Consultant, Student Financial Services

Alchemy partners with Higher Education, State & Local Government, and Healthcare institutions to maximize their investment in Workday technology, delivering a proven approach with a deeply experienced team to unlock the full potential of these transformative solutions.  

At Alchemy, we believe that success begins with people, and we’ve made it our mission to hire individuals with great potential and to provide them with the tools and resources needed to build rewarding Workday consulting careers.

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Your responsibilities

• Successfully complete Workday prep and certification training, and become an expert at Workday Student Financials
• Execute the day-to-day activities on Workday Student implementations for customers including process design, demonstrate configurations through the development of prototypes, conversion, testing, and project reviews with customers
• Assist the customer team to help convert legacy data into Workday
• Assist the integration consulting team in configuring and testing integrations between Workday and other third-party or custom solutions
• Serve as a professional role model
• Collaborate effectively and synergistically to team-based projects
• Ensure customers understand and take advantage of Alchemy and Workday best practices
• Help ensure customers remain referenceable
• Support Alchemy post-production services customers through defect resolution
• Partner with Engagement Managers to ensure alignment across project plans and allocated budgets
• Strive to innovate and suggest new approaches and tools to deploy Workday efficiently and effectively
• Maintain Workday certifications and qualifications

About you (Required skills)

• Bachelor's Degree, ideally with a Finance or Accounting concentration
• 1-3 years of relevant higher education experience in Student Financial Services, assisting the Bursar, Controller's Office, Student Accounts, Billing, etc.
• Experience working with Student solutions: Workday, Colleague, Banner, Kuali, SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft Campus Solutions, or similar applications 
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint 
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively manage audience expectations 
• Passion for providing exceptional customer service 
• Ability to effectively manage against timelines and goals 
• Ability to travel up to 40% 
• Willingness to obtain and maintain relevant Workday certification(s) as required for the role.

About you (Bonus Skills)

• End-user or implementation experience with Workday Student 

For you (What we offer)

• Award-winning culture! Alchemy is a Great Place to Work-certified company
• Market competitive compensation packages and annual merit program 
• A remote work environment 
• One-time home office reimbursement for new hires 
• Expense allowance per pay period (towards technology, office, and/or wellness) 
• Investment in your ongoing Workday training 
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits that begin on day one 
• HSA, FSA, STD, LTD, and life benefits 
• Unlimited paid time off. We want you to take care of yourself and those who matter most to you 
• Ten (10) paid holidays 
• One (1) paid flex day 
• 401(k) with employer annual contribution
• Paid parental leave
• Quarterly awards and recognition