Solutions Architect, Workiva
Emerging Solutions, Spanish Speaker
Up to 20% travel
Business data platform
Job no longer available
Business data platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
Up to 20% travel
1001+ employees
Company mission
Workiva’s mission is to power transparent reporting for a better world.
Role
Who you are
- Undergraduate Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in a related field
- 4+ years of experience in service delivery role, finance, accounting, digital transformation, or a related field
- Reliable internet access for any period of time working remotely, not in a Workiva office
- Fluency in both English and Spanish
Desirable
- Demonstrated knowledge with Financial Reporting, ESG/Sustainability, (Environmental, Social and Governance) or GRC (Government, Risk and Compliance) platforms or related subject matter
- Hands on experience within SaaS and cloud technologies, or data architectures preferred
- Experience working within a consulting or public accounting firm preferred
- Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
- Ability to present topics clearly and succinctly
- Self-motivated with strong propensity for action, results and continuous improvement
- Ability to influence and drive change in business processes
- A strong individual contributor with intellectual curiosity to positively impact the ability to manage multiple services
- Enhanced technology knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite and Google Workspace applications
- Familiarity with any of the following: SQL, JSON, REST, or Python is a plus
- Demonstrated ability to curate and maintain customer-first relationships
What the job involves
- The Solutions Architect - Emerging Solutions directly interfaces with our customer and partner network to deliver Workiva solutions that help achieve successful customer outcomes, with particular focus on Workiva’s emerging solutions (currently ESG & Sustainability)
- This role is responsible for scaling our emerging solution to the wider Workiva Organisation and is on the front line of challenging the status quo of how we at Workiva are successful in the solutions delivery
- This role is for individuals who have a passion for continued learning, comfort in the unknown, and enjoy the scaling part of a Saas company’s growth
- Being the starting point for our newest solutions, the Solutions Architect - Emerging Solutions, works closely with other internal teams cross functionally including project management, customer success, support, solution engineering, and product development to deliver outstanding customer implementations across Europe
- Lead the delivery of Workiva solutions contracted services to customers
- Lead the enablement and oversight of our expanding partner network
- Define/Scale delivery models for Workiva’s solutions
- Perform detailed discovery sessions to understand business needs and requirements
- Create a solution design that achieves outcomes within the Workiva platform
- Directly interface with customers and partners to define standardized solutions
- Maintain and enhance knowledge of financial, risk, or operational reporting using the Workiva platform through a commitment to ongoing training
- Participates in ongoing internal, partner and customer training efforts
- Work closely with our Product / Development teams to build out Workiva’s latest offerings
Our take
For large-scale businesses, collecting and sharing data can be a complex and challenging process. Workiva solves this problem with its cloud-based data platform.
Workiva is one of the biggest players in the market, serving around 75% of Fortune 500 companies, including Google and Delta. Workiva's controlled, secure and audit-ready platform has maintained a clear edge over much of its competition.
Workiva's quality product and its commitment to transparency has made it a firm favourite with companies around the world. If it can maintain this, it stands to consolidate its impressive growth even further in the coming years.
Kirsty
Company Specialist
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Oct 2014
$0.7m
EARLY VC
Dec 2012
$30.7m
SERIES C
Total funding: $46.9m
Company benefits
- A discretionary bonus typically paid annually
- Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire
- 401k w/ match
- Health, dental, and vision
- Vacation accruals
- Life and disability insurance
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Volunteer time-off
- Parental leave
- Travel & accident insurance
- Paid holidays
- Work remotely
- Discount programs
- Health and wellness
- Pet-friendly atmosphere
- Choose from additional plans that cover legal expenses, stolen identity, or even your pet's health
Company values
- Customer success: Always delight our customers.
- Innovation: Keep creating solutions and finding better ways.
- Trust: Always rely on each other.
- Inclusion: Support a diverse community where we all belong.
- Integrity: Do the right thing, every time.
- Accountability: Be responsible for your success and failure.
- Collaboration: Share resources and work together.
Company HQ
Holborn, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Marty Vanderploeg
(CEO, not founder)Previously worked as a Professor at Iowa State University. Founded Engineer Animation Inc. in 1990.
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