Workday Grants Delivery Senior Consultant

About the Team

Deloitte's Government & Public Services (GPS) practice is designed for impact, serving federal, state, and local government clients as well as public higher education institutions. Our Enterprise Operations as a Service offering provides ongoing operations for clients' technology and business process investments through multi-year contracts. The Center Talent Model combines the resources of Deloitte with a community feel, offering dynamic career opportunities with minimal travel requirements.

Work You'll Do

• Transition / Ramp-up: Learn grant-related configuration and operating processes, including grant setup, worktag strategy, charging/costing rules, validations, and reporting expectations. Review compliance-driven artifacts such as SOPs, control points, audit requirements, and known issues.
• Day-One Surge Support (Hypercare/Stabilization): Triage and resolve grant-impacting issues like incorrect worktagging, charging failures, validation errors, workflow routing issues, and reporting discrepancies. Partner with Accounting and Integrations teams for issues spanning posting logic or inbound/outbound data.
• Steady-State Operate (O&M): Provide ongoing incident/request support and problem management for recurring grants issues. Maintain strong documentation and traceability while improving the knowledge base to support consistent outcomes.
• Innovate & Optimize: Identify opportunities to improve compliance and transparency through stronger validations, improved reporting packs, and cleaner master data governance. Deliver complex enhancements/projects (e.g., refined charging rules, enhanced controls, expanded reporting and analytics, process improvements) with disciplined testing and stakeholder readiness.

Functional Scope: Grant-related processes in Workday Financials, including grant master data, worktagging/charging controls, grant-focused reporting, and related approvals/security.

Skills

• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
• Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
• Ability to lead projects or workstreams
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
• Ability to meet deadlines

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future
• Workday Financial Services Certified and/or Workday Grants Management Certified
• 5+ years of experience in Workday Financials Grants Management module, including:
  • Grants Management fundamentals (award vs funding vs spend, grant lifecycle, budget control, allowable/unallowable costs, and period-of-performance timing)
  • Supporting procure-to-pay transactions coded to grants (req/PO/invoice/expense), including troubleshooting validation and budget errors
  • Triage, issue resolution, and incident management
  • Client-facing operational support

Schedule

• Hybrid Work Model: Residence within a commutable distance to one of the US Delivery Center locations (Gilbert, Lake Mary, or Mechanicsburg) or Geo-Hub locations (Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, Houston, and Philadelphia).
• Co-location Expectation: Spend up to 30% of working time co-located at an assigned office for orchestrated opportunities, including projects, practice sessions, training, and Moments That Matter at a Deloitte Delivery Center, Geo-Hub, approved site, or project location.
• Travel Requirement: Maximum of 10% overnight travel for client or project purposes.
• Relocation Requirement: If relocation is necessary, complete the move within 12 weeks from the start date to reside within a commutable distance.