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Principal Product Advisor, Financials

Workday · Atlanta, Fulton County

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Interview prep

Be ready to walk through complex finance process problems, how you advise without owning the roadmap, and how you partner with product and customers. Recent public context includes Workday’s AI-era strategy coverage and an AI hiring-tool lawsuit—useful only as industry awareness, not interview trivia.

Fit summary

Strong fit if you already advise or implement enterprise finance software and can operate at principal depth with Workday-scale customers. Thin local and compensation data means culture and pay still need direct validation in process.

Day in the role

As Principal Product Advisor for Financials at Workday, a typical day centers on guiding customers and internal teams on Workday Financials product direction: clarifying use cases, translating finance workflows into product guidance, partnering with product and go-to-market stakeholders, and advising on configuration and adoption patterns for cloud finance processes.

Skills to emphasize

Prioritize deep Workday Financials domain fluency, enterprise finance process knowledge (GL, close, reporting, controls), stakeholder facilitation, and clear product storytelling. No certification resources were provided in the data set.

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Is this role remote?

The listing flags remote as no; location is Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia.

What does Workday sell?

Cloud financial management, HCM, and related enterprise systems software (ticker WDAY).

Are certifications required?

No certification family or cost data was provided for this listing.

Company facts (cached)

Website: workday.com

Workday, Inc., is an American on‑demand (cloud-based) financial management, human capital management, and student information system software vendor. Workday was founded by David Duffield, founder and former CEO of ERP company PeopleSoft, along with former PeopleSoft chief strategist Aneel Bhusri, following Oracle's acquisition of PeopleSoft in 2005.

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Role overview (listing rewrite)

Join Workday as a Principal Product Advisor, Financials and help enterprise customers and our product teams navigate the future of financial management. This full-time role is based in Atlanta, Fulton County, where you'll partner with our Financial Management division to shape products that empower finance teams globally. About the Role As a Principal Product Advisor specializing in Financial applications, you'll serve as a trusted expert guiding both customers and internal product teams. You'll translate complex financial processes and business requirements into actionable product insights, influence our financial product strategy, and help close critical deals by demonstrating how Workday solutions solve real finance challenges. What You'll Do Partner with enterprise finance leaders and operations teams to understand their most pressing challenges in accounting, procurement, and financial planning Advise our Product and Engineering teams on market trends, customer needs, and competitive positioning in financial applications Collaborate across Sales, Customer Success, and Solutions Consulting to accelerate customer adoption and expansion opportunities Contribute to the product roadmap by synthesizing customer feedback and identifying high-impact capabilities for the Financial Management suite Represent Workday at industry events and customer forums, establishing credibility as a thought leader in enterprise finance technology Help prospects and customers evaluate Workday's financial applications against their specific operational requirements What We're Looking For 10+ years of hands-on experience in finance operations, accounting systems, or financial planning and analysis within large enterprises Deep functional knowledge of financial processes including general ledger management, accounts payable/receivable, procurement, and close procedures Proven ability to translate technical and business requirements across diverse stakeholder groups Experience working with enterprise financial software platforms and cloud-based business applications Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage executives and technical teams alike Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field (or equivalent professional experience) About Workday Workday is a leading software-as-a-service platform that helps organizations manage their most critical business processes—from human capital to financial management. Our mission is to make work more human and meaningful through intelligent, cloud-based applications that connect people and money. How to Apply To apply, complete your application directly on this page, or…

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