Workday
Principal Grants Management Implementation Consultant, Higher Education
$133K–$237K
USA Remote · Flex · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Experience
- Principal level: 6+ years of Grants and Financial consulting experience or 6+ years of Grants operational experience in Higher Education institutions. The posting also lists a separate requirement of 6+ years in a consulting, software, or internal Workday environment with hands-on responsibility for payroll configuration, testing, and stakeholder partnership. Senior level alternative: 4+ years of Grants or Financial consulting experience or 4+ years of Grants operational experience in Higher Education institutions.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience; preferably in Finance or Accounting.
About the job
Leads Higher Education client implementations of Workday Grants Management, from requirements and solution design through configuration, testing, deployment, and knowledge transfer.
What you'll do
- Design and configure Grants Management solutions; document decisions and support data conversion, integrations, testing, and issue resolution.
- Coordinate with customers, Engagement Managers, and project teams on milestones, status, risks, scope, and delivery quality.
- Mentor consultants and contribute to training, knowledge sharing, and improvements to the Higher Education consulting practice.
What they ask for
- For the Principal level: 6+ years of Grants and Financial consulting experience or 6+ years of Grants operational experience in Higher Education institutions; experience with Workday Grants.
- Experience with a financial or enterprise application such as Workday, Lawson, SAP, Oracle, or PeopleSoft; Grants Management experience plus one or more of Accounts Receivable, Projects, Endowments, Fund or Nonprofit Accounting.
- At least 2 full-cycle software implementations in Higher Education; ability to travel up to 50% based on client and project needs.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
Nice to have
- Experience with Higher Education and/or Nonprofit organizations; Finance or Accounting education preferred.
- Working knowledge of research or clinical trial solutions.
Pay
$140,300 USD - $210,500 USD (base salary); $133,300 USD - $236,900 USD (base salary)
Tools
Workday Grants Management, Workday, Lawson, SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft
AI focus
The team actively experiments with Workday’s AI tools to improve implementation quality and efficiency and shares learnings across the practice.
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