Workday Adaptive Analyst / Lead

Position 1 - Workday Adaptive Lead

Summary role description:

Hiring for a Workday Adaptive Lead for the Global Competency Centre of a global logistics leader driving digital transformation and operational excellence.

Company description:

Our client is a global logistics leader with a presence in over 100 countries, committed to innovation, reliability, and customer-focused solutions. Guided by a culture where people make the difference, the organization fosters collaboration, learning, and excellence. As part of its digital transformation to become a $10 billion powerhouse, it is establishing a Global Service Centre in India, to drive operational excellence and innovation. This centre will serve as a strategic hub, enabling seamless global operations, enhancing service delivery, and supporting ambitious growth plans.

Role details:

• Title / Designation: Workday Adaptive Lead
• Location: Gurgaon, India
• Work mode: Hybrid (3 days WFO)

Role & responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end Adaptive Planning lifecycle including requirements, design, build, testing, deployment, and hypercare.
• Act as the techno-functional SME for Adaptive Planning, managing models, sheets, dimensions, versions, reports, dashboards, and security.
• Design scalable planning models for multi-entity, multi-currency environments covering workforce, revenue, expenses, capex, and scenario planning.
• Establish model architecture and governance standards including naming conventions, calculations, documentation, and change control.
• Manage data strategy and integrations between Adaptive Planning and Workday, ensuring data quality, automation, and reconciliation.
• Support FP&A and business users by building dashboards, improving planning processes, and resolving system issues.

Candidate requirements:

• 7+ years in the Workday ecosystem, including 4+ years of hands-on Workday Adaptive Planning experience (implementation and support).
• Experience leading at least one full Adaptive implementation or major expansion as a functional or techno-functional lead.
• Strong FP&A domain knowledge including budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, headcount planning, allocations, and variance analysis.
• Experience building multi-dimensional financial models (entities, cost centers, accounts, products, projects) and optimizing model performance.
• Strong Finance fundamentals, including GL, fixed assets, expenses, chart of accounts, cost centers, financial statements, month-end close, intercompany, and financial data reconciliation.
• Good stakeholder communication skills, able to bridge finance teams and technical teams.
• Familiarity with financial consolidations such as entity structures, eliminations, roll-forwards, and multi-entity reporting.

1. Preferred Qualifications

• Workday Adaptive Planning certification (Implementation/Admin).
• Experience integrating Adaptive with Workday Financials or HCM using ETL, APIs, or file-based integrations.
• Experience in global, multi-country and multi-currency environments.
• Freight forwarding or logistics industry experience.

Selection Process:

• Two technical interviews
• HR round

Position 2 - Sr.Workday Adaptive Analyst

Summary role description:

Hiring a Sr. Workday Adaptive Analyst for the Global Competency Centre of a global logistics leader driving digital transformation and operational excellence.

Role details:

• Title / Designation: Sr. Workday Adaptive Analyst
• Location: Gurgaon
• Experience: 8 to 14 years

Role & responsibilities:

• Manage the end-to-end Workday Adaptive Planning lifecycle, including requirements, design, configuration, testing, deployment, and support.

• Act as a techno-functional SME, managing models, sheets, dimensions, reports, dashboards, and security.

• Develop and maintain scalable planning models for multi-entity, multi-currency environments (workforce, capex, revenue, expenses, and scenario planning).

• Build dashboards, reports, and integrations to enable data-driven insights and seamless data flow with Workday.

• Partner with FP&A and business teams to streamline planning, ensure data governance, and provide ongoing user support and enhancements.

Candidate requirements:

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years in the Workday ecosystem, including 2+ years of hands-on Workday Adaptive Planning experience (implementation and support).
• Experience supporting at least one full Adaptive Planning implementation or major platform expansion.
• Strong FP&A expertise in budgeting, forecasting, headcount planning, variance analysis, and management reporting.
• Experience building multi-dimensional planning models and managing performance optimization, data validation, and reconciliations.
• Solid finance and accounting knowledge (GL, Fixed Assets, Expenses, Chart of Accounts, financial statements) with familiarity in multi-entity consolidations and reporting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Workday Adaptive Planning certification (Implementation/Admin).
• Experience integrating Adaptive Planning with Workday Financials or HCM.
• Familiarity with ETL tools, APIs, and file-based integrations.
• Experience in global, multi-country and multi-currency environments.
• Prior experience in the freight forwarding or logistics industry.

Selection Process:

• Two technical rounds
• One HR round