Workday Solution Architect

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Your OpportunityAs a Workday Solution Architect, you will be responsible for leading solution design, architecture governance, and solution delivery oversight across Workday implementation, optimization, and transformation engagements. The Solution Architect serves as the bridge between business objectives and technical solutions, ensuring cohesive designs that deliver measurable value for clients while supporting the growth of BDO's Workday practice. This is a net new role and offers a flexible hybrid work arrangement.

Key Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end solution architecture for Workday implementation, enhancement, and transformation engagements.
Serve as the design authority across all project workstreams, ensuring solution decisions align with client objectives and leading practices.
Facilitate solution design workshops and guide future-state business process design.
Evaluate cross-functional impacts of solution decisions and ensure alignment across Workday modules, integrations, reporting, and data requirements.
Provide executive-level guidance and recommendations on Workday capabilities, roadmap considerations, and transformation opportunities.
Identify project risks and develop mitigation strategies throughout the project lifecycle.
Establish and maintain solution governance processes throughout the engagement lifecycle.
Provide quality oversight across configuration, testing, data conversion, integrations, and deployment activities.
Partner with project leadership to manage scope, risks, dependencies, and issue resolution.
Ensure successful transition to support and knowledge transfer activities following deployment.
Support business development activities including opportunity qualification, solutioning, estimates, proposals, and client presentations.
Contribute to practice development initiatives, methodologies, accelerators, and thought leadership.
Mentor consultants and emerging solution architects to strengthen the Workday practice.
How Do We Define Success for Your Role?Effective governance of architecture, quality, and risk management.
Contribution to practice growth, business development, and capability development.
You demonstrate BDO’s core values through all aspects of your work: Integrity, Respect, and CollaborationClients recognize you as a subject matter expert in Workday Core HR and a strategic advisor on HR operating models and system designYou deliver scalable, well-architected solutions spanning across platforms and technologies, aligned to business requirements and leading practicesYou contribute to a collaborative, inclusive team environment and actively support the growth of junior consultantsYou stay current with Workday releases, industry trends, and evolving HR best practicesYour experience and education7+ years of Workday implementation, advisory, or solution architecture experience.
Experience leading enterprise Workday HCM and/or Finance transformation initiatives across multiple workstreams.
Demonstrated expertise in solution design, business process transformation, integrations, reporting, and data considerations.
Experience leading client-facing engagements and managing senior stakeholder relationships.
Proven ability to support sales pursuits, proposal development, and solutioning activities.
Strong communication, presentation, facilitation, and executive stakeholder management skills.
Active appropriate Workday certifications preferred.
Consulting experience within a professional services organization considered an asset.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Why BDO?Our people-first approach to talent has earned us a spot among Canada’s Top 100 Employers for 2026 . This recognition is a milestone we’re thrilled to add to our collection of awards for both experienced and student talent experiences.
At BDO, our people experience is guided by three core pillars— Do work with genuine care, Do what matters with purpose, and Do what’s next
- shaping how we support our people, serve our clients, and grow together.
Our firm is committed to providing an environment where you can be successful in the following ways:We enable you to engage with how we change and evolve, being a key contributor to the success and growth of BDO in Canada.
We help you become a better professional within our services, industries, and markets with extensive opportunities for learning and development.
We support your achievement of personal goals outside of the office and making an impact on your community.
We foster a collaborative, inclusive environment where your ideas are valued, and you can do your best work with