Workiva Data Management (Wdata) Implementation Project Lead | Business Transformation Manager

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• Unlimited PTO: Enjoy unlimited PTO to recharge and pursue your passions

• Comprehensive healthcare: 100% paid premiums for you and your family

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• Career advancement: Access to CPE credits, learning platforms, coaching, and professional development

• Financial support: Up to 3% 401(k) matching and financial advisory services

• Team and community engagement: Monthly social events within your market, charitable matching, and great people!

Join Our Business Transformation Team

Help CFOs and controllers turn fragmented data into a connected, governed, and trusted foundation for reporting. As a project lead focused on Workiva Data Management (Wdata), you’ll lead clients through the design and implementation of Workiva’s data layer that powers SEC, ESG, financial, and operational reporting.
 

We bring people, process, and technology together:

• People: We align finance, accounting, and data teams around a single source of truth.

• Process: We streamline data flows, embed controls, and reduce manual, Excel-driven work.

• Technology: We design and implement scalable Wdata architectures that integrate with ERPs, data warehouses, and reporting workspaces.
   

As a Wdata Implementation & Optimization Manager and Project Lead within our Business Transformation practice, you will:
 

Lead Wdata Implementations End-to-End

• Own discovery, design, build, testing, and deployment of Wdata solutions that support SEC, ESG, financial close, management reporting, and internal controls use cases.

Design Scalable Data Architectures in Wdata

• Architect table structures, data models, relationships, and data prep logic to support repeatable, governed data pipelines feeding Workiva workspaces and reports.

Build and Orchestrate Data Pipelines

• Configure Chains, connectors, and data prep steps to integrate data from ERPs (e.g., NetSuite, SAP, Workday, Oracle), GL/subledgers, data warehouses (e.g., Snowflake, Azure), and flat files into Wdata.

Establish Governance, Controls, and Lineage

• Implement standards for data quality, access, approvals, and lineage so clients can trust the data flowing into their Workiva reports and dashboards.

Run Client Workshops & Requirements Sessions

• Lead conversations with Controllers, SEC Reporting, FP&A, Finance Transformation, and IT/Data teams to define source systems, mappings, transformation rules, and control points.

Bridge Technical & Functional Teams

• Translate accounting and reporting requirements into Wdata designs and work closely with data engineers, Workiva configuration specialists, and client IT teams.

Optimize Existing Wdata Environments

• Assess current-state Wdata implementations, identify gaps or technical debt, and redesign pipelines, tables, and chains for performance, scalability, and maintainability.

Manage Engagement Delivery

• Plan and manage project scope, timelines, and resources; oversee day-to-day delivery; and ensure clear communication and alignment with client stakeholders.

Develop and Mentor Talent

• Coach team members on Wdata concepts, Workiva architecture, and consulting best practices; help build Embark’s internal Wdata methodology and accelerators.

Champion Innovation & Reuse

• Leverage templates, patterns, and re-usable components for Wdata implementations; stay current on Workiva’s data management roadmap and bring new capabilities into client solutions.

In order to be a good fit for the Wdata Implementation & Optimization Project Lead role, you will have:
 

Workiva Data Management Expertise

• Significant hands-on experience implementing Wdata (data tables, data prep, chains, connectors, views, transformations).

• Proven experience connecting Wdata into one or more Workiva use cases (e.g., SEC reporting, ESG, financial close, SOX, internal management reporting).

Data Integration & Architecture Skills

• Strong understanding of data modeling, ETL/ELT concepts, and relational structures.

• Experience integrating ERPs/GLs, subledgers, CRMs, and data warehouses into a central data layer.

• Comfort working with SQL, data mappings, and transformation logic.

Consulting & Client Leadership

• Track record leading complex, multi-stakeholder projects in a consulting or advisory environment.

• Ability to facilitate workshops, manage expectations, and communicate clearly with both executives and technical teams.

Finance & Reporting Acumen

• Solid understanding of financial close, consolidation, and reporting processes (e.g., SEC reporting, management reporting, FP&A, controls).

• Ability to connect data design decisions to reporting, compliance, and business outcomes.

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving mindset and comfort with ambiguity.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Collaborative, team-oriented style with a focus on client service and team success.

Success in This Role Looks Like

• Trusted Data Foundations: Clients rely on Wdata pipelines you designed as the authoritative source for their reporting.

• Scalable Designs: Solutions are flexible enough to support new entities, new reports, and evolving requirements without constant rework.

• Happy Stakeholders: Controllers, SEC/ESG leads, FP&A, and IT feel heard, supported, and confident in the solution.

• Strong Teams: Project teams understand Wdata patterns, follow consistent standards, and grow under your leadership.
   

Why Embark

Embark is reimagining consulting with a people-first culture and a focus on modern finance, data, and technology. You’ll:

• Lead high-impact Workiva Data Management projects across industries.

• Help build and scale our Workiva and data practices, methodologies, and accelerators.

• Work with a team that values authenticity, excellence, and long-term relationships - internally and with clients.

• Competitive compensation: starting compensation is $140,000+ depending on experience.
   

In closing...

If this role sounds exciting, apply and let's start the conversation!

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law. Upon offer of employment, employees will be asked to submit to a background check and drug screen. Dependent on ongoing client requirements, employees may also be asked to submit to a drug screening and background check throughout employment.