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Principal Functional Consultant - Higher Education (Workday Student Financials)

Melbourne, New South Wales💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-09 → 2026-09-27

Core

Guide deployment of Workday Student Financials solutions for higher education institutions, advising on design and ensuring alignment with business outcomes.

Role type

Principal Functional Consultant (Workday Student Financials)

Builds

Workday Student Financials implementations for higher education customers

Domain

Higher Education / Student Information Systems (SIS)

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery

Required skills

Student Financials expertise, Higher Education industry knowledge, Consulting experience, Project management, Stakeholder management, Solution design, Status reporting, Training and enablement, Mentoring

Preferred skills

Workday Student platform experience, Prior hands-on SIS implementation experience

Technologies

Workday Student

Responsibilities

Determine customer requirements and advise on solution design; Demonstrate solutions to stakeholders; Challenge requests that risk business outcomes; Own status reporting and project health; Lead prospect discovery sessions; Advise on Statement of Work content; Act as escalation point for complex issues; Lead training and enablement sessions; Mentor less experienced consultants

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities

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