the office.
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  Involvement: Ability to participate in Business Employee Resource Groups (Black, Hispanic, Asian, Women, Rainbow (LGBTQIA+), Veterans, Disabilities), Volunteering, Company wide celebrations, and more
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  Work-life Balance: We have competitive PTO, VTO and Parental Leave. We encourage employees to spend time enjoying life outside of work.

Learn more about life at Workiva:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/workiva/
Learn more about benefits:
https://www.workiva.com/careers/benefits

Workiva is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We believe that great minds think differently. We value diversity of backgrounds, beliefs, and interests, and we recognize diversity as an important source of intellectual thought, varied perspective, and innovation. Employment decisions are made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other protected characteristic.

Workiva is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. To request assistance with the application process, please email
talentacquisition@workiva.com .