Workiva

Senior Data Integration Consultant

17 March 2024
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Deadline date:
£87000 - £148000

Job Description

Job Summary
The Senior Data Integration Consultant interfaces with customers’ functional teams to understand the data and automation needs required to achieve a connected reporting experience. The Senior Data Integration Consultant will translate functional needs into technical requirements and work closely with customers’ technical teams to connect the Workiva platform to the customers’ enterprise systems. This role is responsible for the design and delivery of the Data Management Suite comprised of Wdata Tables/Queries/Views, Chains, and Data Prep.

In addition to partnering with customer technical and functional teams, the Senior Data Integration Consultant also works closely with internal teams from pre-sales to ensure proper hand-off, product engineering and management to provide product feedback, and Customer Success to ensure a successful customer experience post deployment.

Responsibilities: 

  • The Senior Data Integration Consultant interacts with customers to determine their needs and develops solutions with current Workiva products to meet those needs Consult with customers to gain an understanding of the data requirements needed to support reporting within the Workiva platform

  • Collaborate with the pre-sales team to ensure a proper hand-off from the sales process to the implementation process

  • Partner with the Project Management Organization (PMO) to provide tasks for project plan creation as well as tracking

  • Collaborate with the Solution Architect (SA) team to ensure a consistent customer experience with the Workiva services team

  • Evaluate customer requirements and determine the optimal usage of the Data Management suite to achieve accurate, timely, and scalable solutions

  • Configure data integration workflows from on-premises and cloud customer systems of record to Workiva products

  • Design queries to facilitate reporting

  • Deploy mapping groups to transform data according to the functional reporting requirements

  • Create and execute integration test plans

  • Perform knowledge transfer with customer defined application owner to ensure customer self-sufficiency

  • Deliver documentation of solutions deployed

  • Collect feedback from the field and provide it to CoE Leadership, Product Development and Product Management

  • Create intellectual property (IP) such as Chain Templates that reduce the time to value for customers

  • Ensure leading practices and implementation standards are applied consistently across deployments

 

What You’ll Need

Minimum Qualifications:

  • 6+ years related experience

  • Bachelor’s Degree

  • An advanced degree will be considered in lieu of experience

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience integrating or managing Performance Management applications such as Oracle EPM (Cloud or On-premises), OneStream, Anaplan or Enterprise systems such as Workday, Oracle EBS and/or Fusion Cloud GL, MS Dynamics, or SAP including S4 HANA, strongly preferred 

  • Prior experience with integration technology such as Informatica, Boomi, or Workato preferred

  • Expertise of various data structure and schemas from a variety of ERP, GRC, GL, FP&A or Analytics and Reporting solutions

  • Ability to understand the ETL process

  • Strong understanding of API design philosophy/patterns, communication protocols (SOAP, REST, JSON, XML) and encoding

  • Ability to create, review, and troubleshoot queries using SQL

  • Basic to Intermediate Python Scripting Skills – The ideal candidate should be comfortable writing simple to moderately complex scripts, and have a willingness to develop their skills further in a practical, hands-on environment

  • Ability to build internal and external relationships, partnerships and business development

  • Comprehensive knowledge of Workiva applications and solutions

  • General computer technology skills to include Word/Google Docs, Excel/Google Sheets, and PowerPoint/Google Slides

  • Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills

  • Proficiency to build credibility and relationships with technical leaders

  • Ability to influence at all levels and in various departments

  • Ability to set priorities, meet deadlines, and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, changing environment

  • Proven problem-solving skills, technical capacity, and business acumen

  • Self-motivated and able to work autonomously

  • Proven success with customer service

  • Detail-oriented and organized

Telecommuting Requirements:

  • Up to 75% to meet with customers, vendors, suppliers or attend trade shows

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

How You’ll Be Rewarded:

  • Salary range in the US: 

$87,000.00 – $148,000.00

  • A discretionary bonus typically paid annually
  • Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire
  • 401(k) match and comprehensive employee benefits package

The salary range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this job in the US. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience and other relevant factors.

Where You’ll 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’ve created.

  • Customer Success:  Always delight our customers.

  • Trust: Rely on each other. 

  • Integrity: Do the right thing, every time. 

  • Collaboration: Share resources and work together. 

  • Innovation: Keep creating solutions and finding better ways. 

  • Inclusion: Support a diverse community where we all belong. 

  • 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—backed by our culture of collaboration and diverse thought—to 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’s most challenging problems.

At Workiva, you’ll enjoy: 

  • Fantastic Benefits: With coverage starting day one, choose from competitive health, dental, and vision plans on the largest physician networks available.

  • Casual Dress: Workiva has a casual work environment, most people wear jeans to the office.

  • Involvement: Ability to participate in Business Employee Resource Groups (Black, Hispanic, Asian, Women, Rainbow (LGBTQIA+), Veterans, Disabilities), Volunteering, Company wide celebrations, and more

  • 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 and Affirmative Action 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.  We strongly encourage and welcome people from historically marginalized groups to apply.

Workiva is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. To request assistance with the application process, please email [email protected].
 

Workiva supports employees in working where they work best – either from an office or remotely from any location within their country of employment.

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